Senior Environmental Advisor

Rullion Engineering Cumbria; Workington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,060; Full time

Job summary

Rullion Engineering Cumbria is seeking an Environmental Advisor to advise, support and influence on environmental decisions across projects, ensuring alignment with best practice from inception through to completion.

You will build credible relationships with managers, mentor teams on ISO standards, monitor environmental duties, and report outcomes to stakeholders and clients. The role emphasises continuous improvement, audits and maintaining certifications on site.

Qualifications

• Experience with ISO14001 audits and leading an IMS.
• Knowledge of ISO50001 and carbon reporting.
• Degree level qualification; IEMA membership or pursuing within one year.
• UK National Security Vetting Status – ability to gain SC Clearance.
• Mentoring skills and leads by example.

Responsibilities

• Advise, support, influence and challenge stakeholders on environmental decisions.
• Mentor managers on environmental issues, strategies and plans.
• Support project sites from inception through completion.
• Collaborate with project teams, waste contractors, designers and subcontractors.
• Manage investigations of environmental incidents and ensure lessons learned.
• Monitor completion of HART/HART-E aspects and report monthly.
• Act as a key liaison with clients and statutory bodies.
• Raise environmental awareness and recommend external training to site teams.
• Share ideas and best practices to identify opportunities and gains.
• Ensure certification maintenance and oversee audits and renewals.

Skills

ISO14001

ISO50001

Environmental auditing

Mentoring

SC Clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

IEMA membership or pursuing

Job description

Job Title: Environmental Advisor

Job Type: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

Salary Range: £40,000 + £5,060 Car Allowance

Location:

Hours of work: 40 hours per week

Responsibilities

• To advise, support, influence and where appropriate challenge stakeholders on operational decisions to facilitate their following of Environmental best practice
• Build strong credible relationships with managers, acting as a mentor when advising on all environmental issues, strategies and plans
• To support the designated project site, providing the initial environmental support through the project, from inception through to completion
• To work with the Project teams, Waste Contractors, Designers, Specialists and Subcontractors as appropriate
• To manage investigations of environmental incidents, ensuring learning outcomes and avoidance of repetition
• To monitor and ensure completion of the HART / HART-E (waste, incident reporting, sustainability) by project site, and provide monthly reporting to target dates
• To act as a key individual for discussions with the client / statutory bodies and be an ambassador within the Environmental field within our Clients
• To provide awareness and development of environmental topics to employees, highlighting any recommendations for external training requirements to Site Management
• To integrate within the environmental field and bring ideas and best practice to the fore, identifying significant opportunities and gains from projects
• To ensure that the company maintains its appropriate certifications, oversee the environmental audit schedules and renewal of appropriate licenses / certifications

Qualifications / Experience

• Experience of dealing with Statutory Bodies and Clients, and delivering successful applications, schemes, discharging planning conditions and permits as required to undertake works
• Good knowledge of ISO14001 and experience at managing audits and/or as lead auditor or as managing an audit team; demonstrable experience of passing ISO14001 audits; ability to lead and develop the IMS according to company need and best practice
• Experience of ISO 50001 Energy Management standard and carbon reporting
• Proven mentoring skills and leads by example
• Minimum Degree level qualified, must be a full member of IEMA (or similar) and/or working towards achieving within one year
• UK National Security Vetting Status – Ability to gain SC Clearance

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