Head of Net Zero Delivery

Company description:

Amey Group Information Services Limited

Job description:

The Opportunity

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Head of Net Zero Delivery to join our Amey Consulting Sustainable Solutions team. With shared office space in London, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Manchester, we welcome applications from experts across these regions.

The role

As the Head of Net Zero Delivery your role will be to lead a team, producing technically sound deliverables for environmental commissions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements, working unsupervised and supervising more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks. Duties may include but not necessarily be limited to:

• Act as a technical specialist and subject matter expert, providing direction, guidance, and supervision as appropriate to technical teams, operational managers, clients, and suppliers.
• Leading and directing the preparation and checking of scheme deliverables that satisfy the overarching criteria of quality, cost, and programme.
• Responsibility for the commercial success of the projects and the team within their portfolio, controlling budgets and managing the costs associated with the production of deliverables.
• Liaising with client and supplier representatives up to director level, including presenting proposals
• Identifying opportunities for technical initiatives and sponsoring their development
• Leading the preparation of bids and the general work winning function, including the role of bid director.
• Working on site, either on a visiting basis or in a full time but temporary role and including out of hours working.
• The preparation and checking of reports, designs, calculations, and documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the overarching criteria of quality, cost and programme. Overseeing the actions of more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks
• Liaising with client and supplier representatives at peer level, attending progress meetings, responding to queries etc.
• Managing a small, single discipline technical team and taking responsibility for delivery of workload.
• Provision of technically sound deliverables for decarbonisation in the built environment and in major infrastructure projects
• Whilst following the general direction of more senior staff, they should expect to work ostensibly unsupervised, seeking minimal advice and direction from more senior colleagues when necessary, including taking responsibility for the successful completion of deliverables.

What you will bring to us:

• Academic level qualification or equivalent in a relevant technical, scientific, specialised, or operational field (environment, engineering, science, or similar) Membership of relevant professional body or post-graduate degree
• Significant experience at senior management level of leading, developing and delivering high-performing projects, teams, and complex operations in a relevant field.
• Development and implementation of a range of energy and carbon management projects, preparing successful business cases to secure internal and external funding, managing specific energy efficiency work programmes, and preparing risk assessments in line with agreed targets and plans.
• Demonstrable experience of managing carbon appraisals, audits, surveys, feasibility studies, corporate carbon reporting (energy and carbon metrics), life-cycle assessments, renewable/low carbon technologies
• Experience in carbon accounting, analysis and interpretation of datasets, and use of data visualisation tools to enable the reporting of complex information to strategic leaders and decision makers.
• Experience of successfully delivering projects on time and within budget in a changing and challenging financial context
• Procurement and contract management experience, demonstrating strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Evidence of effective collaboration and partnership working with external stakeholders that deliver outcomes and agreed milestones. Demonstrating the ability to influence, motivate and nurture productive relationships.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to achieve results for multiple, simultaneous projects with competing demands.

What we can offer you:

At Amey, we recognise that our biggest asset is our people. That’s why when you join us, we offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers.

Plus, a range of other great perks and benefits including:

• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Bonus – up to 10% of base salary
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional application support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.