Environmental Advisor

Job Title: Environmental Advisor

Location: Milton Keynes

We are seeking a dedicated and proactive Environmental Advisor to join our team at our Milton Keynes site. You will support our operational teams to ensure compliance with legal requirements, company policy, and best practices in environmental activities. You will be a visible leader, driving real change and ensuring every member of our team understands and supports our Environmental Compliance requirements and initiatives.

• Expert Guidance:
  Support and advise internal stakeholders on the interpretation and implementation of our company environmental policies, standards, and statutory provisions. The role also explores external best practice for the improvement of our internal plans.
• Site Engagement & Leadership:
  Support and advise the site environmental committees and conduct regular environmental walks to engage colleagues, identify opportunities for improvement, and foster a culture of environmental responsibility. Promote environmental and sustainability best practice and support the implementation of strategies, plans, processes and standards to improve our environmental performance in close collaboration with colleagues from across the business.
• Legal & Environmental
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Support the Head of HS&E and the HS&E Business Partners to maintain the business and site level legal registers and ensure full compliance with Waste Duty of Care. You will also be the key point of contact for supporting environmental site inspections. Support the sites to manage trade effluent, PPC Permit compliance as well as relevant new requirements and the delivery of corrective actions as required.
• Environmental Management Systems:
  Support Internal stakeholders with the day‑to‑day management of our Environmental Management (ISO 14001) System, including reviewing and agreeing actions relating to the implementing of updates required by the new ISO 14001:2026 standard.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Proactively conduct environmental related audits and support workplace inspections, recommending and supporting the implementation of both improvement opportunities and remedial actions. Support external audits and inspections across the site, recommending both improvement opportunities and remedial actions where standards are not being met.
• Data Accuracy & Reporting:
  Gather and analyse site environmental data for reporting purposes and identify opportunities for improvement, including ways to improve the accuracy and detail of environmental data.
• Incident Investigation:
  Support the site operational teams with specific environmental incident investigations to identify immediate and root causes and ensure corrective and preventative actions are in place.
• Training & Development:
  Prepare and deliver Environmental alerts, briefings, and training sessions including the delivery of mock drills as appropriate.
• Environmental Culture:
  Facilitate the promotion of a positive environmental culture within the site and wider functions across AG BARR. The role will liaise with the central Sustainability team in order to connect our corporate strategy to the opportunities for improvement at a site level.

• Industry
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience in an Environmental discipline ideally gained within a fast‑paced food and/or soft‑drinks manufacturing and/or a logistics/distribution environment.
• Key
  
  Qualifications:
  
  A professional Qualification and/or Degree within an Environmental discipline gained through any of the major governing bodies such as CIEH, NEBOSH, IEMA/ISEP. And can provide clear evidence of at least Technical membership, including demonstrable continuous professional development (CPD). Hold any other relevant and/or specialist qualifications within environmental studies.
• Legislative Knowledge: A comprehensive understanding of environmental legislation with proven experience working with environmental permits & compliance (PPC/EASR) and a solid understanding of UK environmental legislation (Waste Duty of Care, F‑Gas etc).
• Engagement
  
  Skills:
  
  The ability to support committees and influence colleagues at all levels—from the…