About Us
Breedon is a leading construction and materials group in Ireland and Great Britain with a group turnover of c. €1.6 billion PA. We operate two cement plants, over 100 quarries, 50 asphalt plants, 170 ready-mixed concrete plants, as well as a range of contract surfacing and other essential products to help our customers build the places where we all live, work, and play.
Our People are our passion, by working as One Breedon, with shared goals and a common purpose, we are making a material difference.
We are keeping it simple; we are making it happen, we are striving to improve, we are showing we care.
Overview:
We are currently seeking an Environmental Compliance Manager to join our team at Breedon Cement and Products.
As an Environmental Compliance Manager you will be responsible for developing, preparing and implementing key environmental and planning compliance strategies while also proactively identifying situations that might pose an environmental or planning compliance risk.
- Manage, develop and implement the day-to-day requirements of the respective site Industrial Emissions licences.
- Assist with planning applications and engage with planning authorities and relevant consultants.
- Lead the environmental team to ensure that all requirements for site permits, licences and planning consents (i.e. EPA, Meath CC) and site accreditation (ISO 14001, BES 6001) are provided accurately and on time.
- Setting out of planning consent boundaries, ownership boundaries and floor levels.
- Guide the Environmental Team in the development, review and implementation of suitable procedures, business practice and solutions.
- Prepare planning compliance reports for relevant county councils.
- Prepare monthly reports to feed into the business and group sustainability plan.
- Monitor and gain a full understanding of relevant environmental and planning legislation updates and regulations impacting on the business, ensuring necessary changes are applied promptly and in accordance with standard procedures.
- Maintain relationships with and perform as a liaison between the company with regulatory agencies.
- Manage multiple projects within scope/budget/schedule expectation and ensure quality standard on project deliverables.
- Ensure Compliance with the Company Health and Safety Regulations and Policies.
- Demonstrate flexibility and undertake any other reasonable duties as required to meet the daily business needs on matters arising.
- Qualification in an environmental field to a degree level.
- Strong experience in an environmental role, 5+ years.
- Experience in reviewing planning documents. (Environmental Impact Assessment Reports, Appropriate Assessment Screening Reports and Natura Impact Statements)
- Practical experience in land surveying essential.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Ability to write technical and non-technical reports to a high level to suit varying audiences.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and able to communicate well at all levels, both within and outside of the company.
- Ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
- Strong IT skills
- Have a calm and confident manner to handle any challenging situations and promptly ensure that any corrective actions are implemented without delay.
- Attractive salary
- Time to recharge with 35 days leave – including 10 Bank Holidays
- Invest in your future with our contributory pension scheme.
- We’ve got your back with our employee assistance programme.
- Ongoing career and personal development through our Apprenticeships and other talent programmes
- Give back to your community with our “Make a difference day”.
- Peace of mind with our life assurance.
- If you’re cycling, we’ve got you covered on the Bike to Work scheme
- Save and share through our “Share save scheme”.
Breedon is a leading vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain and Ireland.
