Environmental and Sustainability Practitioner

Babcock International; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Environmental and Sustainability Practitioner, where you'll shape the sustainability agenda at a key site. This role focuses on minimizing environmental risks and ensuring compliance while supporting the development of governance frameworks. With a commitment to creating a safe and secure world, you'll be part of a team that values impactful improvements. Enjoy generous benefits, including a matched pension scheme and excellent development opportunities, all while contributing to a sustainable future.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP access

Employee share scheme

Professional fees payment

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefits

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-process industrial or marine environments.
• Qualifications in environmental management and health & safety.

Responsibilities

• Reduce environmental risk and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Support governance frameworks for sustainability across the site.

Skills

Environmental Risk Management

Sustainability Practices

Compliance Assurance

Education

Level 3 qualification in Environmental/Sustainability Management

Level 6 qualification in Environmental/Sustainability Management

Level 3 qualification in Health and Safety Management

Tools

ISO 14001 Internal Auditor

Job description

Job Title: Environmental and Sustainability Practitioner
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF62933

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Environmental and Sustainability Practitioner at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As an Environmental and Sustainability Practitioner, you’ll play a key role in shaping the sustainability agenda, ensuring impactful improvements are implemented across the wider Devonport Site.

Day-to-day, you’ll actively reduce environmental risk, oversee permitting and licensing for associated facilities, and ensure compliance through relevant assurance processes.

• Collaborate to minimize environmental risk, oversee permits and licenses, and ensure platform compliance.
• Support the development of governance frameworks to enhance sustainability and environmental protection across Devonport.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Environmental and Sustainability Practitioner

• Previous experience in a multi-process industrial or marine environment.

Qualifications for the Environmental and Sustainability Practitioner

• Level 3 qualification in environmental/sustainability management or a related field.
• Level 6 qualification in Environmental/Sustainability management (or associated subject)
• Level 3 qualification in Health and Safety Management
• Internal Auditor (ISO 14001)
• Investigator training practitioner Membership of the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment - Desirable.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) security clearance for this role.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 22/05/2025

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