Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Limited is a complex and ambitious dairy processor on the island of Ireland. The business has a milk supply pool of 2 billion litres of milk, drawn from over 3,200 family farms across 16 counties.
With modern dairy manufacturing facilities in 8 locations on a cross-border basis, the Group supplies to a broad customer base including blue chip companies across the dairy food ingredients, foodservice and consumer food channels on a domestic Ireland, UK, European and global basis.
The Role
We are seeking an Environmental Supervisor for our Artigarvan Site in County Tyrone. The successful applicant will report to our Environmental Manager and ensure the smooth operation of our Water Treatment & Effluent Plant while ensuring legal compliance and water reduction.
This key role will involve:
* Implementing effective policies and procedures to fulfill the company's energy and environmental strategy
* Promoting awareness of emerging environmental issues, whether legislative, best practice, corporate, ethical and social responsibility
* Ensuring all staff are aware of their duties and responsibilities to the environment and providing formal training as needed
* Supervising the operation of the effluent plant and taking corrective action in the event of spillage
* Monitoring and adjusting inputs into the plant daily to maintain an effective biological process and ensure optimum output
* Ensuring departmental KPIs are met and taking necessary action where they are not
* Implementing and promoting continuous improvement activities through changes where appropriate
The Person
We are looking for someone with a 3rd level qualification in a science/environmental related discipline, excellent communication skills, sound knowledge of water treatment/effluent plant operations and experience of using environmental management systems and Microsoft Office packages.
Experience of dealing with statutory bodies and/or managing and coordinating audits would be advantageous.