Environmental Consultant

Environmental Consultant
Location: Hybrid - 2 to 3 days per week in Bristol
Length: initial 12 months
Salary: 564 per day

CANDIDATES MUST HOLD ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE

The role

This role is for a Defence environmental professional to be responsible for environmental management across a large team, enabling the team to demonstrate compliance across the multiple projects associated with the programme.

As part of a specialist safety and environmental team, work closely with TacSys project teams to provide Environmental Management and Sustainability advice and skills to enable improved sustainability outcomes of defence equipment and services through their lifecycle.

Duties include working alongside the current team to:

• Develop and deliver compliant Environmental management Systems documentation and artefacts in support of the TacSys projects.
• Hold Environmental Working Groups, Hazardous Materials Working Groups and Disposals Working Groups
• Provide environmental and sustainability-related advice to the TacSys customer
• Attend and provide briefings at Safety and Environmental Committees and Panels as required
• Develop and maintain the TacSys Sustainable Procurement Tool in alignment with MOD Policy requirements

Essential skills, knowledge, capabilities

• Understanding of working with defence stakeholders and processes (ASEMS / POEMS / DEF STAN 00-051 / JSP418).
• Development of key environmental deliverables, through facilitation of Environmental Working Groups.
• Ability to identify and/or develop evidence for environmental legislation compliance.
• Hazardous materials management to meet both MOD policy and legal requirements.
• Net Zero planning.

Desirable skills, knowledge, capabilities

• Understanding of general Environmental Management Systems, based on ISO14001
• Be able to undertake environmental aspects and impacts identification, screening and scoping.
• Development of Sustainability assessment tools and understanding of the requirements of sustainable procurement.
• Analytical and logical thinking; also, the job holder must have conceptual flexibility and be able to think in an integrated/holistic /systematic manner.
• Good judgement for reliably identifying and managing risks/impacts, and also for selecting the most appropriate solution from a range of options.
• Knowledge of UK environmental legal frameworks and application of legal requirements, such as ROHS and REACH during product development and through-life management.
• Understanding of Sustainability concepts and how these are embedded into commercial contracts.