An environmental officer is required for one of our largest processing facilities in Grannagh Co. Waterford. This will involve the day-to-day management of all environmental related activities along with a series of environmental and sustainability based projects.
The successful candidate will be based in one of our primary production plants and will be responsible for:
- Ensuring site compliance to regulatory licencing requirements.
- Directing site activities towards achieving energy, carbon, water, and waste reduction targets, through measuring, analysis, and reporting programmes.
- Capture, analysis and reporting of all relevant data relating to effluent, energy, water, waste, and sustainability.
- Measurement and verification of energy related projects.
- Work with cross-functional teams to maintain environmental management and monitoring programmes;
- Maintain and improve ISO50001 Energy Management System on site;
- Assist with the maintenance of ISO14001 Environmental Management System on site;
- Complete site energy/environmental audits to identify opportunities for improvement and improve sites resilience to climate change.
- Develop learning opportunities and training plans for staff and manage delivery of environmental weeks on site.
- Liaise with the group environmental team on upcoming sustainability projects and strategies.
Your role will see you tackle a wide range of business challenges in a busy environment. The ideal Candidate will have or demonstrate: - A relevant 3rd level Environmental/Engineering qualification (preferably B.Sc.\B.E. degree in engineering) or similar;
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in similar role
- A good knowledge of environmental scientific techniques, managing large amounts of data, report writing; and legislation;
- Excellent IT skills, including proficient use of MS Office suite, particularly excel.
- Excellent communication skills with fluent English;
- The ability to work as both part of a team and independently is essential;
