At McLaren Racing, we’re not just here to try to take the chequered flag. We’re here to excite our fans, inspire our people and deliver for our partners. And we’re also committed to evolving our sport, our industry, and our technology, too.
Purpose of the Role:
To drive projects in McLaren Racing’s operations which demonstrate measurable progress against the Team’s environmental sustainability metrics and goals.
Role Dimensions:
As the McLaren Racing Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Sustainability you will be principally responsible for delivering projects and initiatives which demonstrate progress against McLaren Racing’s greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint and circularity metric, addressing key opportunities identified to improve our organisation’s environmental impact.
You will coordinate delivery of cross-functional environmental sustainability projects with a focus on trialing the use of more sustainable materials, products & services, and reducing waste.
You will be responsible for implementing and maintaining McLaren Racing’s environmental management system, supporting the wider McLaren Team to embed environmental sustainability into day-to-day business and operational activities.
This role requires a high degree of flexibility and an agile working style. Approximately 25% of your workload will consist of managing short-term tactical projects, responding to ad-hoc requests and emerging priorities with agility and a winner’s mindset.
Principal Accountabilities:
Identify and support delivery of projects to drive environmental performance across operational teams (Design, Production, R&D and Car Build), and measure impact of these projects on environmental metrics.
Scope and support circular economy and decarbonisation opportunities in McLaren Racing’s supply chain, taking a collaborative and data-led approach.
Support Purchasing teams to identify hotspots and recognise environmental impacts of purchased products & services.
Engage with colleagues and suppliers to promote product choices which favour sustainability.
Engage with suppliers to monitor supply chain decarbonisation and circular economy opportunities.
Support Operational teams to identify use cases for innovative sustainable materials across McLaren Racing’s operations.
Act as a Business Partner to Operational teams on environmental topics, supporting initiatives that improve McLaren Racing’s environmental performance.
Maintain and implement McLaren Racing’s environmental management system (EMS) and environmental policies, integrating environmental best practice across Operations and Facilities, and advocating for positive behavioural & process change.
Lead delivery of internal and external audits against environmental sustainability standards, including ISO14001 and the FIA 3* Environmental Accreditation.
Support the calculation of McLaren Racing’s environmental metrics (GHG footprint and circularity metric) and sustainability reporting by collecting data to measure impact of projects, creating visualisations and narrative to accompany case studies, and responding to related assurance queries.
Act as a representative of the Sustainability team in relevant working groups on infrastructure and campus projects, embedding environmental considerations into project processes and advocating for project decisions in favour of sustainability.
Develop and deliver environmental sustainability training /education of McLaren Racing’s Operations teams, enabling colleagues to embed sustainability considerations into their decision-making.
Fulfil requests for support from across McLaren Racing relating to sustainability initiatives.
