Environmental Coordinator Job Details

Environmental Coordinator

Ballyragget Co Kilkenny

Tirlán

Tirlán, is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands.

Tirlán owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, mymilkman.ie and GAIN Animal Nutrition.

We nurture a talented team across Ireland, the US, MEA and China, delivering annual revenues of over €3 billion, and over 2,300 people to manage our network of 11 processing plants and 52 agri branches. Our purpose is to nourish the world, while safeguarding our environment for future generations.

Role Profile

We have an opportunity within Tirlan for the position of Environmental Coordinator, based in Ballyragget. The role will report to the Site Utilities & Environmental manager and will have responsibility across the Ballyragget site.

Key Responsibilities;

• Enforcement of Industrial emissions licence and Greenhouse Gas permit on the Ballyragget site and ensuring compliance to same.
• Management of site environmental requirements and testing schedule to meet the conditions set out in the Industrial Emissions licence.
• Environmental Reporting both internally and externally including annual IEL reporting of Annual Environmental Report (AER)s & Environmental Performance Report (EPR) , and annual GHG Reporting of Annual Emissions Monitoring (AEM) & Activity level change (ALC) reporting to the EPA.
• Ensuring Legal & Regulatory Compliance with Environmental legislation.
• Report and manage environmental metrics and KPIs, work collaboratively with plants to drive improvements in environmental performance and promote environmental policy to maximise performance against KPI's.
• Analyse trends in environmental performance and take a leadership role in driving performance improvements.
• Collaborate with the Operations team in the implementation of environmental procedures and requirements.
• Ensure environmental risk management documentation is complete and maintained.
• Manage internal environmental auditing to ensure site compliance standards are continuously met.
• Contribute to the site's environmentally conscious culture and act as a role model in the implementation of the sites high environmental standards.
• Act as the site's environmental Subject Matter Expert in the context of any changes in plant, processes, procedures or projects.
• Support training on site in line with Environmental requirements. Co-ordinate the roll-out of behavioural based Environmental training and environmentally conscious initiatives.
• Drive business excellence methodologies in site environmental works and investigations.
• Site representation in all environmental forums such as Environmental Leadership Forum , IBEC.
• Adapting environmental standards and procedures in line with Tiran's Environmental & ESG strategy.

Key Requirements:

• Third level Science / Environmental qualification
• Good knowledge of standards (ISO 14001 and ISO50001 systems)
• Knowledge of local and national environmental legislation
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of internal and external contacts
• Excellent organisational skills
• Self-reliant and able to work on own initiative
• Computer literate

We offer

• Free parking incl. EV charging – where applicable
• Tirlan gym in Kilkenny free to use for employees
• Bike to work scheme
• Work/life balance and collaborative work culture
• Career progression opportunities

About us

Through our expertise in research and development, customer insights, food safetyand state-of-the-art manufacturing we bring innovative food and nutrition solutions to a global market. Our new and vibrant headquarters in Kilkenny City operates as a collaboration hub where multi-functional teams come together in a hybrid work environment.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We believe in the value of difference. We know that different perspectives, life experience and backgrounds can drive innovation and deliver growth.

We welcome people from all walks of life without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status.

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Tirlán is a Values Based Organisation