Senior Environment & Sustainability Specialist - Operational Standards

Vattenfall; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international renewable energy company is seeking a Senior Environment & Sustainability Specialist in the City of Westminster. In this role, you will manage environmental compliance, analyze sustainability data, and support procurement processes. The ideal candidate should have a degree in a relevant field, be familiar with environmental management systems, and possess strong analytical and organizational skills. This position offers competitive compensation and the flexibility to work from home while engaging with interdisciplinary teams.

Benefits

Good remuneration

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Support from committed colleagues

Qualifications

• Familiarity with environmental management systems and ISO 14001.
• Experience with Powerautomate and Powerapps preferred.
• Comfort with navigating new software and online tools.

Responsibilities

• Review and facilitate updates to contractor management documentation.
• Monitor and audit contractors against environmental standards.
• Collect environmental performance data and identify trends.

Skills

General knowledge of environmental & sustainability topics

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Time-management skills

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

PowerBI

SQL

Python

Matlab

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Environment & Sustainability Specialist Operational Standards to work within our Business Area Wind in the Standards Support Function and more specifically within the Environment & Sustainability (EnSu) Team. EnSu provides environmental & sustainability expertise advice and operational support to the Business Units within the Business Area Wind; namely the Offshore Wind, Onshore Wind & Solar & Battery Business Units through all phases of the project life cycle from development and construction through to operation and decommissioning or divestment. You will report to the Head of the Projects & Operation & Maintenance Team within the EnSu Unit in a central support role that encompasses coordination of:

Coordination & Support

• Vattenfall & contractor environmental & sustainability compliance tracking & reporting
• EnSu related data management and system maintenance
• Process and environmental management system updates based on alignments with subject matter experts
• Procurement support for the EnSu team
• Alignment between the EnSu team and key stakeholders such as the Quality Health & Safety Operational Standards (QHS OS) team and the Integrated Management System (IMS) team

Managing Environmental Compliance

• Review and facilitate updates to contractor management and performance documentation
• Create and update tools to track contractor management and performance and ensure efficient collection entry and analysis of environmental and sustainability data
• Monitor and audit contractors against environmental standards and deliver guidance for expected standards coming from Vattenfall
• Analyse environmental events coming from sites from a centralised dashboard focusing on trends and data across all wind, solar and battery assets
• Participate in sustainability assessments and internal audits with follow‑up actions

Performance and Improvement

• Collect environmental & sustainability performance data from sites & identify trends & outliers across the assets and systematic ways of improving data collection & management
• Assisting with implementation of the overall Environmental strategy for BA Wind
• Maintain and communicate performance updates integrating them into reporting channels

Incident Analysis

• Manage and improve incident classification and reporting in the incident management system ensuring data accuracy and actionable insights

Document Contributions

• Co‑author and facilitate updates of key documents and processes within the Environmental Management System for continual improvements and driving simplification
• Assist in document control
• Support the transition of existing and new processes and documents into a new management system under development and in coordination with QHS OS and IMS

Environment and Sustainability within Procurement

• Lead and coordinate EnSu support for tenders and contracts where Vattenfall is the employer including specification procurement and contractor onboarding
• Primary point of contact for procurement leads, QHS leads, coordinators and sustainability stakeholders ensuring that requests, updates and improvements are communicated, tracked and implemented effectively
• Ensure correct routing of requests via Vattenfall procurement platforms
• Represent environment in procurement strategy meetings contributing to dashboard updates, training visibility and process automation and improvement discussions

As a Senior Environment & Sustainability Specialist Operational Standards you will have general knowledge and enthusiasm about environmental & sustainability topics but detailed knowledge about management systems, procurement and process management. With a multi‑faceted role you will need organisational, analytical and time‑management skills. Working with key stakeholder teams you will be a central conduit for information both to and from the EnSu team requiring interpersonal alignments and problem solving. Locations: Amsterdam, Kolding, Hamburg, Berlin, London, Hexham or Stockholm. Significant flexibility with working from home.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant discipline (data science, computer science, management systems, environmental management, environmental engineering, environmental science, etc.)
• Familiarity with environmental management systems and ISO 14001
• Familiarity with PowerBI, Powerautomate, Powerapps and Copilot 365 is preferred; experience with SQL, Python or Matlab is a benefit
• Familiarity with Mercell or Achilles is preferred and with Polarion or ARIS would be a benefit
• A high level of comfort and ease navigating new software and online tools will be needed

We offer good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.