Sustainability Project Manager

Overview

Role: Sustainability Project Manager

Location: UK Flexible

Role ID: 2023-1753

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Working with Ricardo

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.  Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

We are currently looking for a Sustainability Project Manager to join our growing Sustainability team.

Purpose

The 80-person Sustainability team at Ricardo Energy & Environment has been in place for over 10 years helping clients to understand, and then reduce, their environmental and social impacts. With sustainability and Net Zero increasingly becoming part of day-to-day business, our strength in being an early trail-blazer for Net Zero strategies and working at the leading edge of decarbonisation technology development, means demand for our skills is higher than ever.

You will be a key part of the project management team within the Sustainability business area, a collaborative peer group of 10 experienced Project Managers who bring high quality, robust and insightful leadership to projects for new and existing clients. The team also provide mentorship of junior colleagues seeking to increase their experience of project management in a consultancy setting.

We are looking for a candidate with knowledge and appreciation of sustainability alongside project management experience. We also welcome applications from experienced project managers with over 6+ years of experience managing consultancy projects in other sectors with the right multidisciplinary skills.

Key competencies and experience

• 6+ years of experience in project management, ideally within consultancy and/or the environmental sector.
• Outstanding, planning, organisation, delegation and communication skills – to be tested through the interview process.
• Strong leadership skills, and the ability to form and maintain focused project teams within a matrix resourcing structure.
• A track record of delivering projects to time and budget and clear examples of problem solving and resolving challenges along the way.
• Experience of managing senior external stakeholders and large project teams.

Desirable Skills

• A project management qualification e.g. PRINCE 2, APM.
• Experience within the consultancy sector, either in environmental consultancy or similar.
• Experience of ESG, sustainability, energy & carbon management, low carbon technologies, LCA or similar.
• Experience of working with one or more of our key client sectors: Airports, Automotive, Manufacturing, Food & Drink, Public Sector Estates.

Skills and Behaviours

• Be a team player able to work with and influence a wide range of stakeholders both inside and outside of the organisation.
• Be comfortable working on a variety of tasks and different projects in a fast-paced consultancy environment, with high levels of attention to detail.
• Develop sufficient knowledge of the project processes within our consultancy business to be able to propose and implement operational improvements in these areas.
• Be a leader, team worker who is willing and able to get involved in supporting colleagues on a range of project management and co-ordination tasks as required.
• Embrace Ricardo’s values of Passion, Innovation, Integrity and Respect, working with others towards ensuring high standards of behaviour and performance.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit.ee@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.