Lead Sustainability Specialist

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Job Title

Location /Hybrid

Salary + benefits (role specific, ie bonus, car, PMI)

Flexible Working Pattern, if relevant

Closing Date

Interviews are anticipated w/c

Help us create a better future, quicker

Support the Sustainability Manager in the delivery, implementation, and ongoing management of the SPT Sustainability Strategy. Provide subject-matter expertise to guide the development and integration of sustainability initiatives within SPT Strategic Projects.

Lead and facilitate internal and external engagement activities to advance sustainability objectives across the Strategic Projects portfolio.

Identify opportunities for collaboration with key partners and contribute to innovation projects that address gaps and drive measurable improvements in sustainability performance.

Champion the integration of environmental and social considerations into core business processes, ensuring these principles are embedded throughout organisational decision-making and operation

Supporting delivery of the Sustainability and Environmental commitments within the RIIO-T2 £1.8bn and T3 £11bn Capex programmes:

• To the required timescales agreed in the business plan 

• Setting strategies plans with all key stakeholders to ensure commitments are met

• Highlighting and addressing any blockers to achieving the commitments to management

What you’ll be doing

Lead the integration and delivery of sustainability within the SPT Strategic Projects portfolio, ensuring alignment with SP Transmission’s commitments and obligations under the T3 business plan.

• Performance Monitoring: Support the Sustainability Manager in tracking progress against sustainability delivery plans. Identify delays or gaps, escalate to the SPT Executive Team, and recommend effective remedial actions.

• Embedding a Sustainability Culture: Contribute to the development of a long-term sustainability culture across SPT. Collaborate with operational, investment, and corporate teams to design and deliver training, awareness programmes, and coaching that embed responsible business practices.

• Project Delivery: Manage sustainability initiatives within the Strategic Projects portfolio to enhance environmental performance and strengthen SPT’s reputation.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Champion the sustainability agenda by providing expert support to internal and external stakeholders. Represent SPT in working groups and clearly communicate the organisation’s sustainability approach within strategic projects.

• Leadership in Working Groups: Lead both standing and ad-hoc working groups focused on specific sustainability topics. Collaborate across SPEN, SP, and Iberdrola, and engage with external stakeholders to drive progress.

• Technical Expertise: Conduct research and analysis to support the Sustainability and Community Engagement Director and the Sustainability Manager. Translate emerging issues and developments into actionable plans and meaningful measures for the wider business.

• Strategic Innovation: Identify areas requiring additional action to meet sustainability goals. Propose solutions through process improvements or the adoption of new technologies, working collaboratively with internal and external partners

What you’ll bring

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, ideally complemented by or working towards a postgraduate qualification in sustainability, environmental management, or business management.

• Strong awareness of sustainability requirements specific to electricity network operators.

• Proven experience in leading specialist teams and delivering cross-functional initiatives across the business.

• Demonstrated ability to liaise, negotiate, and influence stakeholders at senior levels.

• In-depth understanding of current developments and emerging trends within the sustainability agenda.

• Robust technical expertise in one or more key sustainability areas, such as sustainable design, planning policy, waste management, carbon and energy, responsible sourcing, water, biodiversity, or building certification.

• Skilled in training and coaching, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to non-technical audiences.

• Strong analytical skills and a rigorous approach to data management and interpretation   

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. 

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Schemes

• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans

• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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