Environmental Manager

1 week ago

Christchurch, New Zealand Silver Fern Farms Full time

Job ID:

- 2751
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- Expertise:

- Science and Technical
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- Location:

- Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Employment Type:

- Permanent
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- 12/01/2025, 23:55PM

**The Team**:
Join a passionate and dynamic team at Silver Fern Farms where collaboration and hands-on involvement are key. You will be guided by a leader who sets clear expectations and offers support for your growth, but ultimately provides you the freedom to do your role successfully and independently. With a mix of travel to our site network, supported by flexible work arrangements from our central hub offices, this team connects in with many areas of Silver Fern Farms.

**Te Tūranga | About the Role**:
As an Environmental Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring that environmental policies and strategies are effectively implemented, ensure a consistent approach to environmental management and compliance is being undertaken across multiple sites, driving key initiatives, and supporting continuous improvements to achieve sustainability goals. This role, done well, ensure that Silver Fern Farms maintains our social licence to operate, and meets our compliance based requirements too.

This is a broad ranging role that partners with our Site Leadership, Corporate Operations teams, and our Sustainability business unit, among others.

Key responsibilities include:

- Overseeing environmental management systems, ensuring compliance with resource consents, and improving site performance
- Connecting and building relationships with key external parties, regulatory agencies, mana whenua, consultants, and contract providers
- Reporting on environmental aspects to internal and external stakeholders including regulators and auditors
- Understand and work to deliver on our Sustainability Action Plan, which include improving water and wastewater management, biodiversity projects, and circularity through waste reduction /diversion including composting
- Leading and mentoring site teams to ensure environmental best practices and continuous improvements
- Collaborating with internal teams like Operations, Engineering, and Sustainability to implement environmental action plans and improve site practice

This role primarily partners with sites within the South Island, therefore, operating centrally from either our Christchurch or Dunedin Hub offices is preferred.

**Ōu Pūkenga | About You**
We are looking for an energetic, proactive individual with a growth mindset, and a passion for sustainability & environmental management. You’ll thrive in a team environment, be self-motivated, and have the ability to work independently and take ownership over key deliverables.

Key attributes for success in this role include:

- Knowledge and experience in environmental compliance and flexibility to navigate the changing environmental management regulatory landscape - this is the highest priority
- In depth knowledge of business solutions, agriculture, pastoral farming, food industry, red meat sector, and/or water and wastewater
- A passion for continuous improvement and sustainability in the food and agriculture sectors
- Proven ability to lead and influence key stakeholders across various levels
- Excellent communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to manage relationships
- The ability to travel regularly, approx. one week total per month, to the production sites within your portfolio.
- University education in Environmental Science or Science field applicable to the role, and several years of Industry Experience in a related position.

**Te Ahurea | Why Work at Silver Fern Farms?**

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means and how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. ‘Goodness’ is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment.

**Tono Mai | To Apply**
- Silver Fern Farms welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all team members and applicants. Come and create goodness together with us._

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