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SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

We have a fantastic opportunity for a SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER.

You will

  • To provide management support and subject matter expertise to Sodexo and the client team with regards to environmental and sustainability aspects. 
  • To create, maintain and improve the safety, waste, environmental and sustainability aspects of the Sodexo service offering by ensuring that all relevant policies, practices, and legislation are followed to deliver full compliance and best practice. 
  • Ensure that Sodexo works towards finding new, innovative, and economically reductive ways to stay environmentally friendly and compliant with legislation 

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications. 

 

 

Role Responsibility

  • Develop, secure appropriate approvals, implement and manage a program for sustainability initiatives and staff awareness, business units and employees on ways to improve sustainability. 
  • Provide monthly analysis of initiative progress and utility data, recommending actions where appropriate and implement solutions. 
  • Develop energy, water, and waste & recycling initiative projects consistent with Leonardo goals including detailed scopes of work, benefit realisation and return on investment analysis. 
  • Address or support ongoing requests for collecting and providing various utility data and information within the regions for initiatives including surveys and the Carbon Net Zero ambition. 
  • Take the lead on sustainable procurement for all services relating to, goods, utilities & waste, including Identifying programs available through utility companies and government agencies for rebates and other benefits to reduce operating and capital costs.  
  • Introduce opportunities for improvements to Sustainability that is consistent with Leonardo’s Corporate Sustainability Guidelines for Carbon reduction goals and report as required. 
  • In alignment with compliance requirements ensure Leonardo complies with all local, regional, national, and supra-national (e.g., European Union) waste, water, energy, and emissions related regulations including but not limited to audits, reporting and allowance for credit purchases. 
  • Chair a monthly Sustainability Working Group meeting to share best practices and make recommendations with our partners and client 
  • Ensure the Annual Sustainability Plan document and tracker are kept up to date, logging any changes / mitigations. 
  • Support with coordinating account wide initiatives, tracking progress / status of implementations 
  • Earth Hour, and Earth Day Annual Campaign Planning 
  • Create prepare monthly and quarterly sustainability reports to feed into the Annual Sustainability Plan (targets, projects, implementation) 

The Ideal Candidate

Essential 

  • Qualification in Waste management and Environmental aspects equivalent to IEMA Certificate level 
  • Experience of corporate and operational environmental management and EMS Systems 
  • Effective communicator with the ability to influence and advise colleagues at all levels 
  • A methodical and analytical approach to long term challenges, the ability to identify objectives and develop strategies to address them 
  • Team worker with ability to work independently 
  • Knowledge of contractor management 
  • Knowledge of and passion for sustainable innovation and change management 
  • Requires min. 3 years of experience in the field or in a related area. 
  • Experience of corporate social responsibility requirements 
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and deliver objectives within an agreed timeframe. 

Desirable, but not essential 

  • Knowledge of climate change and carbon management. 
  • Experience of facilities management. 
  • Degree/HND level qualification in Environmental Science or Management 
  • Knowledge of environmental issues surrounding the food & IFM industry 
  • Subscription to an environmental affiliation such as IEMA 

Other Relevant Information 

  • Improve performance in line with the Sodexo Better Tomorrow Plan and Carbon Net Zero Roadmap 
  • Implement and manage environmental and sustainability polices 
  • This job description is intended to give the post holder an appreciation of the role envisaged and the range of duties and responsibilities to be undertaken.  It does not attempt to detail every activity.  Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed with the post holder at regular intervals.  
  • The post holder will be always required to perform any other reasonable task, as requested by the Line Manager to meet the operational needs of the business

Successful candidate will be asked to undertake a basic disclosure check

Package Description

Competitive salary of £45,000 - £50,000 depending on experience.

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster

About the Company

 

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.  

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. 

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

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