Environmental Officer (Hockley)
Job Role
We're hiring for an Environmental Officer to join our Health, Safety and Environment team, based on a hybrid working basis with one day per week in Hockley, Essex and regular travel to Seetec locations across the UK. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced environmental professional to lead the delivery of our environmental compliance, sustainability, ESG, and carbon reduction objectives while helping to shape and drive our environmental strategy across the organisation.
As our Environmental Officer, you'll be responsible for ensuring compliance with environmental legislation and accreditation requirements, maintaining our environmental management systems, monitoring performance, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. You'll play a key role in reducing environmental risk, supporting responsible business practices, and ensuring the organisation continues to meet its sustainability commitments.
You'll work closely with operational teams, suppliers, facilities colleagues, senior leaders, auditors, and external stakeholders to promote environmental responsibility and deliver improvements across areas such as carbon management, resource efficiency, waste reduction, biodiversity, and supply chain sustainability.
We're looking for a confident and proactive environmental specialist who is comfortable working independently whilst engaging and influencing stakeholders across all levels of the organisation. You'll be passionate about sustainability, able to translate technical environmental requirements into practical actions, and committed to driving positive environmental outcomes.
In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary of £38,000 to £43,000 pa and a great benefits package including:
• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy additional days)
• 2 Volunteer Days
• Pension - 5% Employee / 5% Employer
• Healthcare Cash Plan, including 3x salary life assurance
• Annual salary review
• Refer a friend scheme
• Free access to Benefit Hub, including retail discounts, cycle to work scheme, and additional voluntary benefits
Location: Hockley, Essex/Hybrid - One day per week in Hockley with travel to Seetec offices across the UK
Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 29 October 2026
Key Responsibilities
• Lead environmental compliance activities, ensuring adherence to environmental legislation, regulations, permit requirements, and accreditation standards.
• Maintain and continually improve the organisation's Environmental Management System (EMS), including ISO 14001 compliance and governance requirements.
• Manage environmental performance reporting, including the collection, validation, analysis, and reporting of environmental data such as energy, carbon, water, waste, and biodiversity metrics.
• Lead carbon footprint measurement, reduction planning, and progress monitoring across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
• Work collaboratively with procurement and operational teams to assess supplier environmental performance and support responsible supply chain management.
• Identify environmental risks and opportunities, conduct assessments, and implement effective mitigation and improvement plans.
• Lead investigations into environmental incidents, ensuring appropriate reporting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions are implemented.
• Deliver environmental and sustainability training, helping to embed a positive environmental culture throughout the organisation.
• Develop and deliver environmental improvement projects focused on areas such as waste reduction, energy efficiency, biodiversity enhancement, and circular economy initiatives.
• Engage with regulators, auditors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to support environmental, ESG, and sustainability objectives.
Skills and Experience
• Strong knowledge of UK environmental legislation and its practical application within a large or multi-site organisation.
• Experience working with sustainability and environmental accreditation frameworks, including evidence gathering, reporting, and compliance activities.
• Experience maintaining or supporting Environmental Management Systems, ideally ISO 14001.
• Strong environmental reporting and data analysis skills, with the ability to produce accurate and auditable information.
• Experience conducting internal audits and supporting external assessments, audits, or accreditation processes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide clear and practical guidance to both operational teams and senior stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to encourage environmentally responsible behaviours across the organisation.
• Qualification in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Environmental Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional membership with ISEP, CIWM, or a similar professional body would be advantageous.
• Experience supporting ESG initiatives, carbon reduction programmes, environmental accreditation, or sustainability projects would be beneficial.
• Ability to travel nationally as required.
Additional Information
Seetec is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values.
Dependent on the role applying to you may be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS/DS) check. Seetec support the recruitment of ex- offenders and will not discriminate in any way. Our full policy statement of “Ex-Offenders” can be found on our website under “About us”.
Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.