Ward are an award winning, family business who operate in the waste management and recycling sector across the East Midlands, North West and York. We are looking for an Environment & Sustainability Manager to join our business. 

The role of the Environment & Sustainability Manager is to ensure that Ward fulfils its environment and sustainability legal compliance obligations, maintains its ISO 14001:2015 accreditation, meets all the required standards to maintain Ward’s environmental permits and implement Ward’s 10-year sustainability roadmap, The Ward Way. 

As the manager of this small and important department, you will work in partnership with the Board of Directors, HR and Operations Managers across our nine locations, and group companies, to achieve and implement The Ward Way. We are working towards achieving our net zero targets and other sustainability goals whilst remaining competitive within the marketplace.  

 You will collect and analyse data, produce reports and make recommendations to The Board. You will use your commercial awareness to contribute to bids and tenders and represent the company at external events, such as the BMRA Low Carbon Committee and CIWM Waste Regulation SIG, so having excellent communication skills and a passion for your role at Ward is essential. You will keep abreast of developments within the sector and participate in conferences and other knowledge sharing platforms.  You will have a visible presence across all of our sites, conducting site audits and liaising with operational teams regularly.

You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of Wards ISO Environmental Management System ISO14001:2015.  

To be considered for this position, you will need a degree in an environmental discipline and have at least 3 years experience in an Environmental Management or Senior Sustainability role and have experience with reporting through EcoVardis or similar platform. Experience within the waste and recycling sector would be advantageous.

You will manage one direct report (Environment Advisor) and therefore previous management experience is essential.  

You will undertake a varied role and take the lead in delivering ESOS, SECR, Decarbonisation Plan, SBTi and Climate Change Adaptation Plans. You will liaise with the Environment Agency occasionally and manage the company’s energy portfolio.  

The role will be based at one of our largest processing facilities in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. This is an office based role however visits to our nine locations is essential and an electric company car is provided.  

You’ll receive a competitive salary (negotiable based on experience), enhanced annual leave entitlement alongside our other company benefits such as life assurance, the Employee Assistance Programme, discounts on Ward services and retail and holiday discounts through our Wisdom Ap.