Environmental Lead

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Mission:

We are seeking a hands-on Environmental Lead to manage all environmental aspects of TEKEVER’s Swindon manufacturing site. The role will provide visible, practical support across the manufacturing line and offices.

You will work with operational leaders, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, facilities providers, contractors and the wider UK QSHE team to ensure that the site’s environmental impacts are managed by implementing proportionate controls and maintain clear evidence of legal compliance and improve the environmental performance.

What you’ll be doing

· Lead the implementation and continual improvement of Environmental Management System arrangements at Swindon, aligned with TEKEVER’s integrated management system and ISO 14001. TEKEVER currently holds ISO14001:2015 and must demonstrate compliance with ISO14001:2026.

· Provide competent, practical environmental advice to managers, supervisors, employees and contractors working across the site.

· Maintain the environmental aspects and impacts register for sites-based activities.

· Carry out regular workplace inspections of waste management activities and environmental permit conditions. Complete compliance checks, recording findings and following actions through to closure.

· Respond to emergency environmental incidents.

· Lead on environmental incidents and near-miss investigations ensuring corrective actions prevent recurrence.

· Support the Safety Manager to maintain local emergency arrangements covering fire, evacuation, first aid and other foreseeable site emergencies where environmental impacts may result, coordinating with landlord arrangements where interfaces exist.

· Plan and support and deliver the environmental aspects of the HSE inductions, briefings, toolbox talks. Identifying where further role-specific training may be required.

· Monitor controls for fuel, batteries, hazardous substances, compressed gases, spray activities, waste, plant, tools and work equipment.

· Ensure contractors are briefed on environmental emergency requirements.

· Manage and investigate complaints in relation to the operating environment and achieve resolution.

· Maintain complete waste records for all waste streams and permit records.

· Undertake energy management to support TEKEVER’s carbon net zero ambitions.

· Lead on Biodiversity Net Gain obligations.

· Lead environmental management at the site, including waste segregation and disposal, spill prevention and response, hazardous-material storage, pollution prevention and environmental incident reporting.

· Plan and conduct internal audits and support customer, regulatory and certification-body audits relating to occupational health, safety, environment and facilities controls.

· Promote a positive culture where employees contribute to improving the site environmental performance.

What we’re looking for

· Environmental Management degree or similar discipline with membership of ISEP at an appropriate grade.

· Demonstrable environmental management experience in a manufacturing setting

· Practical knowledge of UK Environmental legislation and the ability to translate legal and business requirements into workable site controls.

· Experience of ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems.

· Experience managing environmental impacts associated with hazardous substances, fuels, batteries, work equipment, contractors, vehicle movements and maintenance or production activity.

· Ability to work effectively with a range of stakeholders, landlords, facilities providers, contractors, managers and operational teams where responsibilities are shared or interface.

· Working knowledge of facilities-management safety and statutory-compliance requirements, with the judgement to identify when competent specialist support is required.

· Practical knowledge of environmental responsibilities relevant to an operational site, including waste, environmental permits for atmospheric emissions, pollution prevention, spill response and hazardous-material controls.

· Demonstrable evidence of improved environmental performance in a workplace setting.

· Confident communication, coaching and influencing skills, with a visible and approachable shop-floor presence.

· Good organisational skills and the discipline to maintain accurate records, action trackers and auditable evidence.

Nice to have

· Chartered Environmentalist or actively working towards CENV.

· ISO14001 Lead Auditor qualification.

· Experience working with ISO50001 Energy Management.

· NEBOSH general certificate in Health and Safety.

· Experience in UAS, aircraft operations, aerospace manufacturing or aircraft maintenance environments.

What we have to offer you:

At TEKEVER, we offer a comprehensive package designed to reward, support, and develop our people. This includes a highly competitive salary with a discretionary annual bonus and a company pension contribution match of up to 10%. To support your wellbeing, we provide 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, Private Medical Insurance (with optional family cover), Private Dental care, and an Employee Assistance Programme. We are deeply committed to investing in future talent; our scale allows us to provide clear career development opportunities and dedicated initiatives to boost your skill sets, ensuring you remain future-ready for the evolving workplace. Furthermore, our team enjoys a flexible hybrid working model, typically three days a week at our core UK sites like Bristol, and access to a bespoke rewards platform featuring a variety of high street discounts and salary sacrifice schemes, including Electric Car, Cycle to Work, and Technology options.

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