Job Description

General information

City/town:

Peterborough

Job field:

Business Support and IT

External closing date:

Friday, November 7, 2025

Type of contract:

Permanent

ID:

5618

Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.



We are looking for a Carbon Manager to join our Infrastructure Water team in Peterborough.

What you'll do:

Set project and portfolio carbon targets with your Business Unit Senior Leadership Team using data-driven insights. Lead the Business Unit's carbon reduction effort and support teams to hit targets. Champion Stage Solutions: ensure fair carbon baselines and influence low?carbon solution selection. Drive carbon consideration in Risk Opportunity & Value assessments so the Values Framework is used effectively. Help teams cut carbon during design and construction by validating robust, accurate carbon assessments. Ensure assessments include construction carbon benefits and reflect scope changes.

What you'll bring to the role:

Degree-level qualification in a relevant industry field. Understanding of construction project design and delivery. Experience in carbon management for capital projects. Knowledge of industry standards like PAS 2080 and their application in One i.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

or call 0330 105 2000 - Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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