Savills

Sustainability Manager - Kings Cross Estate, London

Savills  •  London, GB (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

Purpose of the Role

As part of the King’s Cross Estate Service Team, you will act as an ambassador for King’s Cross, bringing our team values to life daily (Love King’s Cross, In it Together, Protect the Planet, Truth and Honest and Keep it Real). You will contribute to maintaining a welcoming, safe, and high-quality environment that reflects the estate’s commitment to excellence. Working collaboratively with partners, occupiers, and the wider community to ensure the area continues to thrive and deliver exceptional experiences for everyone who spends time here. Joining us means becoming part of a forward-thinking, people-centred estate that values creativity, integrity, and continuous improvement.

The Sustainability Manager will support delivery of the client's sustainability strategy across the King's Cross Estate. The role is focused on practical, site-based delivery: monitoring and maintaining environmental compliance, improving operational sustainability performance, and providing clear data analysis to support decision-making, reporting and the Energy Manager's work on energy and carbon reduction. The post holder will work closely with property management, engineering, occupiers, service partners and the client team to turn agreed sustainability priorities into measurable action.

This role is dedicated to the King’s Cross Estate. The successful candidate will be site-based.

Key Responsibilities

Environmental compliance and management systems

· Maintain day-to-day environmental compliance records, including waste duty of care documentation, EPCs and register updates, TM44 actions and other statutory requirements.

· Manage the site's integrated Environmental and Energy Management System and ISO 14001 and 50001 certifications, including audits, action tracking, document control and engagement with site teams.

· Coordinate internal environmental and energy compliance audits and follow up corrective actions with property management, engineering and service partners.

· Keep clear, audit-ready records and escalate compliance risks, gaps or recurring issues in a timely and proportionate way.

Sustainability initiatives and stakeholder engagement

· Help plan, deliver and monitor practical sustainability initiatives across energy, water, waste, biodiversity, occupier engagement and responsible operations.

· Work with surveyors, property managers, building managers, engineering teams and service partners to implement initiatives on site, remove barriers and evidence outcomes.

· Support occupier engagement activity, including the King's Cross Sustainability Occupier Forum, action tracking and follow-up with occupiers between meetings.

· Coordinate selected estate-level projects, such as green roof monitoring, waste improvement programmes, or certification-related evidence gathering.

Data analysis, reporting and support to the Energy Manager

· Collect, check and analyse sustainability data, including electricity, gas, district energy as relevant, water, waste, recycling, and travel data.

· Support the Energy Manager with energy and carbon analysis, meter data reviews, action tracking, performance reporting and evidence needed for net zero delivery.

· Prepare concise reports and presentations for the client and site management team, highlighting trends, risks, data gaps and recommended actions.

· Work with site teams and service partners to improve data quality, completeness and timeliness.

Governance and general delivery

· Maintain sustainability action plans, meeting notes, trackers and reporting calendars, ensuring owners and deadlines are clear.

· Support relevant assessments, submissions and audits, which may include ISO 14001, ISO 50001, energy, water and waste reporting, travel planning and biodiversity evidence.

· Share examples of successful initiatives and lessons learnt across the estate and wider Savills Property Management teams.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Required

· 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 environmental 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; confident 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.

Desired

· Relevant degree or equivalent experience in sustainability, environmental management, geography, engineering, the built environment or a related discipline.

· Working towards, or holding, IEMA, Energy Institute or similar professional membership.

· Experience in real estate, property management, facilities management, mixed-use estates or complex operational assets.

· Awareness of ISO 14001, ISO 50001, EPCs and MEES, Heat Network Regulations, waste Duty of Care and occupier engagement.

Working Hours - 09:00-17:30 Monday - Friday

Please see our Benefits Booklet for more information.

Savills

About Savills

Savills is a global real estate advisor helping people thrive through places and spaces.

With over 42,000 professionals in more than 700 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, we combine local knowledge with global insight to deliver tailored solutions that drive real impact.

Headquartered in London and listed on the FTSE 250 (LON: SVS), we work with corporate, institutional and private clients to unlock the full potential of residential and commercial property.

Whether you're a corporate looking to expand, an investor seeking to sustainably optimise your portfolio or a family trying to find a new home, we bring a truly personal approach to every project, delivering best-in-class insights and advice to help you make better property decisions.

Industry
Real Estate & Property
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
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