Environmental Management Business Partner

Environmental Management Business Partner

Reporting to: Head of Sustainability & Social Value

Bristol Airport is the UK’s eighth busiest airport, in the last year has served over 10 million passengers, with over 115 destinations. We connect the people, businesses and communities in our region with new places, new experiences and new markets. We are proud to enable visitors from all over the world to travel to experience our wonderful region for themselves. Transformational development is happening over the next five years to improve the passenger experience including extensions to the terminal and a new public transport interchange.

Demand to fly from Bristol Airport is forecast to grow to around 15 million passengers by 2036. Our growth plans will be delivered in line with the UK Government’s commitment to a net-zero economy. Our carbon management strategy, along with our proactive drive to work with airlines and other airport businesses to reduce their emissions, has been awarded with the highest accreditation amongst UK airports. Our Sustainability Strategy sets challenging targets and actions for how we will decarbonise our own operations and we are on track to meet our net zero operations commitment by 2030. We are also recognized as leaders in collaborating within the aviation industry to support the development of zero emissions flight.

The Environmental Management Business Partner will join us in playing a vital role in driving our environmental and sustainability objectives across the Airport – from construction projects to operations. As part of the Planning and Sustainability team you’ll maintain high standards of environmental management and compliance. You'll manage the protection of the local environment and communities.

Principal responsibilities

• Work with key stakeholders and external consultants to support the airport’s environmental management and mitigation plans, including waste, air quality, and noise management, and supporting the delivery of the airport’s Integrated Landscape Biodiversity Management and Mitigation Plan.
• Maintain the Airport’s carbon model, tracking progress against carbon reduction targets, accurately reporting and verifying findings.
• Work with our colleagues, including businesses and airlines based at the Airport, suppliers to the Airport, to reduce carbon emissions through the delivery of capital projects including a planned Energy Centre and solar installations, and through behavioural changes.
• Prepare sustainability disclosures for annual accounts, including SECR (Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting) and ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme)
• Provide technical oversight of projects funded under the Airport’s Aviation Carbon Transition programme - a fund to kick start and fast track decarbonisation initiatives in the aviation sector focusing on Scope 3 emissions from flight and transport at Bristol Airport, including reporting on outcomes. Support the Planning team in the assessment and mitigation of environmental effects arising from planned growth of the airport and in ensuring environmental compliance with our planning conditions and legal obligations.
• Stakeholder engagement on environmental issues and management including with the Airport Consultative Committee (and subgroup, the Environmental Effects Working Group), the local authority, Environment Agency and Natural England.
• Provide support to the Head of Sustainability & Social Value and wider team, as required.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Associate Membership of IEMA.
• Minimum of five years’ experience of environmental management
• Experience in environmental impact assessments and/or similar complex environment assessments.
• Ability to perform analysis and manipulate data to draw insights and make clear recommendations.
• An up to date understanding of environmental policy and legislation.
• A real passion for sustainability and supporting a Net Zero programme.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to successfully manage competing demands and resources whilst adhering to strict deadlines.
• Highly self-motivated and committed to producing work to a consistently high standard, demonstrating close attention to detail at all times.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and influence indirect reports, building cohesive cross-functional teams and effective partnerships.
• Demonstrable ability to work equally well independently and as part of a team.
• Motivated by continuous improvement, with a strong willingness to learn and identify new ways of working, implementing and managing change to improve delivery.
• Demonstrates a flexible and ‘can do’ attitude and an ability to work at pace.

Desirable

• Experience gained within the infrastructure sector, ideally aviation.
• Experience in carbon footprint calculation and carbon management planning.
• Strong commercial understanding, financially astute with procurement and budget management experience.

Why join us?

It’s an exciting time to join Bristol Airport, with exciting growth plans as we move to 12million passengers. We are a modern airport, defined by great people who are skilled, passionate and dedicated to providing great service with a relaxed and friendly style. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and disability confident employer - our passengers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues – it is this blend of talents, focus and passion makes us extraordinary.

We offer a competitive rewards and benefits package, find out more about our benefits here.

Please don’t delay in submitting your application. Where roles are urgent or we receive a high volume of applications, we may interview and conclude the process prior to any closing date indicated. As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from all walks of life and are happy to support applicants who may require reasonable adjustments. Please contact [email protected] for more information, and to see how best we can support your application.