Sustainability and Environmental Lead - Chorley, United Kingdom - Avove

Avove

Verified Company

Chorley, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Who we are:

Avove is a new, independent utilities infrastructure business, formed from the utilities division of leading infrastructure services company, Amey.
We design, build and maintain the UK's utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better.

We are proud to work in partnership with our clients, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Scottish Water, Northern Powergrid and Scottish Power.

The Role:

We are expanding our fantastic HSEQ team and looking for a professional Sustainability and Environmental Lead to join us Reporting to the Head of HSEQ you will provide value-added support to the organisation so that we can effectively discharge our responsibilities relating to environmental and sustainability best practice.

You will collaborate with the leadership teams to help ensure a collective vision environmental systems and compliance and focuses on our people and their behaviour to help create a positively reinforced learning culture.

This is a full time permanent role and is a mixture of home working and office working.

Responsibilities:

Creating and developing Avove's ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management System
Innovation in Industry being a focal point for the communication of current trends.
Performance Reporting & Management
Advise against the business's environmental strategy, its implementation and performance requirements working with the ESG lead.
Undertake conformance and compliance audits against company, legal, certification, and client requirements.
Undertake internal audits on the EMS joint with the quality compliance lead.
Support the HSE advisors and train up on environmental legislation and compliance.
Upskill operational teams around environment close calls.
Report on trends and lessons learned.
Support ESOS and SECR reports.
Carry out duty of care audits on waste management companies.

Skills & Experience:

Lead Auditor-ISO 14001 qualification
Good communication skills
Environmental awareness in construction and civils

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary that is based on proven skills and experience. Hard work is celebrated and rewarded.

We recognise that one size doesn't fit all so everyone has access to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.

Min. 24 days holiday plus statutory holidays (option to buy more)
Company pension scheme
Life assurance
A selection of lifestyle benefit options
Financial wellbeing programme
Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising

Our main value is to "Move Life Forward" and we are committed to developing our colleagues and encouraging personal growth, in conjunction with a flexible working approach so everyone can thrive in an inclusive and open environment.