Sustainability Manager

E3 Recruitment; Westhoughton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing business in Westhoughton is seeking a Sustainability Manager to implement sustainability strategies and lead change. The role involves delivering key sustainability objectives, ensuring compliance with environmental legislation, and engaging colleagues in best practices to promote a greener future. Ideal candidates will have experience in sustainability initiatives and a strong understanding of relevant legislation.

Qualifications

• Experience in implementing and managing sustainability initiatives in manufacturing, engineering, or waste management.
• Strong knowledge of current sustainability and environmental legislation.
• Audit experience including ISO 14001 and ideally ISO 50001, ISO 45001.

Responsibilities

• Deliver key sustainability objectives including Net Zero and energy efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with environmental legislation.
• Collate and present data for ESG and CSR reporting.
• Engage and train colleagues on sustainability best practices.

Skills

Experience in sustainability initiatives

Knowledge of environmental legislation

Data analysis and presentation skills

Job description

Looking for a Sustainability Manager role you can make a significant impact by implementing strategy and leading change? Opportunity to join a leading food manufacturing business committed to a building a greener future and has recently won awards for its ESG achievements.

About the Role :

Employing over 1,200 people, the site produces millions of products per week and supplies into most of the UK's biggest retailers. It's a fast-paced, dynamic environment offering the opportunity to influence performance across the business.

Key responsibilities include :

• Delivering key sustainability objectives including Net Zero, energy efficiency, carbon, GHG, water usage, and waste reduction.
• Ensuring compliance with environmental legislation and business objectives and customer's policies.
• Collating, analysing, and presenting data to monitor progress and supporting annual ESG and CSR reporting.
• Engaging with, and training, colleagues to promote a culture of continuous improvement and best practice.

About You :

A background in food manufacturing would be ideal, but we're keen to hear from anybody with the following :

• Experience of implementing and managing sustainability initiatives in a manufacturing, engineering, or waste management environment.
• Strong knowledge of current sustainability and environment legislation and audit experience including ISO 14001 (and ideally ISO 50001, ISO 45001) and carbon reporting.
• Ideally d...