Environmental & Sustainability Lead

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Full time , Permanent Milton Keynes

Role: Environmental & Sustainability Lead

Overview: Our client has a permanent vacancy for an Environmental & Sustainability Lead. You will champion Environmental and Sustainability improvements, whilst also ensuring they comply with Environmental Legislation and maintain their ISO14001 Environmental Management System. You will lead the established Environmental Committee, continue the Carbon Reduction journey, maintain Carbon Neutral status, and work with global colleagues to support SDG, ESG, CSRD and future Net Zero ambitions. You will drive recycling and waste reduction opportunities and reduce new packaging purchases. This is a dynamic role assessing the latest Environmental Legislative changes, managing legal reporting requirements and responding to changing business needs or onsite incidents and concerns. You will drive companywide activities such as Energy Usage Reduction or Electricity sub-metering, engaging with senior leadership, R&D, Production and Sales employees, and essential suppliers/contractors in an advisory role or promoting sustainability goals, and you will be an effective communicator and approachable.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week; 8.30am - 4.45pm (Mon - Thurs), 8.30am - 3.30pm on Friday

• 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 Information Management systems including but not limited to BSI Entropy and Solution Host
• Chair the Environmental Committee and ensure timely conclusion of actions and activities
• Ensure that the carbon footprint is reported in line with SECR requirements and maintain the company's carbon neutral status; develop Scope 3 reporting elements
• Ensure compliance with ESOS reporting, or potentially ISO50001
• Lead Waste Management within the business through suitable waste contracts for all waste streams and promote education on the waste hierarchy
• Maintain a working understanding of ISO Management Systems, especially ISO 14001
• Identify and drive environmental improvement projects as part of Integrated Management System objectives
• Assist the Quality Manager with maintaining the internal audit schedule

• Environmental NEBOSH certificate, Environmental/Sustainability/Science Degree or equivalent qualification
• Experience implementing robust environmental legislation monitoring, controls and reporting processes
• Internal Auditor training and experience
• 3+ years' experience

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