Environmental Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Environmental Engineer to lead compliance and management initiatives at a major facility. This role involves ensuring adherence to environmental legislation, managing waste water treatment processes, and collaborating with regulatory bodies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in environmental management and a proven track record in a permitted facility. Join a dynamic team focused on sustainability and operational excellence, where your expertise will contribute to the facility's environmental objectives and legal compliance. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in a leading European tissue facility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in environmental management at permitted facilities.
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental compliance and management systems at the facility.
• Oversee waste water treatment operations and ensure legal compliance.

Skills

Environmental Compliance

Waste Water Treatment

Process Management

Environmental Legislation

Data Monitoring

Education

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Discipline

Diploma in Environmental Management

Job description

Job Title – Environmental Engineer

Location – Barrow, Cumbria

Job Type – 6 months contract

Principal Accountabilities

1. Lead the implementation of process and management system opportunities across the site to ensure continued legislative compliance and to exceed performance standards, aligning business strategy.
2. Be responsive to Corporate and EU/UK Law and other EHS requirements.
3. Maintain and improve Client’s Barrow Environmental Management System to corporate and internationally certified standards.
4. Ensure all critical legal and Corporate reporting requirements are delivered.
5. Collaborate with the Environment Agency and other authorities to ensure permit conditions are agreed and complied with.
6. Influence process design and development in environmental management across the UK Mills.
7. Provide reactive and proactive EHS support to Barrow Mill.
8. Support collection of monitoring data.

2. Process Development

1. Understand capabilities and limitations of existing process designs. Identify and prioritise opportunities for improvement in Asset efficiency.
2. Work closely with fellow Environmental specialists across the UK, IFP and Global to ensure common learnings are captured and shared; and that Client’s requirements are understood and applied consistently.
3. Subject Mater Expert for all environmental matters ensuring sMOC processes are correctly applied in areas of responsibility.
4. Directs and advise Managers and Senior Engineers on legislative environment requirements and how these impact on the Assets.

3. Project Support

1. Guide and advise Managers and Senior Engineers on new plant and equipment design to ensure Environmental best practice is applied.
2. Provide technical plant leadership in development, co-ordination and evaluation of environmental impacts; ensuring consultation and alignment with competent authorities around licence and permit conditions.

4. Process Health Management for Waste Water Treatment

1. Oversee, Facilitate, Advise and Support effluent plant operations, ensuring that operations are sustained and improved.
2. Provide technical guidance in the development and implementation of robust operational practices.
3. Document and maintain process controls parameters such as good run settings and control charts – Centre lining.
4. Support collection of monitoring data.
5. Ensure that results remain within our environmental consent and allows maximum benefit of recycling effluent water back to the mill to allow fresh water reduction.
6. Ensure management requirements for the self-management of flow (Mcert) are maintained and support verification activities.
7. Management of Client’s Duty of Care for all waste arising.
8. Oversee IFM Contactors management of our waste streams ensuring legal and Client’s requirements are met.

6. Emissions to Air, Land and Water

1. Ensure all legal management requirements relating to emissions to air (Mcert) are compliant and support verification activities.
2. Work through the CPI to ensure compliance with European Emissions Trading Scheme (EUETS); responding to changes in the various phases.
3. Ensure all legal requirements relating to water abstraction licences are compliant with permit conditions.
4. Support the management of Radiation sources on site; working closely with RPA and Safety Leader to ensure best practice is achieved and permit conditions are met.

Nature & Scope:

Reporting to the Barrow Mill EHS Manager and responsible for all environment systems and supporting activities within the facility. The Barrow Mill is a member of the UK cluster and is Europe’s biggest tissue facility.

The role objectives are aimed at:

• Ensuring the Mill has appropriate systems and activities to support the facility and sector achieving their environmental objectives and legal compliance.
• Continued compliance to the Environment Agency’s permits is essential for continued mill operation.

Qualifications & Experience:

The Environmental Manager should hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in an Environmental discipline; or other Bachelor of Science Degree supported by a Diploma in Environmental Management.

The Environmental Manager must have a minimum of 5 relevant years of experience in:

• Working at an Environment Agency Permitted facility
• Waste Water Treatment and Management