Environmental Officer

**_Energise Your Career, Accelerate a Net-Zero Future #RenewablesJobs_**

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The opportunity_**

Are you passionate about sustainability and making a real impact in the renewables sector? We’re looking for a dedicated **Environmental Officer** to take the lead in **achieving and maintaining environmental compliance** across our onshore assets in England and Wales. But we’re not just about meeting standards—we’re committed to going beyond compliance, driving sustainability, and shaping a greener future. In this role, you’ll play a key part in **promoting a Zero Harm culture**, ensuring environmental best practices, and building strong relationships with colleagues and contractors both in the office and out in the field. If you're ready to be part of a team that’s making a difference, we want to hear from you

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Pay, benefits and culture_**

If you’re looking to join a company where you can work hard, have fun, and help to create a Net Zero future - then you’re in the right place’

Our passion for embracing new ideas and being open-minded to change helps us continue to grow successfully.

We’re committed to helping all of our people thrive during their time with us, recognising and rewarding every person for their hard work and commitment.

Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, and market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits and employee discounts to help you thrive across all aspects of your life. You can spend your flexible fund on the benefits that matter to you, whether that’s an electric vehicle, private healthcare, additional holiday or one or more of our other benefits.

We’ll offer you the flexibility, freedom and responsibility to make an impact in your role; whether that’s on-site, in the office or hybrid working from home.

We’re committed to championing diversity representation across gender, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and more. This applies to all our roles, underpinned by our Everyone’s Welcome inclusion programme.

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What you’ll be doing_**

You’ll take a lead role in day-to-day environmental management in addition to:

- Engage (regular communication and training) with EDF Renewables’ asset management and operation & maintenance (O&M) team on a regular basis to ensure waste is managed and pollution risks are controlled.
- Engage with 3rd party O&M teams on a regular basis to ensure waste is managed and pollution risks are controlled-in line with contractual requirements.
- Take a lead role in facilitating environmental ‘site handover’ between construction and operational phase.
- Support environmental inspection regimes.
- Support wider business audits including (but not limited to) ISO standard audits.
- Manage planning requirements.
- Manage engagement with members of the public.
- Manage contractors that provide various environmental & ecological services.
- Perform environmental data collection and collation duties in line with stakeholders’ requirements-any experience in collating packaging and/or WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is desirable. Any experience in collating greenhouse gas data is desirable.
- Be willing to contribute to the wider business efforts towards sustainability.
- Be creative and hardworking to solve any problems or issues that arise.
- Develop strong relationships and represent the interests of EDF Renewables with critical stakeholders:

- Investors
- Other business unit representatives in EDF Group
- Landowners and agents
- Critical contract partners

**_ What do you need to be great at this role?_**

You’ll have knowledge of environmental regulatory requirements including waste, pollution, greenhouse gas accounting, producer responsibility, Wildlife and Countryside Act, etc.
- Experience of managing external consultants desirable.
- Experience of managing external contractors on site is essential.
- Experience in designing auditing programmes.
- Experience in environmental monitoring and measurement techniques including GHG data collection and collation.
- Experience of working on energy projects, particularly Battery Energy Storage Sites and/or Solar Sites, in development, construction and/or operation is desirable.
- Relevant undergraduate and/or post graduate degree in town and country planning, environmental impact assessment (EIA), environmental management or similar.
- Membership (or working towards membership) of relevant professional institute, e.g., Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
- Natural communication and interpersonal skills.
- Innovative, enthusiastic and self-motivated
- Ability to prioritise effectively and consistently deliver against tight time constraints while working flexibly as part of a team.
- Ability and being comfortable working in outdoor environments in variety of weather conditions.
- Comfortable influencing and engaging with stakeholders.
- Familiar with reactive work environment and flexibility in work location/timing of work

Location: Scotland, Durham or remote