Environmental Specialist

Imperial Recruitment Group; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an Environmental Specialist for a 12-month Fixed Term Contract in the UK. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with environmental regulations across multiple sites while building strong relationships with key stakeholders and conducting inspections. Candidates should have a relevant degree, strong communication skills, and experience in environmental management. The position requires regular travel throughout England and Wales.

Benefits

Market-leading benefits package

Annual bonus

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in an environmental management role, preferably in the energy sector.
• Operational environmental permit experience/knowledge.
• NEBOSH Environmental Certificate/Diploma.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all environmental regulations.
• Support delivery of internal and external reporting and auditing.
• Conduct environmental inspections of sites across England and Wales.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Experience building relationships with stakeholders

Experience working with contractors

Analysing environmental management system data

Education

Degree-level science-based qualification

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

Overview

Environmental Specialist (12 month Fixed Term Contract) – Reporting to the Environmental Senior Technical Manager. Based in: Wilton (with regular travel to Flex sites). Salary: Negotiable. The company offers a market-leading benefits package and annual bonus.

Position overview: To deliver the UK Environment Management strategy by ensuring that activities across all Flexible generation sites are consistently compliant with environmental regulatory requirements. The role holder will be responsible for reporting and engagement on all aspects of environmental management. They will work closely with a range of stakeholders across the organisation, reporting directly to the Environment Senior Technical Manager with a peer in the team to ensure environmental management standards are applied uniformly across UK Operations. The role requires embedding and operating systems, policies, procedures and processes to facilitate and assure effective environmental risk management and regulatory compliance. Regular travel to sites across England and Wales is expected. The role holder should forge strong relationships with key external stakeholders, specifically the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Sembcorp UK is compliant with all environmental regulations applicable to the UK portfolio by providing SME-level direction, technically and legislatively, through a thorough understanding of environmental legislation and its impact to the business.
• Support the Environment Senior Technical Manager to deliver the Environmental Management System Objectives.
• Track and prioritise key environmental risks to ensure appropriate business response to emerging trends, relevant legislation, and awareness of business risks and opportunities.
• Ensure regional environmental reporting is comprehensive, accurate and timely.
• Support the delivery of internal and external reporting and auditing.
• Conduct Environmental Inspections of sites across England and Wales, with regular travel (minimum twice per month).
• Coach and educate employees on environmental action, delivering Toolbox Talks to operational teams.
• Support delivery of carbon reporting for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) UK ETS programmes and MCPD and LCPD obligations and reporting.
• Support environmental event and incident investigations, ensuring actions are captured and tracked to completion through SEUKs monitoring and reporting processes.

Essential qualifications

• Appropriate degree-level science-based qualification.
• Experience working with and analysing environmental management system data.
• Strong communication skills; experience building relationships with stakeholders such as internal customers and regulators.
• Experience working with contractors, consultants, and auditors.
• Operational environmental permit experience/knowledge.
• Proficient in standard software packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI).
• Full driving licence.

Desirable qualifications

• 5 years' experience in an environmental management role, preferably in the energy sector.
• Internal audit experience.
• Trained auditor for ISO 14001.
• ISEP Practitioner Membership or equivalent environmental industry accreditation.
• NEBOSH Environmental Certificate/Diploma.

Apply / Additional information

For more information on this opportunity please contact the retained recruitment partner Adam Pearson at Imperial Recruitment Group. Imperial Recruitment Group is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, ensuring fair treatment throughout the recruitment process.