Compliance Manager

Astute's Renewables Team is partnering with a leading renewable energy operator to recruit a Compliance Manager for one of their anaerobic digestion plants.

This permanent role is site based and offers a competitive salary, alongside the opportunity to take ownership of compliance, environmental and quality management across an operational renewable energy facility.

If you're a Compliance Manager with experience in the renewable energy, waste management or anaerobic digestion sector and are looking for a role where you can take responsibility for regulatory compliance and drive improvements across a site, submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities of the Compliance Manager

Reporting to the AD Plant Manager, you will:

• Ensure the AD plant meets all environmental permit conditions and relevant legislation, including PAS110, ABPR and waste regulations.
• Manage environmental monitoring programmes covering emissions, water quality, odour, noise, dust and digestate quality.
• Maintain the site's Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety Management Systems, including procedures, risk assessments and controlled documentation.
• Coordinate the audit programme, including regulatory inspections, ISO audits, customer audits and internal assessments, ensuring findings are closed out.
• Oversee laboratory testing and sampling schedules, reviewing results and investigating any non-conformances.
• Manage staff and contractor training, inductions and competency records, maintaining the site training matrix.
• Ensure statutory inspections, equipment testing and calibration records are completed and kept up to date.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions, producing regular compliance reports for senior management.
• Monitor contractor and supplier compliance, including competency checks, RAMS and insurance documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement across site compliance, environmental performance and management systems.

Required qualifications and experience

To be considered, you must have:

• Previous experience in a Compliance, QHSE or Environmental role within a regulated industrial environment.
• A sound understanding of environmental legislation, permitting requirements and regulatory compliance
• Experience coordinating audits, managing corrective actions and maintaining compliance documentation.
• Experience producing technical reports, monitoring performance data and communicating compliance matters to management and operational teams.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and document control systems.

Desirable experience

It would be an advantage, but is not essential, to have:

• Knowledge of PAS110 certification and Animal By-Products Regulations (ABPR)
• Experience working within a regulated industry, ideally renewable energy, anaerobic digestion, waste management or a similar process-based operation
• Experience maintaining ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems
• Experience managing environmental monitoring and laboratory testing programmes within an anaerobic digestion or renewable energy facility.
• Knowledge of DSEAR, COSHH, pressure systems and statutory equipment inspection requirements

Salary and benefits

• Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience.
• Contract: Permanent.
• Working pattern: Full-time, Monday to Friday
• Location: Site-based, Basingstoke
• Benefits: Competitive benefits package (details to be confirmed).

INDREN

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