Energy & Environment Support Manager (Fixed Term)

BUSINESS FUNCTION: Safety, Health and Environment
GRADE: ML1/SB1
SALARY BAND: £34,060 to £40,508 per annum
ROLE TYPE: Hybrid
HOURS: 37 per week
Is embedding a proactive environmental culture 'Your Thing'?
We're looking for an Energy and Environment Support Manager to support in the delivery of a proactive environmental culture across the business, which in turn will deliver relevant elements of the Safety, Health, Environment and Crime Strategy and specific energy and environmental requirements set out by stakeholders and the business.
Connecting millions of people and communities across the North is our mission. With 2,500 trains a day, we connect people to jobs, friends, family, and the wonders of the North.
We're improving rail travel, enhancing the experience on board and at stations. Customers are at the heart of our business as we improve performance and create a better way to go.
We're driving economic value and sustainable growth for the North and its people. Our commitment to the environment means reducing our impact and enhancing the world around us.
Make a difference. Make it last. Make it easy. Make it happen. These are our values.
Ready to make them yours? Join us on this journey.
About the role:
Working in this role you will provide effective communications and professional advice, guidance and support to Managers, and local teams across the business. You'll ensure that the businesses energy and environment management system is continually improving through maintaining current processes, systems and databases and making system improvements where required.
Holding the core responsibility of ensuring the environment teams verification activities are undertaken in line with the SHEC verification plan, the role will also require you to plan and undertake audits as well as facilitate external assessments.
To make sure the business continues to deliver environment improvements and achieve KPIs, this role will deliver environmental improvement projects and carry out actions to address issues. In addition, this role will advise and work in collaboration with the rest of the Environment Team to analyse environmental data, consult with the business and propose actions and solutions to formulate Northern's SHEC Strategy and associated environmental delivery program.
About You:
We're looking for someone with a passion for environmental initiatives and a drive for continuous learning and innovation. If you can also demonstrate the following, we'd love to hear from you:

• Demonstrable capacity and willingness to learn and try new things
• Able to work as part of team to deliver specific outcomes
• Experience of delivering environmental projects,
• An understanding of risk and identifying actions to address risk •
• Delivery of environmental audits
• A history of inspiring and engaging others to deliver environmental improvement
• Experience of building networks and establishing and sustaining professional working relationships
• Experience of giving presentations
• Experience of working with an Environmental and Energy Management System (ISO 14001 and ISO 50001) •
• Working knowledge of the key elements of a business and how they interrelate •
• An extensive knowledge of Microsoft word and Microsoft excel
• A good knowledge of environment and energy to a technical standard
• A good knowledge of environmental legislation

Qualifications:

• Environmental related degree/level 6 equivalent or IEMA Practitioner working towards Full Membership
• IEMA Internal Auditor

Our Benefits:
Because we value our people and reward hard work, we've created a benefits package that we think you'll love. So, you'll be able to make the most of:

• Opportunities to progress and grow - including comprehensive training schemes and a range of online learning courses.
• Cycle to Work Scheme - save up to 42% on the cost of a bike, while also spreading your payments throughout the year.
• Free Travel on Northern services - everyone who works at Northern, plus their partners/spouses and dependents, can travel for free right across our full network of services. *Certain eligibility criteria will apply.
• 75% discount with other Train Operating Companies - after 2 years with us, you'll also get discounted travel on many other rail services in the UK and Europe.
• Defined Benefit Pension Scheme - you'll rarely find a pension as good as a Northern pension, and we top up your pension with a generous 1.5 times your contribution.
• Maternity and Paternity Benefits - we go above and beyond the standard, and mums can enjoy 9 months' maternity leave on full pay while dads can make the most of 2 weeks' paternity leave on full pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme - advice, support and useful information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on everything from family issues to lifestyle matters.
• Exclusive benefits with Northern Perks - enjoy retail discounts, instant vouchers, cashback, wellbeing support and much more.

You can find out more here .
Please note that Northern reserves the right to close recruitment for this role before the published closing date, if high volumes of applications are received.
However, if you miss the application window for this particular role, please keep checking back for other opportunities. We are always on the lookout for great people to join the Northern Team!
We're an equal opportunities employer and a promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of gender, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability, or sexual orientation.
We also have Disability Confident status, which means we're committed to making the most of the talents that disabled people can bring to the workplace.