Associate Manager - Environment & Sustainability

GMR Group; Nagpur District; On-site; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

GMR Group seeks a senior sustainability professional to lead ESG initiatives at Nagpur Airport, driving long-term strategy and risk-based planning to enhance environmental performance.

You will coordinate across internal teams and external partners to implement standards, report progress and advocate policy measures, ensuring continuous improvement and industry leadership.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of experience in environmental/sustainability roles.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Airport Operations & Maintenance Engineering, safety & OH Audit, Compliance, SMS implementation.

Responsibilities

• Drive Sustainability/ESG Framework at NAGPUR.
• Develop and drive sustainability roadmap aligned with global standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD, IFC-WB) and meet stakeholder expectations.
• Develop organisational strategic objectives & initiatives in line with Global Sustainability agenda (SDG 2030) and NITI Ayog requirements.
• Develop and implement roadmap/initiatives to achieve GNIAL’s objective of becoming the “most sustainable Airport globally”.
• Develop benchmarks for sustainability practices, identify best practices, carry out feasibility assessment and ensure successful implementation in GNIAL.
• Develop strong communication with all the relevant stakeholders for brand building through various reporting and communication mechanisms.
• No of initiatives
• Develop business materiality matrix
• Business risk elements
• Stakeholders surveys
• Stakeholder engagements programs
• Business sustainability reports

Skills

Personal Effectiveness

Social Awareness

Entrepreneurship

Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking

Planning & Decision Making

Capability Building

Strategic Orientation

Stakeholder Focus

Networking

Execution & Results

Teamwork & Interpersonal influence

Education

BTech/ MTech in Environmental/Chemical/Civil Engineering

Job description

JOB PURPOSE

• Ensuring Environment Sustainability is one of the most crucial role for any organization and specifically for Airports.
• It has become one of the mandate from regulators, investors, stakeholders and community for organizations to continuously focus on delivering better performance in terms of environment sustainability.
• The purpose of the job profile is to enable Nagpur Airport to become the “most sustainable Airport globally” through a strategic and action oriented approach by focus on risk identification, long term strategy and planning on sustainability matters, improve resource conservation, engage in policy advocacy with relevant stakeholders, brand building and ensure better stakeholder relationships.

ORGANISATION CHART

• Lead : HSE & Sustainbility
• Associate Manage : Environment & Sustainbility

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Drive Sustainability/ESG Framework at NAGPUR

• Develop and drive sustainability roadmap of Delhi Airport in line with global standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD, IFC-WB) and meet stakeholder expectations.
• Develop organisational strategic objectives & initiatives in line with Global Sustainability agenda (SDG 2030) and NITI Ayog requirements
• Develop and implement roadmap/initiatives to achieve GNIAL’s objective of becoming the “most sustainable Airport globally”
• Develop benchmarks for sustainability practices, identify best practices, carry out feasibility assessment and ensure successful implementation in GNIAL

Develop strong communication with all the relevant stakeholders for brand building through various reporting and communication mechanisms.

No of initiatives

Develop business materiality matrix

Business risk elements

Stakeholders surveys

Stakeholder engagements programs

Business sustainability reports

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - Additional Details

EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS

• Ministry of Environment & Forest-
• Ministry of Civil Aviation:
• Director General of Civil Aviation:
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on: DIAL CDM program
• International Civil Aviation Organization :
• Airports Council International on: -ACI ACA programs
• Confederation of Indian Industry on: -Green Infrastructure and Green Company programs
• Academic Institutes on: IIT Delhi & The Energy and Resources Institute: Analysis and Modeling
• Stakeholders - Airlines, Cargo, Ground Handing & Flight Catering units

INTERNAL INTERACTIONS

• Airport Operation Teams: Airside, AOCC, Aviation Service & Terminals:
• P&P & CPD, Finishes Team on:-Implementation of LEED/IGBC/WELNESS requirements
• SPG on:-Sustainability Compliance & Strategy plans, Reporting
• Commercial (Aero & Non Aero) on:-Stakeholder engagements and surveys
• HR on:Environmental Learning and Developments
• GMR-Aviation Academy on:-Supporting development of Aviation Environment Courses
• Procurements & Finance on:Procurement of contacts, vendors & payments

FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS

• Operating expense in > 04 Cr.
• Capital expense in > 13 Cr.

OTHER DIMENSIONS

• Strong knowledge of Climate Change Science and Policies, Global treaties and market dynamics, UNFCC functioning, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) initiatives etc.
• Strong understanding of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) accounting tools, estimation procedures and standards- ISO14064, WRI GHG protocol etc
• Strong knowledge of Green Building Standards, Green Company Framework, Airport Carbon Accreditation of Airports Council International (ACI)

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

B Tech/ M Tech (Engineering) â Subjects: Engineering in Environmental/Chemical/Civil

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• 8 – 12 years’ experience with minimum 3 years’ experience Airport Operations & Maintenance Engineering, safety & OH Audit, Compliance, SMS implementation, OH surveillance & regulatory coordination.

COMPETENCIES

• Personal Effectiveness
• Social Awareness
• Entrepreneurship
• Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking
• Planning & Decision Making
• Capability Building
• Strategic Orientation
• Stakeholder Focus
• Networking
• Execution & Results
• Teamwork & Interpersonal influence