Job Description
Environment Manager
Location: Runcorn, England
Full Time, Permanent Position
Reporting to: Beer Governance Manager
End Date to Apply: 22nd October
Are you passionate about driving environmental excellence in a dynamic manufacturing environment? Come and make a real impact on sustainability and environmental excellence at our Guinness Beer Packaging Site.
About The Role
As our Environmental Manager, you will lead internal and external initiatives passionate about environmental management and compliance, shaping a culture of sustainability and operational excellence. You will be the key site contact for environmental stakeholders, including regulators, utility providers, and the local community.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the site’s relationship with external partners, including the Environment Agency, United Utilities, local residents, and businesses.
- Ensure all environmental regulatory and compliance standards are met or exceeded, including ISO 14001 and IPPC licence requirements.
- Lead environmental management across the site, including the environmental management system, change management, communications, COSHH, and statutory engagement.
- Oversee ESG data reporting internally and externally, supporting the Diageo DARE (Data & Reporting Excellence) programme.
- Lead audits for environmental regulatory bodies, ISO 14001 accreditation, and ESG data assurance.
- Supporting the development of a strong culture for site environmental awareness & capability through outstanding level of employee engagement.
What We’re Looking For
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels and engage a diverse range of contractors and stakeholders.
- Proven project management expertise, with the ability to lead multiple diverse projects on varying timelines.
- Ability to consider change management implications from a cross-site perspective, using effective engagement tools and techniques.
- Strategic mindset with capability to design future-facing solutions and oversee implementation.
- NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management.
- Degree in Environmental Science or Environmental Management (desirable).
- Experience leading an environmental management system in a manufacturing setting.
About The Site
- 18-acre, 24/7 operation with 4 rotational crews
- 2 bottling lines, 2 canning lines, 1 kegging line
- 90+ SKUs, 16 beer/liquid types, ~23M cases/year
- Produces for UK, Ireland, and export markets — with significant ongoing investment
Working with Us
Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.
We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:
- Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
- Healthcare allowance
- Product allowance
- Contributary pension scheme
- Annual performance bonus
- Share options
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality, or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills, and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose, and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.
About Us
From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character, and in 250 years, nothing’s changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. And our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy. And it’s why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve.
Our ambition is to build the best-performing, most trusted, and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people.
We're looking for people with creativity, boldness, and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, groundbreaking brands to the next level.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
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Worker Type
Regular
Primary Location:
Runcorn
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date
2025-10-08
