Environment and Sustainability Specialist - Warwick, United Kingdom - telent

telent

Verified Company

Warwick, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

An excellent opportunity to for an experienced Environment and Sustainability professional to join our team. You must hold a full drivers licence and have appropriate membership (eg MIEMA). You will be passionate about enabling an organisation to achieve real results in sustainability and carbon reduction.

Environment and Sustainability Specialist

Location:
Flexible Working Location

Job type:
Permanent, full time

Ref:
V13713
At Telent, you will have the opportunity to be a part of something bigger. To keep things moving, to connect people. It's important work that we are passionate about. Learning fast, inspiring colleagues, and making the entire organisation run smoother and better. Join us and help keep the nations critical networks connected and protected 24/7.

Environment and Sustainability Specialist - What you'll do:

Be responsible for the ongoing evolution and improvement of the Company environmental management system in line with our business development, industry best practice, legislative requirements, and corporate learning.
Support the QEHS Director in the ongoing development of business environmental and sustainability policies and strategies for the "Green Agenda" in line with business development and socioeconomic direction and play a key role in coordinating the activities of the ESV (Environment and Social Value governance) steering group, influencing Executive decisionmaking in relation to companywide social economic and environmental objectives and commitments.
Support Telent to deliver the Science Based Carbon Targets for 2030. You will play a key role in corporate risk management by defining an appropriate assurance regime including any riskbased audit programme across the business, ensuring effective audit and assurance practices, developing and maintaining key performance metrics and reporting and review arrangements to meet corporate and contract obligations.
Create strong working relationships with the Business Unit EHS leads and leading a crossfunctional working group, you will provide oversight for the core "Green Agenda" strategies across Telent and form part of the Group QEHS Leadership team to influence and advise on the continual improvement opportunities and development of the business unit processes to support Telent's environmental and sustainability objectives.
You will protect the business by ensuring that regular effective reviews of key company environmental risks are carried out and suitable treatment and response plans established, including the evaluation of climate change risks.
Develop and improve the Company Environmental Management System in line with industry best practice and legislative requirements to support to the business strategies for performance improvement and sustainability and maintenance of our ISO14001 certification.
Coordinating and supporting governance and collaboration through the ESV Steering Group and associate Working Group activities.
Act as SME, maintaining knowledge and advising the business on the UK green agenda, sustainable practices, environmental legislation and client requirements for the industries and environments in which Telent operates.
Carrying out regular review of key Company Environmental Risks.
Delivering company and regulatory reporting obligations (e.g. Monthly and Quarterly performance reports, ESOS, CDP, SECR and the Company Sustainability and Social Value report)
Advise on new/future environmental training to support business development needs and compliance with Telent EMS procedures and ensure corporate induction modules remain relevant and agreed awareness programmes are delivered.

Environment and Sustainability Specialist - Key requirements:

Suitable training and awareness material
Periodic legislative and compliance reviews
Bid responses for key business development opportunities
Governance and assurance
Performance and Corporate reports including regulatory reporting
Continual improvement
Collaborative working and coordination
Experience of providing technical sustainability and environmental advice for business operations
Experience in the provision of Corporate Regulatory Reporting (e.g., SECR)
Experience of delivering tangible reductions in the impact of equipment and infrastructure on the environment through the stages of product lifecycle, including:
Implementation and promotion of a reduction in waste
Implementation and promotion of the reuse and recycling of materials
Implementation and promotion of a reduction in carbon emissions
Use of low carbon resources.
Excellent communication (written and verbal) and stakeholder management skills.
Strong analytical and reasoning skills.
Experience in managing and delivering complex technical and change/improvement projects
Appropriate memberships e.g., MIEMA (Essential)
ISO14001:2015 Lead Auditor (Desirable)