Environmental & Sustainability Officer

VanRath; Belfast; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Environmental & Sustainability Officer in Belfast. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Environmental/Sustainability, 2+ years of experience, and proficiency in environmental management systems. Responsibilities include maintaining ISO14001 standards and improving environmental performance. The role offers a salary ranging from £28,000 to £32,000 depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in an environmental/sustainability role.
• Working experience with environmental management systems (ISO14001).
• Full, clean driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain & develop Environmental Management System to ISO14001.
• Support Environmental Working Groups.
• Track environmental performance metrics.

Skills

Environmental management

Sustainability application

IT proficiency

Education

Primary degree in Environmental/Sustainability

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Environmental & Sustainability Officer

CLIENT
A driving force for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world, delivering essential services across industries such as offices, airports, hospitals, data centres, manufacturing plants, and distribution centres. By bringing together complementary expertise and resources, we've created a stronger facilities services organisation with greater scale and eficiencies to meet the evolving needs of clients across the region

The Ideal Person

• A primary degree in Environmental/Sustainability or related discipline.
• * Working experience, knowledge and understanding of environmental management systems (ISO14001).
• * Understanding of sustainability and its application to business & industry.
• * 2+ years experience in an environmental/sustainability role.
• * IT literate including proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint as a minimum.
• * A full, clean driving licence

Responsibilities

• Maintain & continually develop organisations Environmental Management System (EMS) to ISO14001. #
• Coordinate & support Environmental Working Groups (EWG's).
• Identify, implement and maintain solutions to maintain compliance and continually improve environmental performance (e.g. in areas of waste, water, air, energy etc).
• Maintain and develop systems for tracking environmental performance metrics.
• Deploy an effective internal audit/inspection regime and help facilitate external/third party audits & inspections.
• Evaluate and help manage environmental performance of contractors.
• Engage with internal & external stakeholders to maintain and continually develop ESG/sustainability programmes (e.g. in areas of waste, biodiversity, carbon).
• Develop and deliver training, awareness & communication on environmental/sustainability as appropriate to support positive outcomes.
• Support wider environment and waste department as requested by line management; and support the wider ABM functions as necessary.

Remuneration
£28,000-£32,000 depending on experience

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Built Environment job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Dan Orr in the strictest confidence.

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