Responsable Développement Durable BTP

The core mission is to give Eiffage Construction Tertiaire a coherent and operational sustainability strategy. That means translating the group and branch-level sustainable development policy into concrete action plans for the Tertiaire establishment, setting quantified progression targets, building tools, tracking extra-financial indicators and feeding results back up the Eiffage Construction organisation. You would also safeguard conformity with RSE obligations and environmental regulation, which in French construction is a moving target. A second, more technical half of the role is upstream: you join the technical directorate during tenders, critically review the environmental clauses of bid documents, make sure the response complies and propose improvements to the client's environmental specifications. That includes drafting the technical environmental section of offers and taking part in oral presentations. You are effectively the sustainability voice in the room when Eiffage Construction Tertiaire bids for large office or retail projects. Around this, the role carries a strong internal animation dimension: training and raising awareness among colleagues, running communication actions, capitalising best practices from local operations and maintaining regulatory and technical watch. You are a relay between strategy committees and site teams, not a lone expert.

You would deepen your mastery of French and European environmental regulation as applied to construction, from RE2020 logic to RSE reporting duties, because the role explicitly asks you to maintain a regulatory watch and guarantee compliance. The description also points to certifications, low-carbon approaches, circular economy and biodiversity as the expected areas of expertise, so you would likely work close to certification schemes and carbon accounting methods used on major tertiary projects. Tender work is a distinctive learning arena: analysing environmental clauses, writing technical memoranda and defending them in orals builds a rare combination of sustainability expertise and commercial credibility. Few sustainability roles let you see how an environmental promise becomes a contractual commitment and then a built asset. Because you would sit inside a large branch with regional directions and communities of practice, you could also learn how a 68,600-person group organises ESG governance, how extra-financial indicators travel from site to headquarters, and how to influence colleagues who do not report to you. Internal training delivery and stakeholder animation would round out your profile.

The posting asks for at least five years in sustainable development or environment within the BTP sector, and that sector specificity matters more than generic ESG experience. Eiffage Construction Tertiaire needs someone who already understands construction methods, tenders and the reality of a building site, and who can discuss certifications, low-carbon construction, circular economy and biodiversity without a ramp-up period. Technically, you should be comfortable reading environmental specifications in tender dossiers, assessing their feasibility and drafting a technical environmental memorandum. Knowledge of RSE regulation and extra-financial reporting is central, as is the ability to define quantified objectives and track indicators across multiple projects. A degree in engineering, environment or a related field is likely expected. The softer side is equally important. This is an advisory and influencing role: you support operational teams without direct authority over them, so credibility, pedagogy and diplomacy are decisive. Being at ease in front of bid orals, training groups of colleagues and navigating several internal policies at once would set a candidate apart in Saint-Ouen.

Tailor your application around the two halves of this job rather than a generic sustainability narrative. Show one or two examples where you influenced environmental specifications or certification ambitions on a construction project, and a second set where you built or monitored an extra-financial indicator system. Eiffage Construction Tertiaire works on offices and shopping centres, so references in tertiary real estate will read stronger than residential or infrastructure alone. Because the role serves the technical directorate during tenders, demonstrate that you can write and defend a technical environmental memorandum. If you have contributed to a bid, describe your exact input and the outcome. Mentioning low-carbon, circular economy or biodiversity work is useful only if tied to concrete deliverables and measurable results. Finally, show you can animate a network. The posting repeats training, awareness and best-practice sharing, so evidence of having mobilised colleagues who did not report to you is valuable. A short, precise CV in French, with a cover note explaining why the tertiary construction segment appeals to you, will likely land better than a broad ESG pitch.

Expect the focus to sit at the intersection of construction operations and French environmental regulation. The role must apply the Eiffage group and Eiffage Construction branch sustainability policy inside a division dedicated to new build and heavy renovation of office buildings and shopping centres. Certification schemes, low-carbon construction, circular economy and biodiversity are named as expected areas of expertise, so these are probably the technical pillars you would work on. Upstream, your attention would go to tenders: environmental specifications written by private clients, promoters and investors, and the environmental commitments Eiffage Construction Tertiaire makes in its offers. Downstream, you would monitor whether those commitments translate into extra-financial indicators and compliant execution. That connection between promise and delivery is likely where the role creates most value. There is also a governance dimension: aligning the division's actions with other policies such as studies and projects, retail, operations, prevention, quality, HR and procurement. Sustainability here is not a standalone programme but a thread through procurement, design and site practice. The social side appears mainly through RSE compliance, diversity commitments and internal awareness, rather than as a separate social-impact mandate.

The main tension is between ambition and operational reality. Construction projects have cost, schedule and technical constraints, and environmental specifications are often negotiated under pressure. As an advisor to the technical directorate during tenders, you might have to push for stronger environmental clauses while remaining credible with teams judged on winning and delivering work. Finding that balance without formal authority over operations is likely the hardest part. Regulatory complexity is another challenge. The role covers RSE conformity and environmental regulation across multiple French and European frameworks, and the description calls for continuous regulatory watch. Keeping several establishments and projects aligned on a moving compliance baseline demands rigorous organisation and clear indicators. Finally, adoption is never guaranteed. Sensitising and training all personnel in a large construction business means competing for attention with immediate site priorities. Capitalising local best practices and diffusing them across a decentralised organisation with nine regional directions could be slow and require patience. The role is as much about change management as about technical environmental expertise.

A typical day would likely mix technical review, internal animation and bid support. You might start by examining the environmental clauses of a tender dossier with the technical directorate, flagging gaps and drafting or amending the environmental memorandum. Depending on the bid calendar, you could also prepare for or attend an oral presentation, which makes the rhythm uneven rather than routine. Between those milestones, you would track indicators, update action plans and exchange with counterparts at branch or group level, since you act as the sustainability relay in existing networks and committees. You would probably answer operational questions from project teams about certifications, low-carbon choices or compliance, and help them interpret the group policy in their specific context. Part of the week would go to awareness and training: preparing sessions, running them, or gathering best practices from local initiatives and turning them into shareable material. Regulatory watch also takes time. The role involves travel across Île-de-France, so days may alternate between the Saint-Ouen office, site or establishment visits and meetings with internal communities.

This position sits within Eiffage Construction and the wider Eiffage group, a 68,600-employee organisation where sustainability careers can move across branches, regions and functions. Success in this role could open paths toward broader RSE or sustainable development responsibilities at branch or group level, or toward a larger establishment with more complex project portfolios. The tender dimension offers a rarer trajectory: expertise in environmental specifications and technical offers can lead to bid management, project development or advisory roles where sustainability becomes a commercial differentiator. Conversely, you could deepen the technical route through certification, carbon or circular economy specialisation. Visibility is an asset here. Representing the division in internal networks and committees puts you in contact with many functions, from procurement to HR to operations, which builds a cross-functional reputation. The training and awareness component also develops facilitation and change-management skills that transfer well to leadership roles in a decentralised group.

Internally, your closest partner would be the technical directorate, which you support from the tender phase onward, and the operational teams who need strategic and technical support to apply environmental requirements. You would also work with the broader Eiffage Construction branch and group sustainability networks, since the role is explicitly a relay within existing communities and committees. Other policy owners such as studies and projects, retail, operations, prevention, quality, HR and procurement are named as actors whose activities must stay coherent with yours. You would interact with management at the Eiffage Construction Tertiaire establishment, particularly when setting quantified objectives, reporting extra-financial indicators or proposing communication actions. Clients, promoters and investors enter the picture through tenders, where you analyse their environmental specifications and help shape the offers and orals. That makes part of your audience external and commercially significant. Finally, you would address the wider employee population through training and awareness initiatives, and likely coordinate with regional contacts across Île-de-France. The role is therefore a hub: upwards for policy and reporting, sideways for projects and functions, outwards for clients.