Project Sustainability Lead –  Southern Finland

EverHire is now looking for a Project Sustainability Lead for an international technical construction company that delivers complex projects in sectors such as data centres, advanced manufacturing and pharma. The company is building a brand new Nordic sustainability function, and this role will be key to it. This is a permanent position based on a project site in Southern Finland, with a start as soon as possible.

About the role
As Project Sustainability Lead, you will be the sustainability expert and go-to person for the project and site team. You will help the project meet requirements such as BREEAM, LEED and low-carbon construction, including embodied carbon, and you will make sure certification targets are reached with a clear, auditable evidence trail. Your days will mix site visits and environmental inspections with documentation, certification evidence and monthly reporting. You will work closely with the project team, clients, consultants and the supply chain, and you will feed insights from site back into the wider Nordic sustainability strategy. Because the function is newly established, you will help shape how it works, and there is a clear path to grow into a broader multi-site or strategic role. The role is site-based with some travel within Finland. 

Your main responsibilities

• Act as the sustainability expert and key contact for the project and site team
• Help the project meet BREEAM, LEED and low-carbon construction requirements, including embodied carbon
• Support the team in understanding certification requirements and achieving targeted credits
• Keep a compliance and certification tracker with an auditable evidence trail
• Be the key contact for clients and consultants on certification progress
• Identify and escalate risks to certification targets
• 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 on environmental and sustainability performance to the project team
• Contribute to internal training, the environmental management system and ESG documentation

Who are you?
You are a proactive, solution-oriented sustainability professional who enjoys being out on site and knows how to get others to adopt sustainable ways of working. You are comfortable in a fast-moving environment, you are happy to pitch in where needed, and you want to grow along with a new function. We think you have:

• 5–7 years of environmental or sustainability experience in construction and the built environment
• Experience from larger construction projects, ideally including hands-on site experience
• Experience supporting project teams with evidence for BREEAM, LEED and/or WELL assessments
• Experience working with embodied carbon
• Good knowledge of construction management, processes and terminology
• Strong communication skills, including report writing and presenting to different audiences

Qualifications

• A university degree, ideally specialising in sustainability, carbon or energy
• The ability to handle large data sets for emissions and performance reporting
• Good skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• A driving licence valid in Finland
• Fluent English, spoken and written (Finnish is a plus)
• Merits: experience leading BREEAM assessments, LCAs in tools such as OneClick LCA, and writing management system documents
• Merits: a BREEAM/LEED qualification (e.g. AP), ISO 14001 Internal Auditor, an H&S qualification, or membership of IEMA, IES or a similar body

Do you want to help build a brand new sustainability function and drive sustainable construction on some of the Nordic region’s most advanced projects? Apply via our website. If you have any questions, contact Laura at laura@everhire.se.