Environmental Manager

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My Client are seeking an experienced Environmental Manager on a 12 month fixed-term contract basis. The position requires you to shape and lead their carbon reduction journey and maintain our environmental certifications.

The successful candidate will have environmental management and carbon reporting experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to independently oversee the compliance of our systems and prepare environmental scheme documents that support the environmental and sustainability functions of the company and our construction schemes.

Role and responsibilities;

What your role will include:

• Leadership: Engage with directors, clients, project managers and supply chain on all matters involving environmental governance and achieving carbon reduction goals.
• Performance Reporting: Complete, monitor and support internal and external carbon reports for our Clients schemes and our own Achilles Carbon Reduce, PAS 2080 and SECR obligations.
• System Compliance: Manage and audit our ISO 14001 environmental management system and PAS 2080 carbon management infrastructure management system, ensuring that we are managing our environmental aspects and impacts, meeting all environmental legal obligations and that the systems will pass surveillance and recertification audits.
• Continual Improvement: Identify and develop carbon reduction opportunities within our operations and supply chain activities and products.
• Site Support: Produce Construction Environmental Management Plans for schemes where we are Principal Contractor and provide environmental compliance guidance to site management.
• Team Support: Provide regular updates to department and directors on company's carbon reduction journey and current environmental performance.
• Incident Support: Investigate environmental incidents, identifying route causes and implementing corrective and preventative actions.

Essential criteria

Who we are looking for:

• Experience: At least 3 years of experience in a similar environmental role.
• Time Management: Strong organisational and prioritisation skills to manage carbon report and compliance deadlines are met.
• Work Ethic: Stand alone role requiring high levels of self motivation.
• Interest: A genuine passion for carbon reduction and continual improvement, striving to make the world a greener place.
• Skills: High attention to detail and proficiency in computer literacy.