Viceroy Engineering
Sustainability Manager
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Job Description
As Global Sustainability Manager, you will play a pivotal role in embedding sustainability across our operations, products, supply chain, and decision-making processes. Reporting to the Head of HSE & Sustainability, you will lead key programmes spanning ESG reporting, decarbonisation, environmental compliance, and responsible business practices.
A major focus of this position will be ensuring compliance with global product environmental regulations and driving robust restricted substance management programmes across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
Sustainability Strategy & Governance:
- Support and co-own the development and execution of Smiths Detection's global Sustainability and ESG Strategy.
- Translate strategic objectives into actionable roadmaps, targets, and KPIs.
- Lead implementation of actions arising from our Double Materiality Assessment and Restricted Substances Assessment.
- Develop governance frameworks, policies, and controls that embed sustainability into business decision-making.
Restricted Substance Compliance & Product Stewardship
- Lead Company-wide Compliance Activities Relating To
- REACH
- RoHS
- SCIP
- Conflict Minerals
- Emerging product environmental legislation
What You Will Be Doing
- Own restricted substance management processes and ensure robust controls across the business.
- Partner with Engineering, Procurement, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to ensure ongoing product compliance and market access.
- Manage supplier declarations, material disclosures, and environmental data collection.
- Monitor legislative developments and assess business impacts, risks, and compliance requirements.
- Provide expert guidance to internal stakeholders on product environmental compliance obligations.
ESG Reporting & Environmental Performance
- Lead and support external ESG disclosures and reporting activities, including:
- CDP
- TCFD
- CSRD
- ISSB
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- Drive improvements in ESG data quality, systems, and assurance processes.
- Oversee carbon accounting activities in line with the GHG Protocol.
- Support science-based target setting and decarbonisation initiatives across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
- Deliver programmes focused on energy efficiency, waste reduction, and water management.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Finance, HR, Procurement, and Supply Chain teams globally.
- Support supplier sustainability and responsible sourcing initiatives.
- Engage with customers, regulators, and industry groups on sustainability and compliance matters.
- Prepare reporting and updates for senior leadership teams.
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to shape sustainability outcomes across a global business where environmental compliance, product stewardship, and ESG performance are strategic priorities. Your work will directly influence regulatory compliance, customer confidence, market access, operational performance, and our long-term sustainability ambitions.
If you have a strong background in REACH, RoHS, Restricted Substance Compliance, and sustainability leadership, we'd love to hear from you.
Qualifications
- Degree in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Proven experience in a sustainability, ESG, product stewardship, or environmental compliance role within an industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or technology environment.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Restricted Substance Compliance, including REACH and RoHS regulations.
- Demonstrable experience managing product environmental compliance programmes and supplier material declarations.
- Experience with SCIP submissions, Conflict Minerals reporting, and related regulatory requirements.
- Strong understanding of global sustainability regulations and emerging compliance obligations.
- Expertise in ESG frameworks and reporting standards including GHG Protocol, CDP, TCFD, CSRD, and ISSB.
- Experience in carbon accounting and sustainability data management.
- Strong project management and stakeholder influencing skills.
- Experience operating within a global, matrix organisation.
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Desirable
- Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) experience.
- Sustainable product design knowledge.
- Customer-facing sustainability experience.
- Professional certification such as IEMA Practitioner, Lead Auditor, or ISO 14001 qualification.
Additional Information
Join us and we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial, and lifestyle perspective.
Join us and work for a world-leader, with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
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