EHS & Sustainability Lead – UK & Ireland (Remote)

The Estée Lauder Companies; Ham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1 day working from home

25 Days Annual Leave (exc. Bank Hols)

1 day Birthday leave

Holiday Purchase

Bonus Opportunity

Remotely/Abroad up to 18 days p.a.

Summer Fridays

Staff Discount

Mental Health Wellbeing Initiatives

Discount platform

Employee resource groups

LinkedIn learning

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies in the UK & Ireland seeks an experienced EHS Manager to lead environmental, health, safety and sustainability across its retail and office estate.

You will develop and deliver the regional EHS strategy, own the management framework, drive waste governance and data quality, and partner with Retail, Facilities and Procurement to embed standards and continuous improvement across a diverse, customer-facing estate.

Qualifications

• Minimum recognised NEBOSH professional qualification.
• At least five years’ experience in an EHS, environmental or sustainability role.
• Knowledge of UK health and safety and environmental legislation relevant to retail and office environments.
• Practical experience of waste governance, environmental performance improvement and sustainability delivery; knowledge of Extended Producer Responsibility requirements is strongly preferred.
• Experience of developing, implementing and maintaining EHS management systems; knowledge of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 is desirable.
• Experience of incident investigation, root cause analysis, auditing, corrective action management, training and performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the UK & Ireland EHS and sustainability strategy for the retail and office estate, aligned with corporate priorities.
• Own the regional EHS management framework, ensuring policies, standards, procedures and guidance remain current and compliant.
• Lead environmental compliance and performance across the estate, focusing on waste management and resource efficiency.
• Coordinate the UK & Ireland response to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements with cross-functional teams.
• Partner with Retail, Facilities, Procurement, Brands and Corporate Functions to embed EHS into day-to-day operations.
• Assess EHS risks and implement proportionate controls across the estate.
• Establish a KPI and assurance framework to monitor compliance, incidents, waste and sustainability progress.
• Lead audits, inspections and compliance reviews and drive corrective actions.

Skills

NEBOSH qualification

Five years exp

UK H&S law

Waste governance

ISO 14001/45001

Incident investigation

Stakeholder management

Project management

Team leadership

Education

NEBOSH qualification

Job description

The Estée Lauder Companies in the UK & Ireland seeks an experienced EHS Manager to lead environmental, health, safety and sustainability across its retail and office estate.

You will develop and deliver the regional EHS strategy, own the management framework, drive waste governance and data quality, and partner with Retail, Facilities and Procurement to embed standards and continuous improvement across a diverse, customer-facing estate.