Environment Manager

Reporting to the Head of Environment, you will be responsible for providing environmental leadership, technical expertise and support across multiple manufacturing sites including Bendigo, Jalna, Tamar, Spreyton, Wynyard, and Longwarry. 

You will drive environmental compliance and governance, oversee wastewater and waste management programs, support environmental risk management activities, and lead continuous improvement initiatives that deliver sustainable environmental and business outcomes.

This position offers the opportunity to influence site leadership teams, operational decision-making and environmental performance across a diverse manufacturing footprint.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead environmental compliance activities across assigned sites, ensuring adherence to environmental legislation, licences and company standards.
• Provide expert environmental advice and risk management guidance to operational leaders.
• Manage regulatory reporting and maintain effective relationships with environmental authorities and regulators.
• Drive consistency in environmental standards, governance frameworks and management systems.
• Provide technical oversight and support for wastewater treatment, trade waste and operational environmental controls.
• Lead environmental incident investigations and ensure effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Support and continuously improve ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems across the network.
• Monitor environmental performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve water, waste and energy performance.
• Partner with site leadership teams to strengthen environmental capability and accountability.
• Lead environmental projects that deliver both sustainability and operational benefits.

About You

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced environmental professional who enjoys partnering with operational leaders to deliver meaningful outcomes. You will be a strong influencer, capable of balancing compliance, risk management and business priorities, while driving a proactive environmental culture across multiple sites. With a practical and solutions-focused approach, you will bring both technical expertise and the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.

To succeed in this role, you will ideally bring:

• Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering or a related discipline, supported by extensive environmental management experience. 
• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation, licensing, compliance frameworks and ISO 14001 management systems. 
• Demonstrated experience within manufacturing, industrial, FMCG or similarly regulated environments. 
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, drive change and deliver environmental improvement initiatives across multiple sites. 
• Highly developed analytical, risk management and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance operational and environmental priorities.

What We Offer

• Competitive remuneration package. 
• Opportunity to make a genuine impact across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Career development opportunities within a global market-leading organisation. 

Our story:

Ours is a STORY of a family business created by the Besnier Family in 1933 and is today the worlds’ No. 1 dairy company. We are 85,000 loyal team members working across 100 countries and together we create the #LactalisExperience.

Lactalis Australia’s iconic and heritage brands are our PASSION, providing quality and nutritious products for all Australians. We are humble, proud and resilient. We care for our employees, land, farmers and consumers, which is our driving purpose to ensure a responsible and sustainable dairy industry.

We take pride in developing our internal talent and encourage entrepreneurship by bringing together pragmatic and tenacious personalities. Our accountability ensures we have ownership within our roles and with our EXPERTISE and dairy "know how", sets us apart.

Lactalis is a supporter of reducing barriers that exist due to traditional working practices and therefore flexible work arrangements will be considered for this role.