Overview
As a Sustainability Coordinator, you’ll play a pivotal role in embedding sustainability at the heart of Gist’s operations. This is more than compliance – it’s about driving meaningful change that reduces our environmental impact, supports our carbon reduction journey, and positions Gist as a leader in sustainable logistics.
You’ll support initiatives that cut emissions, minimise waste, and improve resource efficiency, ensuring alignment with ISO 14001 principles and future-proofing the business against evolving environmental legislation. From shaping sustainability strategies to delivering practical improvements, you’ll make a tangible difference every day.
No two days are the same – you’ll manage sustainability projects end-to-end, collaborate with teams across the business, maintain environmental registers, and lead audits that drive continuous improvement. You’ll analyse data to support carbon reporting, track waste streams, and identify opportunities for innovation. A key part of the role is engaging colleagues through training and communication to build a strong sustainability culture, while staying ahead of industry trends and best practices.
This opportunity is ideal for someone organised, detail-driven, and passionate about delivering meaningful, lasting change in sustainability.
What you’ll do
- Championing sustainability initiatives across Gist, supporting projects that reduce carbon emissions, improve energy efficiency, and minimise waste
- Update and manage the Environment Legal Register and Aspects & Impacts Register, ensuring alignment with ISO 14001 principles and current legislation
- Conduct bi-annual environmental audits and site checks to monitor compliance and identify improvement opportunities, you will prepare audit reports and support corrective actions
- Perform duty of care audits on relevant contractors to verify compliance with waste and environmental obligations
- Provide training and guidance on waste segregation and disposal to sites to ensure compliance with waste management regulations
- Monitor environmental incidents and where needed support root cause analysis and corrective actions
- Collect and analyse sustainability data to support carbon reporting and inform decision-making
- Support initiatives to enhance environmental performance and develop improvement plans
- Stay informed on environmental legislation and industry best practices. Supporting initiatives and improvement plans to enhance environmental performance
- Collaborate with operational teams to embed sustainability into day-to-day processes, and at peak times, support site operations where needed
- You will be embedded within the operation and at peak times in the year there will be an expectation to help at site where needed
What you’ll need
- Experience working with ISO 14001 principles (internal auditor qualification desirable)
- Knowledge of environmental legislation and compliance requirements
- Ability to conduct audits and prepare reports
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- Understanding of waste management practices
- Developing mindset as you will continue to learn and keep up to date with environment legislation
