Global Sustainability Manager - CSRD Lead

AtkinsRéalis • Full-time • Birmingham, London • 2m ago

Job title: Global Sustainability Manager - CSRD Lead
Location: Birmingham/London – United Kingdom

Join US!!

Join us in driving Linxon's sustainability journey! As a Global Sustainability Manager – you will lead and play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our ambitious sustainability strategy across Europe, the UK, and eventually on a global scale.

What will you do?

Key responsibilities include:

Leading the development and execution of the Linxon Sustainability Plan.
Identifying environmental and sustainability regulations within Europe and the UK. Managing the development and implementation of processes and procedures that will ensure Linxon maintains compliance against the legislative requirements.
Taking charge of CSRD compliance, focusing on our European portfolio initially, and expanding to global operations. This includes:
Leading external assurance for the Double Materiality Process.
Conducting gap analysis, assessing risks and opportunities, and creating detailed project plans to meet 2026 implementation targets.
Analyzing data to improve sustainability performance and reviewing existing policies to drive progress.
Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery and meet deadlines.
Supporting the corporate reporting process, including Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the calculation of the GHG emissions inventory (Scopes 1, 2, and 3), and ensuring the associated assurance processes are completed efficiently.
Championing the application of sustainability frameworks and reporting standards such as the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) framework and the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards.
Establish yourself as the go-to expert on sustainability reporting, and leading training strategies to empower teams.

Experience and Qualification Required:

Extensive years of relevant experience in the similar role.
Fluent in English (other languages are a plus).
Expertise in EU and UK environmental and sustainability legislation.
Strong project management experience, with a track record of managing multi-stakeholder and complex projects.
In-depth knowledge of sustainability reporting frameworks (including TCFD) and pre-CSRD frameworks.
Knowledge and understanding of reporting standards such as IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards.
Proven ability to influence stakeholders, drive results, and implement large-scale initiatives.
Proactive, self-starter who thrives working autonomously and can deliver results with minimal supervision.
Extensive experience in sustainability reporting across medium to large businesses.
Meticulous attention to detail, with the ability to advise and communicate recommendations to key stakeholders.
Highly IT literate with excellent written, numeracy, and presentation skills.
Passionate about environmental and sustainability issues, with a deep commitment to making an impact.

What we offer:

In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits:
Benefits: 25 days holiday entitlement + Statutory and public holidays + Additional 3 (three) days holiday available on our purchase scheme
Life Assurance and Career Progression
We also have a brilliant smarter working policy, too. That means many of our office-based people and some of our site-based people can either work from home or as part of our hybrid model.
When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon.
We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you'll see things our way, too.

#LI-LIN

About Linxon:

Our heritage

We bring together Hitachi Energy and Atkins Realis strengths.

We combine Atkins Realis' project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's'industry leading technological knowledge into a company dedicated to substations. We deliver sustainable energy solutions and act as a true partner to facilitate the digital transformation for those who depend on consistent reliability.

Our vision

We are the partner of choice for our customers for our comprehensive solution portfolio

Linxon delivers the best market offer of EPC projects through world-class power technologies and the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure activities. We want to meet and exceed the expectations of our customers and partners whilst complying with the highest standards of quality, safety, efficiency and sustainability.

Our purpose

We are building the infrastructure to power the world with carbon free energy

Linxon is driving sustainability by building vital infrastructure for the energy transition. We help cities grow, industries expand, and communities thrive by building a crucial part of the power transmission grid. Linxon combines the accumulated knowhow of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and project execution capabilities so that customers benefit from efficient and continuously improved solutions and increased industrial productivity.

"Building the infrastructure to power the world"

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