Vitacress Salads St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Job Description
Posted Thursday 10 October 2024 at 00:00
Location: Vitacress Salads (St Marybourne, Andover)
Shift pattern: Monday to Friday - 8.30am - 5pm
Hours: 40
Contract type: Permanent.
Are you passionate about the environment? Want to use your skills and experience to make a positive difference? Well look no further than here at Vitacress!
As a key member of the team you will assist the Group Environmental Manager & HSE teams in driving forward the company’s environmental sustainability agenda. You will have an exciting opportunity to deliver specific environmental projects, and to provide administrative and technical support across Vitacress.
Main Responsibilities:
* Leading biodiversity projects and supporting water projects across UK Vitacress Salads sites.
* Work with the watercress farms on the phosphate project.
* Co-ordinating and managing consultants and contractors on environmental projects / works.
* Work with HSE teams to support the environmental aspects of the HSE champion network.
* Engage with local community groups on environmental topics.
* Advise on waste reduction and recycling management at Salads and liaise with the Herbs site.
* Work with HSE managers to develop UK waste management framework, including food waste.
Compliance:
* Improve the ISO14001 aspects and impacts register to make it more intuitive as an environmental management system.
* Support the maintenance of the environmental aspects of the legal register.
* Support environmental permitting and abstraction applications.
* Support the compliance water testing on UK watercress farms.
* Support Hampshire and Dorset watercress farms with water resources returns and water quality analysis.
* Working with the GEM and HSE Managers to update or develop new environmental initiatives, processes and supporting procedures.
* Inputting, analysing and manipulating data as required to identify trends and for input to environmental reports, procedures, presentations, tenders etc.
* Reviewing site documentation as required.
Communications, Engagement and Training:
* Create regular environmental employee engagement materials including training, and lead and support on events.
* Work with the Group communications team on communications for the external and internal audience, including working with our partners to boost our reach.
* Support and deliver environmental training at UK Salads.
You will have keen enthusiasm about a wide range of environmental issues and be self-motivated, focused, multi-tasking, well organised and able to work to deadlines.
The ability to plan and organise efficiently and have exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to maintain a high level of accuracy at all times will be key to being successful within this role.
You will have good knowledge and understanding of environmental issues, including environmental standards and the experience of working in a multi-disciplined workplace.
An environmental Science or similar related degree qualified or relevant work experience would be key for this role.
Apply today for this exciting opportunity or for any further questions please get in touch with our Talent Acquisition Team on TA@vitacress.com.
Vitacress Salads, based in leafy St Mary Bourne, Andover is one of the principal salad and watercress suppliers in the UK. With our own salad leaf farms, we take immense pride in delivering a field to fork operation. We grow, wash, pack and distribute salad and watercress for retailer own brands and our own brand Steve’s Leaves. We take pleasure in ensuring the best possible standard and we will empower you to do the same. From the way we grow our products, to the relationships we maintain with customers, everyone knows exactly what is going on. We are authentic and grounded. At the centre of everything is a trust that you can feel every day at work. From the salads that are grown on site; to the investment in facilities and the growth of the business; to growing and nurturing our talented employees, growing is truly at the heart of what we do. Join us and become a trusted partner in our business.
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