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Job Title: Senior Environmental Consultant
Salary: 35,000 - 40,000
Location: On-site at a major pharmaceutical manufacturing facility In Merseyside (with some hybrid flexibility)
About the Opportunity
Total Staff are recruiting for a Senior Environmental Consultant to work embedded on-site with a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer. This is an exceptional role for someone who wants to step beyond external consultancy and genuinely see their recommendations turn into real, measurable change across a complex, multi-discipline operation.
You'll be supporting the site's HSEQ/ESG leadership, driving environmental performance, helping them deliver their Net Zero ambitions, and supporting waste-reduction, sustainability, and compliance objectives across the entire manufacturing lifecycle.
It's a hands-on, high-impact position with visibility across production, engineering, laboratories, utilities, and waste streams - ideal for someone who wants to be involved, influential, and fully integrated into a business rather than advising from a distance.
Backing you all the way will be a specialist environmental consultancy, offering full training, professional development, accreditations, and long-term growth opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
Environmental Strategy & Delivery
- Support delivery of the site's environmental strategy, sustainability roadmap, and 5-year environmental improvement plan
- Work closely with internal HSEQ/ESG teams to progress Net Zero and carbon-reduction initiatives
- Lead or support environmental projects related to energy efficiency, emissions, water usage, chemical handling, and waste minimisation
- Monitor performance against environmental KPIs, targets, and regulatory obligations
Operational Environmental Support
- Provide hands-on support across production, engineering, and facilities teams to ensure environmental best practice is consistently applied
- Oversee waste management streams, segregation compliance, reduction plans, and supplier performance
- Participate in site walkarounds, inspections, audits, and root-cause investigations
- Ensure environmental controls meet pharmaceutical-sector standards, SOPs, and legal requirements
Compliance & Reporting
- Support the maintenance of ISO14001 or other relevant management systems
- Prepare environmental reports, assessments, and evidence for audits
- Assist with incident investigations, corrective actions, and regulatory submissions
- Maintain accurate records and ensure full audit trails
Culture & Stakeholder Engagement
- Build strong relationships across departments to influence behaviours and improve environmental performance
- Deliver toolbox talks, awareness sessions, and staff engagement around sustainability and waste reduction
- Act as a visible on-site presence - supporting, advising, and "hand holding" teams through change
- Champion environmental responsibility throughout all levels of the business
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience as an Environmental Consultant, Environmental Officer, Sustainability Advisor, or similar
- Strong understanding of environmental legislation, compliance, and management systems
- Experience supporting carbon, waste, or resource-efficiency projects
- Confident engaging with stakeholders at all levels, from shop-floor teams to senior management
- Comfortable working on-site in a fast-moving manufacturing or industrial setting
- Proactive, positive, and passionate about making a real impact
- Strong communication and organisational skills
- Ideally degree-qualified in an environmental discipline, though experience is key
What's On Offer
- 35,000 - 40,000 salary
- A rare chance to work on site and actually see outcomes from your work
- Flexible hybrid working - but primarily on-site so you can properly support the operation
- Full training and professional development provided
- Support from a well-established environmental consultancy
- Opportunity to shape environmental performance across a major pharmaceutical facility
- Long-term progression and skill-building in a highly regulated, high-profile sector
Why This Role Is Different
Most consultancy roles mean advising from a distance. This is the opposite. You'll be embedded, influencing real decisions, walking the shop floor, tackling challenges with the team, and seeing your work come to life - from waste improvements to carbon reductions to long-term site-wide sustainability initiatives.
If you're driven, impactful, and passionate about environmental improvement, this is a genuinely career-defining opportunity.
