Project Sustainability Lead – Southern Norway

EverHire is currently looking for a Project Sustainability Lead for a permanent, site-based role on a large data centre project in Southern Norway. This is a new role in a newly established Nordic sustainability function. It starts on site and can grow into a broader multi-site or strategic role.

About the role

As Project Sustainability Lead, you will be the sustainability expert and key contact for the project and site team. You will help the project meet requirements such as BREEAM, LEED and low-carbon construction, including embodied carbon. You will support the team in understanding certification requirements and achieving their targeted credits. You will also be the main contact for clients and consultants on certification progress. Because the function is new, your feedback from site will help shape how sustainability is delivered in practice, from tender through construction to handover. The role is on site, with national travel on occasion. The package includes a car and accommodation (taxable benefit). Start is as soon as possible, and candidates with a short notice period or who are actively looking are welcome.

Your main responsibilities

• Act as sustainability subject matter expert and key contact for the project and site team
• Support the project in meeting BREEAM, LEED and low-carbon construction requirements, including embodied carbon
• Keep a compliance and certification tracker with an auditable evidence trail
• Collect certification evidence together with the supply chain
• Identify and escalate risks to the certification targets
• Support discharge of environmental, social and sustainability planning conditions, and delivery of company KPIs
• Carry out regular site visits and inspections for environmental compliance and best practice
• Write site documentation, such as Construction Environmental Management Plans and pollution incident response plans
• Report monthly to the project team on environmental and sustainability performance
• Support delivery of the company’s sustainability strategy and help develop the environmental management system and ESG documents
• Contribute to internal sustainability training and act as a sounding board for other Sustainability Leads
• Share feedback from site on what works in reality and what needs to change

Who are you?

You have solid experience supporting construction projects with environmental and sustainability work. You get others to adopt sustainable practices. You are proactive, solution-oriented and emotionally resilient, and comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-moving environment. You are willing to roll up your sleeves and pitch in where needed, and you want to grow from a site-based role into a broader, multi-site or strategic role.

• 5–7 years of environmental or sustainability support to construction in the built environment
• Background in larger projects, ideally with physical site experience
• Experience supporting project teams with evidence for BREEAM, LEED and WELL assessments
• Experience with embodied carbon
• Good knowledge of construction management, processes and terminology
• Desirable: experience leading BREEAM assessments to certification, LCAs in tools such as OneClick LCA, and writing management system documents (procedures, policies)

Qualifications

• University degree, ideally specialised in sustainability, carbon or energy
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience writing reports and presenting to different audiences
• Ability to handle large data sets for reporting on emissions and construction performance
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Driving licence valid in Norway
• English required; Norwegian preferred but not a must
• Desirable: BREEAM/LEED qualification (e.g. AP), ISO 14001 Internal Auditor, an H&S qualification, or membership of IEMA, IES or a similar body

Would you like to help build a new sustainability function from the ground up and make a real impact on a large data centre project in Norway? Apply via our website. For questions, please contact Erol Efe Yigit, Recruitment Consultant at EverHire, at erol@everhire.se