Environmental & Sustainability Lead

SMC Corporation (UK) Ltd; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Milton Keynes is seeking an Environmental & Sustainability Lead to champion initiatives that support carbon neutrality and compliance with environmental legislation. The successful candidate will lead the Environmental Committee, implement sustainability goals, and communicate effectively with various departments. This role requires strong experience in environmental management and effective communication skills, along with relevant qualifications. A competitive benefits package is offered.

Benefits

Retail discounts

Life assurance

Private Medical Cover

25 days holiday plus trading scheme

Qualifications

• Implement robust environmental legislation monitoring and reporting processes.
• Lead Environmental Committee and sustainability projects.
• 3+ years of experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and ensure compliance with new environmental regulations.
• Chair the Environmental Committee and manage reporting.
• Drive energy usage reduction initiatives across the company.

Skills

Environmental legislation monitoring

Effective communication

Waste management

Internal auditing

Education

Environmental NEBOSH certificate

Environmental/Sustainability/Science Degree

Tools

BSI Entropy

Solution Host

Job description

Job Title: Environmental & Sustainability Lead
Location: Milton Keynes
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week; 8.30am - 4.45 (Mon - Thurs), 8.30 - 3.30pm on Friday

The Company: SMC Corporation (UK) Ltd is based in Milton Keynes, with a well-established 14-acre site. UK customers benefit from quicker delivery and customised product options where required, because many SMC products are warehoused or assembled by hand in the Milton Keynes facility.

From putting the soles on your shoes, to the tarmac they walk on; from a packet of crisps to silicon chips; from wooden toothpicks to electric cars; you'd be amazed at the things we get involved in. We don't do these things ourselves, of course, but we have worked with the people that do... to enable their efforts and dreams to be realised.

Sometimes our role is significant; sometimes it's small, but it's never trivial and it's always rewarding.

The Role: Working at our SMC UK Milton Keynes facility you will champion Environmental and Sustainability improvements, whilst also ensuring SMC UK and the European Technical Centre comply with Environmental Legislation and maintaining our ISO14001 Environmental Management System.

You will lead the established Environmental Committee, continue our Carbon Reduction journey, maintain our Carbon Neutral status, and work with European and Japan colleagues to support SDG, ESG, CSRD and future Net Zero ambitions. You will continue to drive recycling waste opportunities and reducing new packaging purchases.

This is a dynamic role assessing the latest Environmental Legislative changes, managing legal reporting requirements and responding to ever changing business needs or onsite incidents and concerns. You would be driving companywide activities such as Energy Usage Reduction or Electricity sub-metering, whilst engaging with senior leadership, R&D, Production and Sales employees, and essential suppliers/contractors, in an advisory role or promoting SMC sustainability goals, and as such be an effective communicator and approachable.

Responsibilities
• Monitor the impact of all new legislation affecting the manufacturing industry and ensure communication and adherence of all requirements
• Ensure that all environmental legal submissions such as Waste Packaging are completed and submitted by the legal deadlines
• Use & promote the use of the SMC Information Management systems including but not limited to BSI Entropy and Solution Host
• Responsible for chairing the Environmental committee and ensuring timely conclusion of actions and activities
• Ensure that SMC's carbon footprint is reported in line with SECR requirements and to a standard that maintains the company's carbon neutral status and develop Scope 3 reporting elements
• Responsible for ensuring that the company complies with ESOS reporting, or potentially ISO50001
• Lead Waste Management within the business through ensuring suitable waste contracts for all waste streams and facilitating education around the practical methods of complying with the waste hierarchy
• Required to have a working understanding of ISO Management Systems, especially with regards to ISO 14001
• Responsible for identifying and driving environmental improvement projects at SMC as part of Integrated Management System objectives
• Assist the Quality Manager with maintaining the internal audit schedule

Qualifications and Experience:
• Environmental NEBOSH certificate, Environmental/Sustainability/Science Degree or equivalent qualification
• Implementing robust environmental legislation monitoring, controls and reporting processes
• Internal Auditor training and experience
• 3+ years' experience

What We Offer: The reason for our success is our people. Every team member has a voice, and this contributes to our successes as a company! We take pride in our collaborative, innovative and customer-focused culture where team members feel respected, empowered and valued.

We are continuously working to make our team even more diverse and inclusive. We welcome applications from all and are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining the most talented individuals. SMC has sustainable development goals as we believe in caring for our futures as well as the future of the planet.

We offer a competitive and attractive package of benefits including, retail discounts, life assurance, Private Medical Cover, 25 days holiday including a holiday trading scheme and more!

The Selection Process: Upon successful application, candidates will be asked to undertake a first interview online followed by some online testing and lastly a second interview face-to-face, onsite at our SMC Offices.