Site Environmental Officer - St. Austell, United Kingdom - Cornish Lithium

Description

Cornish Lithium is seeking an enthusiastic and collaborative Site Environmental Officer to join our team at the Trelavour hard rock lithium project, near St Austell in Cornwall.

We have recently taken over the lease for a china clay pit near St Dennis and we are working towards our goal of restarting production here and then extracting lithium from the granite rock at our neighbouring TreLith mineral processing site.

We now require a full time ESG team presence on site, to oversee many of the activities from an environmental perspective, and are looking for a dynamic Site Environmental Officer to join our team.

As the Site Environmental Officer your responsibilities will include:

• Managing day to day site environmental activities and coordinating all activities with the wider ESG team.
• Assisting with the development and implementation of the environmental management system, and continually improving the impact of the organisation on the environment
• Working with site personnel and contractors, so as to avoid contravention of relevant wildlife law, and so that the works comply with planning consent commitments and the ecology elements of principal contractor documentation. Such works may also aid the discharge of planning conditions.
• You will also proactively identify and resolve ecological issues, however minor, that could otherwise give rise to third party criticism of the project
• Working closely with the site team, and ensuring that the workforce is aware of their responsibilities. This helps ensure that work proceeds in accordance with the project plan.
• Implementing and developing site specific environmental practices
• Approved contractor management and performance monitoring
• Monitoring to support site pollution control, water and waste management and environmental health and conservation. Maintaining records of environmental data
• Helping to promote and raise awareness, at all levels of the Trelavour Project, of the impact of emerging environmental issues
• Implementing best practice ethical and social responsibility and address any issues arising
• Supporting stakeholder engagement activities around the project
• Participating in environmental education and training within the company
• Developing and implementing environmental strategies and action plans at the Trelavour Project, to ensure corporate sustainable development, in alignment with the company's ethos and to ensure compliance with all relevant environmental legislation.

Essential requirements:

• Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels
• Relevant degree in environmental science, geoscience, ecology or similar
• Practical experience in site environmental management
• Collaborative with the ability to take the initiative when required
• Comfortable working outdoors in all weathers
• Practical and handson approach
• Competent use of MS Office

Desirable factors:

• ArcGIS/GIS skills
• Member of professional body
• Experience conducting environmental sampling
• Basic surveying (with GPS rover)

Salary and Benefits
We offer a competitive salary for this role dependant on experience with the following benefits post probation:

• Elevated pension contributions (10% contribution from Cornish Lithium)
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced parental leave policies and sick pay
• Opportunity to participate in the Group's Electric Vehicle and Ride to Work Scheme

The role will be based at the Company's TreLith site near St. Dennis, Cornwall. There may be a need for flexible working hours. Annual leave comprises 25 days' holiday per year pro rata, plus UK Bank Holidays.


Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexitime
• Life insurance
• Onsite parking
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• St

Austell, PL26 8DY:
reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)


Work Location:
One location

Application deadline: 28/01/2023