Environmental Consultant - Defence

Role: Environmental Consultant/Environmental Management Specialist

Location: Bristol Area/Hybrid Working

Rate: £500 per day

IR35 Status: Inside

Duration: 12 Months (extension likely)

Clearance: Must hold SC

Overview:

This role is for a Defence environmental professional with TacSys (Tactical Systems) experience, to be responsible for environmental management across a large MOD team, enabling the team to demonstrate compliance across the multiple projects associated with the programme.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide environmental management and sustainability advice and skills to enable improved sustainability outcomes.
• Develop and deliver compliant environmental management systems documentation and artifacts in support of the project.
• Hold environmental working groups, hazardous materials working groups and disposal working groups.
• Provide environmental and sustainability-related advice to the customer.
• Attend and provide briefing at safety and environmental committees and panels.
• Develop and maintain the sustainable procurement tool in alignment with the MOD policy requirements.

Key Requirements:

• Understanding of working with DE*S stakeholders and processes (ASEM/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 & Experience:

• Experience of military communications and information systems.
• Understanding of general environmental management systems, based on ISO14001.
• Development of sustainability assessment tools and understanding of the requirements of sustainable procurement.
• 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.

To be considered please apply directly with an up to date copy of your CV.