Senior Environment Advisor

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Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port

• 10% Company Contribution Pension rising to 15% with service
• 25 days Holiday, increasing with service
• Private Medical Insurance
• Additional Flex Benefits- including Holiday Purchase
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme with Exclusive access to a range of Discounts
• Free Secure On Site Car Parking

Do you want to work for the company that’s playing a leading role in delivering the North West’s low carbon future? EET Fuels (Trading name of Essar Oil (UK) Limited) produces over 16% of the UK’s road transport fuels, provides key feed stocks to Britain’s petrochemical industry and is investing in developing low carbon fuels.

We are a major supplier in the North West and beyond with customers including most of the major retail brands operated by international oil companies and supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading commercial airlines and the region’s trains and buses.

And we’re central to the innovative HyNet project which is redefining energy to achieve our regional low carbon ambitions and national policy targets.

We employ over 800 expert and engaged colleagues, who are at the heart of everything we do. The company has an embedded safety culture, technically challenging work across all the different parts of the business and some of the best training available in the energy industry.

Please Note, we work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies, and we are not looking to add to the current preferred suppliers list. We are unable to accept representations from agencies that are not on that preferred supplier list.

The role is responsible for ensuring full compliance with Essar Group policies and all current and future regulatory requirements. It involves delivering high quality reports to both the regulator and Essar Group, meeting all deadlines and accuracy standards. You will contribute to key projects that support legislative obligations and environmental vision, working closely with teams across the refinery to help fulfil Essar’s regulatory commitments.

The position also provides essential support to the Environment Manager in managing environmental regulatory projects, improvement initiatives, and associated commitments.

• Ensure Essar’s environmental compliance with COMAH requirements
• Maintain the site Environmental Risk Assessment, including MATTE‑related assessments
• Provide environmental input to site projects, including ENVID/HAZID, risk registers, LOPA and regulatory submissions
• Coordinate responses to Environment Agency comments on the COMAH report
• Act as environmental lead for IMRA assessments involving environmental risk
• Manage the interface with the EA COMAH inspector and lead EA‑driven intervention visits
• Own the COMAH containment spreadsheet and site aspects register, ensuring alignment with the COMAH ERA
• Audit environmental systems and recommend improvements, support preparation for EA audits
• Provide environmental support to operating areas, particularly where ERA knowledge is required
• Support day‑to‑day activities of the refinery environmental team, including regulatory responses and complaint handling
• Assist with environmental reporting and ISO 14001 activities
• Participate in the Environment Duty Rota in line with site emergency plans

You bring experience of regulatory responsibility within a manufacturing environment and can confidently interpret and work with technical data to a high standard. With proven experience in an environmental, process engineering or operational role, you can demonstrate clear environmental involvement in your previous positions. You either hold a professional environmental qualification or are motivated to work towards one. You are comfortable reviewing legislation and understanding its practical implications, and you have a genuine interest in environmental issues.

Strong communication skills, openness and integrity are essential to how you work, along with the ability to handle sensitive matters confidentially. You also have the technical capability and drive needed to support and energise projects across the refinery.

This vacancy will close on Friday 27th February 2026.