Our client currently has requirements for an Environment & Sustainability Manager on an initial 6 month contract basis from their Manchester Office/Hybrid working

Working within their Health & Safety Division the main purpose of the role is to deliver tactical solutions, initiatives to ensure environment and sustainability goals are met and provide value-added technical, specialist environment and sustainability support.

Responsibilities

* Provide support and guidance to the Rail Systems Business Unit leads to reduce environmental impact.

* Stay abreast and track developments in legislation, regulation and industry best practice through an ongoing process of formal continuing professional development.

* Provide specialist environmental advice, being the 'go to' person for understanding, knowledge, technical compliance and competence matters, providing the environmental discipline focal point, ensuring that we meet commitments and obligations.

* Undertake environmental performance monitoring, analysis and evaluation, writing reports and making recommendations to our business leaders to drive continual improvement.

* Work with team members to identify environmental risks and opportunities, improving understanding of how our activities interact with the environment and determine effective operational control measures to mitigate significant impacts, including in the event of an emergency, as well as in a changing climate.

* Take ownership of Rail Systems environmental procedures and guidance documents, amending them as necessary to reflect best working practices, legal and regulatory requirements.

* Support the E&S Senior Managers to review management systems, processes and procedures; and support the business in the implementation of risk control arrangements.

* Lead on environmental incident investigations, produce investigation reports and lessons learned and assist in implementing any learning identified.

* Identify and implement effective preventive actions through a process of root cause analysis.

* Liaise with stakeholders to organise and deliver E&S improvement projects.

* Champion E&S engagement campaigns.

* Support and enable the maintenance of the ISO 14001 certification of our integrated management systems