Job Description
Environmental & Sustainability Lead
Location: Milton Keynes
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week; 8.30am - 4.45 (Mon – Thurs), 8.30 - 3.30pm on Friday
The Company: Our client is based in Milton Keynes, with a well-established 14-acre site. UK customers benefit from quicker delivery and customised product options where required, because many of their products are warehoused or assembled by hand in the Milton Keynes facility.
The Role: Working at our clients Milton Keynes facility you will champion Environmental and Sustainability improvements, whilst also ensuring the UK facility and the European Technical Centre comply with Environmental Legislation and maintaining their ISO14001 Environmental Management System.
You will lead the established Environmental Committee, continue their Carbon Reduction journey, maintain their Carbon Neutral status, and work with European and Japan colleagues to support SDG, ESG, CSRD and future Net Zero ambitions. You will continue to drive recycling waste opportunities and reducing new packaging purchases.
This is a dynamic role assessing the latest Environmental Legislative changes, managing legal reporting requirements and responding to ever changing business needs or onsite incidents and concerns. You would be driving companywide activities such as Energy Usage Reduction or Electricity sub-metering, whilst engaging with senior leadership, R&D, Production and Sales employees, and essential suppliers/contractors, in an advisory role or promoting the companies sustainability goals, and as such be an effective communicator and approachable.
Responsibilities
* Monitor the impact of all new legislation affecting the manufacturing industry and ensure communication and adherence of all requirements
* Ensure that all environmental legal submissions such as Waste Packaging are completed and submitted by the legal deadlines
* Use & promote the use of our clients Information Management systems including but not limited to BSI Entropy and Solution Host
* Responsible for chairing the Environmental committee and ensuring timely conclusion of actions and activities
* Ensure that our clients carbon footprint is reported in line with SECR requirements and to a standard that maintains the company’s carbon neutral status and develop Scope 3 reporting elements
* Responsible for ensuring that the company complies with ESOS reporting, or potentially ISO50001
* Lead Waste Management within the business through ensuring suitable waste contracts for all waste streams and facilitating education around the practical methods of complying with the waste hierarchy
* Required to have a working understanding of ISO Management Systems, especially with regards to ISO 14001
* Responsible for identifying and driving environmental improvement projects at the company as part of Integrated Management System objectives
* Assist the Quality Manager with maintaining the internal audit schedule
Qualifications and Experience:
* Environmental NEBOSH certificate, Environmental/Sustainability/Science Degree or equivalent qualification
* Implementing robust environmental legislation monitoring, controls and reporting processes
* Internal Auditor training and experience
* 3+ years’ experience
What’s Offered: The reason for our clients success is their people. Every team member has a voice, and this contributes to their successes as a company! They take pride in their collaborative, innovative and customer-focused culture where team members feel respected, empowered and valued.
Our client are continuously working to make our team even more diverse and inclusive. They welcome applications from all and are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining the most talented individuals. Our client has sustainable development goals as they believe in caring for our futures as well as the future of the planet.
Our client offer a competitive and attractive package of benefits including, retail discounts, life assurance, Private Medical Cover, 25 days holiday including a holiday trading scheme and more!
The Selection Process: Upon successful application, candidates will be asked to undertake a first interview online followed by some online testing and lastly a second interview face-to-face, onsite at our clients Offices.