Environment & Sustainability Specialist

Environment & Sustainability Specialist

Vattenfall

Multiple Locations

Do you want to shape the future?

We are looking for an Environment & Sustainability Specialist to join our Environment and Sustainability Unit to support our Onshore Wind, and large-scale Solar & Battery projects in sustainability strategy development and operational implementation.

In this role, you will combine sustainability strategy development for our Onshore Wind and Solar & Batteries Business Units with practical support on sustainability risks & opportunities assessments and operational implementation of innovations and technologies in our Onshore Wind and Solar & Batteries projects. You will focus on the following topics: greenhouse gas emission reduction, sustainable resource use, and sustainable procurement.

As Environment & Sustainability Specialist, you will have the following main tasks and responsibilities focusing on Onshore Wind and Solar & Batteries:

• In close collaboration with the business develop and implement sustainability strategy e.g., through KPI & target development and progress monitoring;
• Provide sustainability advice to the business on a variety of topics, for example on circularity of solar panels, rare earth elements, and decarbonization in the supply chain;
• Facilitate operational development & implementation of cost efficient and sustainable solutions in close collaboration with the Onshore Wind team as well as Solar & Batteries team contributing to our targets and ambitions;
• Conduct and review environmental risk assessments and integrate appropriate mitigation during technology development;
• Provide support in sustainability award criteria development for procurement tenders with a focus on Onshore wind, Solar & Batteries and drive supplier interactions with regards to environment and sustainability during contracting and strategic supplier collaboration;
• Build up knowledge on relevant sustainability topics, and serve as a Centre of Excellence;
• Initiate, drive and coordinate environmental and sustainability initiatives in collaboration with key stakeholders.

Your profile

You as a person - You have a true passion for environmental and sustainability topics. You are motivated to make an impact and are solution-oriented. Your personality will most likely be described as self-motivated, result-driven, structured and you have the ability to prioritize and plan realistically. You also have strong verbal and written communication skills.

Your qualifications and personal skills as Environment & Sustainability Specialist:

• Holds an MSc degree in the field of Sustainability, Environmental Engineering or similar;
• Has experience with sustainable procurement, Life Cycle Assessment, or circular economy;
• Operational experience in the wind, solar and/or batteries sector;
• Has strong analytical skills combined with the ability to communicate complex information in an easy to understand way;
• Proven success with implementing new solutions and moving initiatives forward in complex organizations;
• Is pro-active, innovative, and a team-player;
• Excellent communication skills and well-versed in communicating in oral and written English; a second language such as Dutch, German, Swedish or Danish would be valuable;
• Excellent inter-personal skills, being energized by engaging in a multi-disciplinary and international organization with a broad range of co-workers spread over multiple locations;
• Strong project management skills (meet deadlines and prioritise tasks).

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