Meet Harvey: A Career in Sustainability

Discover Harvey’s career journey at Carrs Billington, from joining the Management Development Services (MDS) Graduate Scheme as a project manager to leading sustainability and efficiency projects across the business and on farm. Find out what his role involves, the skills it needs and his advice for finding and developing a specialist interest.

What does a normal day look like in your job?

Half my time is looking at internal improvements such as fixing water leaks and writing business cases for economisers on our boilers.

The other half is working with our sales and technical teams to drive efficiency improvements in our farming customers.

How did you get into this role?

I joined the Management Development Services (MDS) Graduate Scheme which seconded me to the business as a project manager first. After showing my interest and demonstrating business need I started this role.

What skills or qualities matter most in your job?

Communication - can you talk to reps, farmers, engineers and externals.

Organisation - bringing together great ideas into actual solutions.

Teamwork - everything can be sustainability, it’s anything that improves the business in the long term, so you’ll need to work with a range of people and teams.

What do you enjoy most about your role?

How varied the responsibilities are, it is rare that two days are the same.

I especially enjoy working with our operations and farmer facing teams - this is where the magic happens!

What advice would you give someone thinking about this career?

Follow your interests and passions, find your niche and become specialised, because it is hard to compete with someone who authentic.