Environment Manager

Job Description

This is a permanent role within our Assurance & Performance team.
Salary £58,140 to £68,400 dependent on skills and experience.
Base location is flexible – West Cumbria, Warrington, London or Harwell, Oxfordshire.
Hybrid working is available with 40% of time in an NDA office.

Closing date

12 Juy 2024 .

The Role:

The UK’s nuclear energy programme, has left a mixed legacy to the country: numerous prototype reactors, fuel-manufacturing plants, research centers, reprocessing plants and 11 power stations. This has resulted in one of the worlds most complex environmental decommissioning and remediation challenges. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for an environment professional to help the NDA deliver its environment strategy and to help our operating companies maintain and improve their performance.

The objectives for the 2021-26 NDA Environment strategy are:
To ensure that our mission outcomes and the journey to deliver them is environmentally sustainable;
To improve and protect the environment.

The role of the NDA Environment Manager will be to contribute to the delivery of that strategy, leading on specific areas within it. It is anticipated the team will be made up of three experienced staff each leading in a different area of delivery but with capability and an expectation to work together across the strategy delivery plan as a whole;

Environmental sustainability in NDA group, including carbon management
NDA role in Assurance of environmental capability and performance at the NDA and in its subsidiary businesses.
Environmental lead for cross group programmes of land optimisation and integrated decommissioning
Each Environment Manager will be a policy and legislation subject matter expert for environmental matters. This role will focus principally, but not exclusively, across on the first area of work.

Accountabilities:

To lead our collaboration with the NDA group on carbon management in support of our commitment to be carbon net zero by 2050.
To lead on NDA group’s carbon net zero vision and strategy.
Working with the NDA group to set carbon reduction pathways and targets.
Identifying and embedding carbon management good practice in the NDA group.
Understanding and meeting the carbon management needs and challenges of the NDA group.
Accounting and reporting the NDA group carbon footprint.
Providing reports and advice on carbon management to senior leaders within the NDA group.
Raising awareness through training and comms and encouraging behavioural change within the NDA group.
Represent the NDA group with external stakeholders, sharing our carbon management successes and challenges and bringing learning back to the NDA group.
Leading on delivery of greening government commitments within NDA.
Delivery of, or support to other elements of the Environment Strategy, along with provision of environmental technical support as required.
To develop and maintain relevant interfaces internally within the NDA group, with regulators, government and other organisations as relevant. Supporting the development of a collaborative environment community, supporting the identification, transfer and embedding of good practice.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

Ability to live the NDA values of respect, openness, collaboration, performance and creativity.
Ability to manage own workload, including time and deadline management.
Ability to communicate complex technical information in an accessible and engaging way to a broad range of stakeholders.
Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders and work collaboratively.
Ability to exert leadership and influence to implement new approaches, improve performance and deliver objectives.
Drive and determination to transfer technologies from R&D into operation that significantly improve the delivery of the NDA mission.
Commitment to continuing professional development

Knowledge, skills and experience required:

Degree in science or environment (or equivalent).
Chartered membership of a corporate institution is desirable.
Experience of operating in the management and/or regulation of environmental protection in the nuclear or wider industries.
Negotiating and good interpersonal skills are essential.
Good working knowledge of environmental regulation and standards applied in high hazard industry.

We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At NDA, we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently, we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.

NDA is a member of the disability confident scheme, when requested we will make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and we guarantee to interview all candidates who have a disability who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

We are happy to discuss flexible working. We will also make workplace adjustments for disabled employees if these are needed to help them perform at their best in the role, and we are happy to discuss this once a job offer has been made.