Job Description

As our Regional Environment and Sustainability Manager you will provide leadership and ensure Environmental responsibilities are being carried out fully across our contracts within Unipart Logistics (UL). You will facilitate implementation of Unipart’s environmental policies and Environmental Management System across multiple sites and provide technical environmental support to individual sites, business units, and projects. Promoting the principle that effective management of environment is an integral part of efficient business and operational management is a key part of this role.
Regional Environment and Sustainability Manager Responsibilities:

• Advise all levels of management on applicable environmental legislation ensuring the company complies with its legal obligations with regards to Environmental Regulation.
• Ensuring compliance with any environmental consents or permits, providing data for Unipart Group submissions to regulatory bodies.
• Initiate timely and appropriate actions in emergency situations, contact and communicate effectively with all relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Responsibility for the upkeep and the continuing development of the UL Environmental Sustainability Strategy, and Environmental Management System (EMS), complying with the requirements of ISO14001 (2015).
• Managing and carrying out environmental audits and inspections, assisting with the internal and external auditing of the EMS across all sites. Managing environmental non-conformities and complaints.
• Developing behavioral change programmes, training and awareness for colleagues at all levels in environmental and sustainability issues and responsibilities.
• Responsibility for investigating any environmental incidents or near misses and presenting the findings, root cause and any corrective action plans.
• Identify and drive ways to reduce energy, carbon emissions, water and single use plastic across contracts, promotion of these best practice methods across UL.
• Ensure appropriate documentation is provided to meet UL and Unipart Group reporting requirements.
• Collate, analysis and reporting on energy, waste, water, CO2 emissions and single use plastic as part of internal and external reporting requirements.
• Ensure each site has a maintained communications area for environment and performance.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Educated to degree level with/or appropriate professional qualification such as IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management or equivalent (CIWM). Experience in developing sustainability/environmental programs within warehousing & logistics related sectors. Understanding of EMS/ ISO14001 management system requirements and environmental legislation with ISO Auditor Qualification. Leadership, communication skills and stakeholder engagement. Track record of working at all levels, from Senior Managers to Shop Floor. Ability to use numerical skills to conduct trend analysis. Experience with CO2 emission, energy waste reduction strategies. Experience in environmental employee engagement programmes. Able to travel anywhere within the UK. Driving license and mobility is essential.