Sustainability Advisor

Hadley Group is a world leader in advanced cold rolled steel technology, with manufacturing facilities in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. We deliver innovative solutions with applications across sectors as diverse as construction, automotive, industrial and agriculture. Our continuing growth and success is entirely dependent upon our ability to attract, retain and develop the best people, and it is for this reason that we promote continuous personal development for everyone working at the Hadley Group.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Primarily based at Downing Street, Smethwick, this role provides expert guidance and support to the entire Group on all sustainability matters. The Individual will Implement approved sustainability processes and strategies, ensuring the Group’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements while actively contributing to solutions for global challenges.

They will identify opportunities for the strategic development and champion necessary behavioural changes across the organisation.

A core function will be analysing sustainability data, metrics, and reports to identify areas for improvement and address emerging issues. This analysis will directly inform responses to sustainability-related inquiries from colleagues, customers, suppliers, and other external stakeholders.

THE ROLE

• Advise and support the Group on all sustainability related matters.
• Collate, review, and analyse sustainability related data, metrics, and reports to identify issues and potential opportunities for improvement within the Group.
• Take the lead on collating data and using the mechanism tools provided (currently Carbon Glance) to produce CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) in conjunction with the Procurement department
• Along with other interested departments stay updated with the CBAM regulations as they evolve within the countries Hadley Group operate in.  Ensuring that the Group is compliant with CBAM regulations and maintain access to the EU market.
• Respond to all queries from colleagues, customers, suppliers, and other external stakeholders regarding sustainability issues. Including ESG/CSG related questionnaires. For example: – Ecovadis, CHAS, Considerate Construction etc.
• Ensuring that the Group complies and meets sustainability legal/regulatory requirements.
• Identify opportunities for the strategic development of sustainability within the Group.
• Enhance the company’s data collection to include all international business entities, integrating their local data into a consolidated Group-wide system. This system should capture Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, enabling reporting at the business unit, country, and Group levels for any desired time frame.
• Collaborate with the Group’s leadership team, Director of HSE and Board of Directors with the intent of defining a clear Sustainability Vision and Strategy resulting in a data driven Science-based carbon reduction plan.
• Drive the implementation of programs and activities, in collaboration Group’s leadership, Director of HSE and Board of Directors, to achieve the Sustainability Vision, Strategy and  Science-based  principles for carbon reduction, resource efficiency and waste management.
• Identify and implement sustainability initiatives within the Group. Therefore, making products and production processes more sustainable.
• Monitor compliance with environmental and social standards.
• Integrate sustainability goals into business management processes.
• Highlight and train employees on sustainability issues and business management processes related to sustainability.
• Identify, support, and lead the Group’s application for sustainability and carbon reduction accreditation, standards, and codes of practices. In addition, attain and manage ongoing compliance.
• Collaborate with both the Director of HSE and the HSE Systems and Compliance Manager to develop and sustain the Group’s Environmental Management System (EMS). Including supporting the ISO14001 (Environmental Management) and leading BES6001 (Responsible Sourcing) accreditation.
• Lead and develop the Group’s Environmental Product Declarations (EPD’s) and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA’s) as required.
• Lead ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) audits, driving the business towards energy/fuel reduction, sustainable replacements, and self-generation.
• Ensure compliance with relevant environmental regulations and reporting requirements (e.g., SECR, EPR).
• HR, Procurement, and Finance departments will be responsible for identifying, collating, and providing their respective social and governance metrics, including established targets and goals, to the Sustainability Advisor for timely reporting.
• Prepare and present sustainability reports to the Group’s Senior Leadership Team, Director of HSE and Board of Directors.
• Promote and foster behavioural changes within the Group related to sustainability.
• Liaise, interact, and cooperate internally with all employees and externally with the Group’s suppliers, clients, and customers. With the objective of achieving the Group’s sustainability strategy.
• Working with the Procurement department, to further develop our sustainability supply chain due diligence process to identify, assess, and mitigate environmental and social risks within a company’s supply chain. It involves evaluating suppliers’ practices and performance against sustainability criteria to ensure they align with the Group’s own sustainability goals and values.
• Highlight and support a continuous improvement culture. Always promote and share best practice.
• Set an example for all employees within the Group. Demonstrate a positive commitment to sustainability.  Exhibit excellent work ethics and habits.
• Carry out any other duties within the capability of the job holder

THE CANDIDATE

Education and Qualification(s)

• A degree in fields such as environmental science, economics or engineering and preferably a Master’s degree in sustainability management or a related subject.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Leads and demonstrates commitment to group values
• Health, Safety and Environment focus
• Quality and Continuous improvement mind-set
• Improvement and open minded, and a desire to deliver achievable and sustainable change.
• Acts with honour and integrity and demonstrates commitment to corporate values
• Civil, courteous and co-operative to colleagues, client’s and suppliers
• Maintain standard of dress & personal hygiene acceptable to the company
• Excellent communication skills: active listener, verbal and written
• Listens and encourages ideas from others
• Self-starter and self- aware
• Organised and processes the energy and drive to deliver personal and team results
• Collaborates – builds partnerships across the business
• Focused and target driven and be able to positively work in a team
• Is resilient, optimistic and open to change
• Active learner – understands implications of new information for both current/future problem solving
  and decision making
• Able to determine causes of errors and decide/implement corrective action
• Able to apply root cause analysis

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