Quality and Environmental Advisor

Alfa Laval is looking for a Quality and Environmental Advisor based in our Camberley head office

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping. 

As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.  

About the Job 

You are a proactive, self-driven Quality and Environmental professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and has a knack of problem solving. With NEBOSH certification, you bring an understanding of UK legislation and ISO standards (especially 9001 and 14001, with knowledge of 45001 as a plus). You have experience delivering training and a good grasp of quality systems, ideally complemented by exposure to factory operations within an international organisation.

You should also be able to engage and collaborate departmentally, including service centre, sales teams and field service teams, and with management teams. You are comfortable working closely with both on-site and off-site stakeholders and your ability to work independently, combined with your collaborative spirit, makes you a key player in driving quality excellence at Alfa Laval.

Your responsibilities will include: 

Run or participate in continuous improvement projects/activities within the Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental (QHSE) arena, in particular to prevent and limit the impacts coming from our activities in the environment and to increase the quality standard of our processes/products and in alignment with Alfa Laval QHSE Strategy.

These include:

• Supporting and maintaining Quality and Environment management systems ensuring compliance with relevant UK legislation, ISO 9001 & 14001 and Alfa Laval policies.
• Maintain environmental risk management activities, including environmental aspects & impacts, risk assessments, safe systems of work, hazard identification, and emergency preparedness.
• Support and implement change management initiatives, ensuring smooth adoption of new policies, procedures, and safety culture improvements across the organization.
• Keep environment analysis updated and in compliance with applicable legislation.
• Support the development and management of QHSE management systems, with focus on auditing process, KPIs management, training/competences development, SOPs and instructions and improvement projects/activities.
• Handle quality aspects directly related to manufacturing processes/products to guarantee customer requirements (if defined) are completely fulfilled.
• Administer investigations into accidents, incidents, non-conformances, customer complaints, and quality issues, ensuring effective root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with the central Sustainability team in driving the environmental agenda and our Net Zero 2050 sustainability ambitions across the company.
• Support completion of Customer questionnaires.
• Support line management in their (line management) QHSE accountability.

Who you are & what you can bring

• Experience working with ISO standards, specifically ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, and ideally ISO 45001.
• Familiarity with other recognised Industry schemes, such as Achilles UVDB, SEQual, SafeContractor, etc.
• Undertake internal audits of the quality and environmental aspects of the IMS.  Develop and deliver internal audit programmes and lead external audits, ensuring effective governance and timely closure of actions.
• ISO 9001 Auditing experience.
• Experience in similar role within a manufacturing or service environment.
• Demonstrated track record of driving continuous improvement and cultural change.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Some familiarity with health and safety processes as part of QHSE. Opportunity for development.

What We Offer 

• Bonus Structure: We reward your hard work and achievements with a bonus program. 
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days + Bank holidays 
• Simply Health – Health cash plan available to enter worth over £2500 annually 
• Life Assurance – 4X annual salary when you remain in the pension 
• Training and Career Development potential 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Tech scheme benefit 
• Global Opportunities: As part of Alfa Laval, you’ll enjoy the benefits of working in a global company, with opportunities to collaborate with colleagues from around the world, learn from diverse perspectives, and grow your career in an international environment. 

Our commitment to integrity  

We care about diversity, inclusion, and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games. Playing the games is mandatory.   

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure workplace, we conduct background checks on final candidates for this role. In addition, you will need to show your right to work in the UK.  

For More Information 
Please contact our Talent Acquisition Partner – Reece Watmore – reece.watmore@alfalaval.com  

Hiring Manager – Sue Lee, Health & Safety Business Partner

This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is selected. 

Please note that selection and interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis. The application process may close earlier if the right candidate is identified, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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