Our Vision is to be the UK’s leading innovator of resource recovery and recycling, transforming waste for a climate-positive future.

Are you someone who lives and breathes high performance, leads with ambition, and would like to be part of an organisation that looks after tomorrow? Viridor has a redefined purpose, a bold new Vision, and an ambitious, market-leading strategy. We are investing in the future, and we need a talented team with exceptional people, who believe in each other, to help us achieve this.

Join us, as we rise to the challenge and build a world where nothing goes to waste.

Energy Recovery Facilities are vital in supporting the UK’s ambition to reduce waste in an efficient and effective manner, helping to reduce the impact of waste on climate change. After reducing, reusing and recycling as much as possible, our Energy Recovery Facilities (ERFs) provide the infrastructure to efficiently recover energy from residual waste, meaning landfill becomes the last resort.

We have a new opportunity for an experienced Environmental, Health and Safety Manager to join our team at our Polymers Reprocessing Facility in Bristol.

About the role

As our Environmental, Health and Safety Manager, you’ll be responsible for the management and monitoring of safety systems, procedures and safe systems of work as well as monitoring and managing compliance with the relevant ISO standards ad other accreditations.

You’ll have the ability to interpret data, to assess and improve the effectiveness of control measures at the site and managing appropriate actions to prevent breeches or incidents.

Working closely with the General Manager and the site management team, you will provide health and safety leadership across the site, implementing policies and procedures to deliver a highly compliant, quality led environment, with safety at its core.

What are we looking for?

• Demonstrable experience of managing health and safety within a complex workplace
• Significant experience of permitted / regulated activities and processes, preferably within a controlled emissions environment
• Strong leadership skills to lead and develop a new team in a start-up scenario with a no compromise approach to health, safety and environmental compliance.
• Ability to work with the Management Team to embed a safety and compliance focussed culture within a complex workplace
• Good analytics skills with a clear thought process and high level of accuracy.
• Knowledge of the technical aspects of waste management
• Science based degree (or equivalent) or comparable experience
• IOSH/NEBOSH safety qualification (or equivalent)
• Awareness of the relevant management standards ISO9001, ISO14001.

To view the profile, which outlines the person specification and list of responsibilities in full, please click here.

How to apply

Click apply at the bottom of the page and you will be asked to create a profile. Make sure you have an up-to-date CV ready!

We encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early if we receive a high number of applications.

Why work for Viridor?

There has never been a more exciting time to join Viridor. Following the acquisition of the business by the global private equity firm, KKR, the core business has been reshaped to focus on our leading UK Energy from Waste portfolio and the development of our growing Polymers Recycling business.

What we can offer you

We invest in our people to reward them for their hard work, and we have a host of company benefits available to you when you join, including:

• Your Share - our profit share scheme which offers all employees an opportunity to share in the company profits.
• Looking after your future, we offer an enhanced pension scheme, where we match your contribution (up to 7%).
• To protect your wellbeing, you will have access to a 24/7 employee helpline offering professional, emotional support and advice, as well as qualified Mental Health First Aiders in the workplace. You’ll also have access to discounted gym memberships and a Cycle to Work scheme.
• Up to one day of paid volunteering leave per year.
• Participation in our refer a friend scheme – earn £1000 for every successful referral.
• To look after your health, we offer free eye tests and safety eyewear where needed, alongside a range of plans with Simply Health.
• Helping you make the most of your leisure time, we have a wide range of discounts available to you, ranging from hotels and holidays to cinema tickets and days out, as well as from a variety of high street retailers.

As an equal opportunities' employer, Viridor is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.