Energy Emissions Data & Reporting Specialist

Melbourne Water; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Melbourne Water is seeking an Energy Emissions Data & Reporting Specialist based in Melbourne. You will manage and analyse energy and emissions data to support regulatory and reporting obligations, extracting data from wastewater processes, fugitive emissions, electricity, gas and fuel, and translating it into accurate internal and regulatory reports.

The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail and experience with emissions calculation systems, with opportunities to automate

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in engineering, sustainability, environmental science or data.
• Knowledge of carbon accounting, greenhouse gas emissions calculations, energy reporting or environmental compliance frameworks (ideally including NGER).
• Strong Excel skills and experience handling large data extracts.
• Understanding emissions sources and calculation methodologies.
• Experience with operational or industrial data and knowledge of wastewater treatment or similar environments is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate collection, extraction and analysis of energy, operational and emissions data from multiple systems and stakeholders, working with large data sets to produce accurate information.
• Ensure Melbourne Water meets greenhouse gas and energy compliance obligations, particularly NGER.
• Calculate, validate and report emissions for wastewater, fugitive emissions, electricity, gas and fuel consumption.
• Establish and maintain controls to verify data, emission factors and calculations, ensuring accuracy and audit readiness.
• Administer, optimise and improve emissions calculation systems and processes, including opportunities for automation.
• Prepare energy and greenhouse gas information for mandatory regulatory and corporate reporting (NGER, Annual Report, ESC).
• Build strong relationships across the business to obtain information and resolve data quality issues within deadlines.
• Drive projects focused on process improvement, sustainability and renewable energy outcomes.
• Represent Melbourne Water in interactions with regulatory bodies including the Clean Energy Regulator.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, sustainability, environmental science, data or related discipline

Tools

Excel

Databases

Reporting tools

Automation

Programming (basic)

Job description

Energy Emissions Data & Reporting Specialist

In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.

As caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.

Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet or kayak down the Yarra, we’re there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.

If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.

Who We Are

In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.

As caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.

Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet or kayak down the Yarra, we’re there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.

If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.

About The Role

Reporting to the Manager Energy & Emissions, this permanent, full-time role will see you manage and analyse energy and emissions data to support Melbourne Water’s regulatory and reporting obligations.

You’ll extract, validate and consolidate data across wastewater processes, fugitive emissions, electricity, gas and fuel, translating complex information into accurate reporting for internal stakeholders and regulatory bodies, including the Clean Energy Regulator.

You’ll also administer and improve emissions calculation processes and systems, including EDMS, requiring strong analytical skills, attention to detail and a methodical, data-driven approach.

In this role you will:

• Coordinate the collection, extraction and analysis of energy, operational and emissions data from multiple systems and stakeholders, working with large data sets and data dumps to produce accurate and digestible information.
• Ensure Melbourne Water meets its greenhouse gas and energy compliance obligations, particularly National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) requirements.
• Calculate, validate and report emissions associated with operational activities, including wastewater treatment processes, fugitive emissions, electricity, gas and fuel consumption.
• Establish and maintain appropriate controls to verify emissions data, emission factors and calculations, ensuring accuracy, traceability and audit readiness.
• Administer, optimise and continuously improve emissions calculation systems and processes, including identifying opportunities for greater automation and more efficient reporting.
• Prepare energy and greenhouse gas information for mandatory regulatory and corporate reporting, including NGER, Annual Report, ESC and other emissions-related reporting.
• Build strong relationships across the business, proactively working with stakeholders to obtain required information, investigate anomalies and resolve data quality issues within reporting deadlines.
• Drive projects and initiatives that involve process improvement, sustainability and renewable energy.
• Maintain an understanding of relevant emissions legislation and represent Melbourne Water in its interactions with regulatory bodies, including the Clean Energy Regulator.

About You

You’ll be a self-driven and methodical professional who enjoys working with complex data, extracting and validating information to ensure accurate and reliable reporting. Experience in wastewater treatment, chemical/process engineering or industrial environments would be valuable, alongside knowledge of carbon accounting, energy and emissions reporting or environmental compliance.

You will ideally have:

• Tertiary qualifications in engineering, sustainability, environmental science, data or a related discipline, with chemical, process or wastewater engineering backgrounds particularly relevant.
• Experience or strong knowledge of carbon accounting, greenhouse gas emissions calculations, energy reporting and/or environmental compliance frameworks, ideally including NGER.
• Strong analytical capability and advanced Microsoft Excel skills, with confidence working with large data extracts, reconciling information and converting raw data into clear and meaningful reports.
• An understanding of emissions sources and calculation methodologies, including measurement, estimation and application of appropriate emissions factors.
• Experience working with operational or industrial data, with knowledge of wastewater treatment processes, fugitive emissions or chemical/process environments highly regarded.
• Strong attention to detail, quality assurance and auditing capability, with the ability to identify anomalies and confidently verify the integrity of reported information.
• Experience with databases, data management, reporting tools and/or automation, with programming capability beneficial.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the confidence to proactively follow up with stakeholders for information and work across the organisation to meet regulatory reporting deadlines.
• Plan, coordinate and drive projects/initiative activities to achieve agreed milestones, deliverables and outcomes within established timeframes to drive process improvement, sustainability and renewable energy outcomes.
• A valid Victorian Driver Licence is required for this position.

For more information, please review the attached position description:Energy Emissions Data & Reporting Specialist.pdf

Why Join Us

At Melbourne Water, we care about water and all life that springs from it.

Our people are fuelled by passion, and with safety at the forefront, we have an unwavering sense of purpose, and are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time.

We walk the talk when it comes to flexible working – but that’s not all. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning permeates everything we do. We’re dedicated to doing what’s right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.

Our long-standing commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging means that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ individuals, neurodivergent individuals, people living with disability, mature age and young jobseekers from all cultures can apply with confidence knowing they are safe, affirmed, and celebrated.

If you’re curious, action-orientated, outcomes-focused, and care deeply for public resources, community, and the environment, we'd love to receive an application and learn if you could be a great fit.