Group Marine Environmental Compliance Officer

Vacancy - Group Marine Environmental Compliance Officer

Are you excited by the opportunity to support our sustainability goals by monitoring Group Marine activities, ensuring they comply with relevant environmental legislation?  Are you passionate about protecting the marine environment and promoting sustainability?  We are seeking a Group Marine Environmental Compliance Officer to join our team at the Port of Liverpool, and help us keep the world moving!

Your Role

In this role you will ensure Group Marines activities comply with relevant national, and International, legislation.  You will understand marine licences, environmental permits, and other consenting processes in England and Scotland, and will track new environmental legislation as it evolves.

You will also implement relevant Habitat Regulations, Water Environment Regulations, and Marine and Coastal Access Act requirements, conducting some of our Habitat Regulations Assessments, Marine Conservation Zone, and Water Framework Directive assessments and liaising with regulators and stakeholders as and when required.  You will understand Marine Planning processes and contribute to their development and implementation on behalf of Statutory Harbour Authority.

What you'll bring

You will have demonstrable experience with marine licenses, environmental permits, and consenting processes in England and Scotland.  You will have a strong understanding of key regulations and related assessment procedures, including the Environment Act, Habitats Regulations, Water Environmental Regulations, Marine and Coastal Access Act as well as the Statutory Harbour Authority’s environmental duties.

You will be familiar with marine planning policies and have the ability to track evolving regulatory landscapes, preparing consultation responses when required.  With excellent report writing and communication skills, you will be able to work independently and part of a team. Being degree educated in a relevant discipline is expected.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator.  We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers.  Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040.  Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers.  Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• 27 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)
• Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more!
• Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!