Environmental and Quality Co-ordinator

Envar seeks an Environmental and Quality Co-ordinator in Huntingdon, UK. This full-time role involves overseeing management systems, ensuring compliance with quality and environmental standards, conducting audits, and maintaining documentation. The candidate should have a basic understanding of ISO standards and effective communication skills. Travel may be required infrequently. Benefits include life insurance, wellness programs, and a salary sacrifice scheme for electric cars.
Job Title: Environmental and Quality Co-ordinator

Location: Cheffins, The Heath, Woodhurst, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28 3BS

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Permanent/ Full time

About Us:

Envar is a producer and supplier of high quality soil improver, woodland garden mulch, wood chip and biomass. We operate green waste composting sites across England with sites in Surrey, Northamptonshire, West London, Essex, Kent and Suffolk as well as our flagship site in Cambridgeshire where we also process food waste.

About the role:

The Environmental and Quality Co-ordinator is responsible for overseeing and maintaining the implementation and adherence to organization's Management Systems (MS). This role ensures adherence to standards and regulations at a regional level with further travel infrequently

Duties and Responsibilities:

Systems Management:
• Support sites in maintaining QMS/EMS and HSMS documentation, including PAS records, regulator required documentation, risk assessments, SSoW and sample, testing and inspection records.
• Conduct sampling activities to fulfil quality certification requirements.
• Develop and implement weekly SHEQ checklists.
• Perform six-monthly audits of systems or as per the audit plan.
• Be an advocate for safety, checking and inspecting items identifying improvements and challenging poor practices
• Oversee requirements management for tests and inspections.
• Make recommendations and identify errors
• Contribute to regular SHEQ meetings and discussions
• Organise, record and manage appropriate records
• Keep up to date legislative requirements and liaise with regulators
• Reporting issues regularly to relevant department heads as is necessary

Qualifications and abilities:
• Basic understanding of Management Systems (MS) principles and standards (e.g., ISO 9001/14001/45001). Or a willingness to learn
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in document management and record keeping.
• Ability to effectively and tactfully challenge poor behaviours
• Ability to self start, conduct research and understand when to ask for help.

About you:

Essentials:
• Understanding of ISO Systems or willingness to learn
• Ability to cope with unforeseen requirements and changing circumstances
• Ability to organise.
• Good record keeping skills
• Self Starter motivated to continually improve
• Good with people and handling difficult situations
• Strong enough to be able to pause should there be an unknown or unacceptable risk
• Relevant A levels or experience
• Experience of being audited and asked difficult questions
• Competent communicator
• Competent with quality management systems

Desirable:
• Understanding of operations
• Experience in a face to face role
• CoTC - not essential training can be provided

Benefits:
• Life Insurance with access to GP24
• Commitment to wellbeing through Employee Assistance Programme
• Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme for eligible employees
• Cycle to work scheme
• Company Events
• GymFlex salary sacrifice

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of HSE Officer, EHS Manager, Safety and Compliance Officer, Quality and Safety Supervisor, and Environmental and Health Safety Coordinator may also be considered.