Environmental Lead

Role type : Permanent
Location : Pollokshields, Glasgow
Salary : Up to £57200 per annum + Car Allowance, Bonus & Benefits
Sector : Power
Posted : 20/04/2026
Ref : BBBH28615
Salary: Up to £57200 per annum + Car Allowance, Bonus & Benefits

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Dan Grosvenor dgrosvenor@astutepeople.co.uk

Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a market leading energy company to recruit a Regional Environmental Compliance Lead to cover their Scottish region of Energy from Waste Power Stations and Waste Transfer Stations..

The fundamental Regional Environmental Compliance Lead role comes with a salary of £57,200 + car allowance + up to 10% Bonus + private healthcare + other benefits.

If you’re an Environmental Compliance specialist and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then upload your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties
Reporting to the National Environmental Manager you will be responsible for:

Ensuring compliance with sit environmental permits or licences as well as specific working plans including administration and audits
Driving environmental performance improvement through behavioural change
Ensure functional managers within the business understand their responsibilities for managing the environmental impact of their operations
Monitoring, reviewing and recommending management system improvements driven by information using leading indicators
Produce Environmental reports for submission for all levels of the business and external stakeholders
Ensure sites are fully prepared for internal and external audits relating to ISO, environmental and compliance aspects
Taking and recording fuel and by-product samples for analysis in accordance with designated procedures, against the reference criterion, e.g. EP, ROCs, MCERTS and CEMS

Full job spec available upon request

Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:

A Degree, or equivalent, in a relevant subject such as Environmental Science, etc.

Personal skills, experience and knowledge
The Regional Environmental Compliance Lead role would suit someone who has:

Experience working in a highly regulated, heavy process, industry such as Power Generation (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, etc), Refineries, Water Treatment, etc.
Willingness to travel when required, with overnight stays
Experience working with continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS)
Awareness of the relevant management standards ISO9001, ISO45001, and ISO50001.
Familiar of hazardous characteristics of incinerator bottom ash (IBA)
Experience in producing environmental reports and submitting to the Environment Agency (EA)

Salary and benefits of the Regional Environmental Compliance Lead role

Basic salary of £57,200
Car allowance
Up to 10% Bonus
Private healthcare
Pension
Other benefits

INDPOW

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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To apply for this Environmental Lead opportunity, please complete the form below. Alternatively, send a copy of your up-to-date CV to dgrosvenor@astutepeople.co.uk or call +44 23 9228 8286 to speak to Dan Grosvenor who can tell you more. You can also connect with Dan on LinkedIn to view other jobs they are recruiting. View current job vacancies Astute People is recruiting.

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