About the Role
The Sustainability Manager will support the delivery of the client's sustainability strategy across the King's Cross Estate, focusing on practical, site-based delivery. This involves monitoring environmental compliance, improving operational sustainability, and providing data analysis to support decision-making and energy reduction efforts. The role requires close collaboration with various stakeholders to translate sustainability priorities into measurable actions.
Responsibilities
- Maintain day-to-day environmental compliance records, including waste duty of care documentation, EPCs, TM44 actions, and statutory requirements.
- Manage the site's integrated Environmental and Energy Management System and ISO 14001 and 50001 certifications.
- Coordinate internal environmental and energy compliance audits and track corrective actions.
- Keep clear, audit-ready records and escalate compliance risks.
- Plan, deliver, and monitor sustainability initiatives across energy, water, waste, biodiversity, occupier engagement, and operations.
- Implement initiatives on site with surveyors, property managers, building managers, engineering teams, and service partners.
- Support occupier engagement activity, including the King's Cross Sustainability Occupier Forum.
- Coordinate selected estate-level projects, such as green roof monitoring and waste improvement programmes.
- Collect, check, and analyse sustainability data, including energy, water, waste, recycling, and travel data.
- Support the Energy Manager with energy and carbon analysis, performance reporting, and net-zero delivery evidence.
- Prepare concise reports and presentations for the client and site management team.
- Work with site teams and service partners to improve data quality.
- Maintain sustainability action plans, meeting notes, trackers, and reporting calendars.
- Support relevant assessments, submissions, and audits, including ISO 14001, ISO 50001, and reporting requirements.
- Share examples of successful initiatives and lessons learned across teams.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years' experience in sustainability, environmental management, ESG, facilities management, or property management.
- Good understanding of environmental compliance in operational buildings, including environmental management systems and legal registers.
- Confident working with sustainability data, particularly energy, carbon, water, and waste data.
- Strong Excel skills, including data checks, formulas, summaries, and trend analysis.
- Proficient using Word and PowerPoint.
- Able to communicate clearly with clients, occupiers, site teams, and service partners.
- Organised, accurate, and able to manage actions, deadlines, and evidence requirements.
Skills
- Environmental compliance
- Environmental management systems
- ISO 14001
- ISO 50001
- Data analysis
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Communication
- Organisation
- Accuracy
- Action management
- Deadline management
- Evidence management
Location
- King's Cross Estate
Work Type
- Site-based
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 3 years' experience
Education Level
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience in sustainability, environmental management, geography, engineering, the built environment or a related discipline (Desired)
- Working towards, or holding, IEMA, Energy Institute or similar professional membership (Desired)
Benefits
- Access to Benefits Booklet
About the Company
- King's Cross Estate is a forward-thinking, people-centred estate that values creativity, integrity, and continuous improvement.
- The team values are: Love King’s Cross, In it Together, Protect the Planet, Truth and Honest and Keep it Real.
