Senior Manager - ESG

Adani Transmission (ATL); Vidisha; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Transmission (ATL) seeks a senior ESG leader to drive strategy and governance for the Copper Manufacturing Complex operations. You will oversee ESG roadmap deployment, governance forums, and cross-functional integration across operations, procurement, HR, safety, environment, and community initiatives.

You will lead data collection and reporting, including ESG disclosures and dashboards, ensure audit readiness, and coordinate with Group ESG, finance, HR, safety, and legal teams to

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience in ESG, Sustainability, or related functions in metals, mining, chemical, refinery, power, infrastructure, or heavy manufacturing.
• Minimum 4-6 years of exposure to ESG reporting, sustainability disclosures, and cross-functional project management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy the ESG roadmap for the Copper Manufacturing Complex aligned with priorities and regulatory expectations.
• Coordinate plant-level ESG governance forums, action trackers, and management reporting.
• Translate ESG goals into initiatives across operations, maintenance, procurement, HR, safety, environment, and community development.
• Track ESG risks, opportunities, commitments, and improvement plans with governance and escalation mechanisms.
• Drive policy deployment, awareness, and integration into business decision-making and routines.
• Lead collection, validation, consolidation, and reporting of ESG data across environmental, social, and governance parameters.
• Prepare BRSR, sustainability reports, dashboards, and disclosures; ensure audit readiness.
• Coordinate with Group ESG, finance, HR, safety, procurement, legal, and operations for timely disclosures.
• Digitalize ESG data capture, validation workflows, dashboards, and performance analytics.
• Monitor environmental indicators and coordinate climate action initiatives, decarbonization, and energy efficiency.

Skills

ESG strategy

Governance

Data management

Stakeholder engagement

Audit readiness

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Environmental Engineering/related

MBA/PG Diploma in Sustainability/ESG

Job description

• B.E./B.Tech in Environmental Engineering, Chemical, Metallurgy, Mechanical, Energy, Sustainability, or related discipline.
• MBA / PG Diploma / Master s degree in Sustainability, ESG, Environmental Management, Climate Change, or related discipline will be preferred.
• 10-15 years of experience in ESG, Sustainability, Environment, Climate Action, EHS, Compliance, or Responsible Business functions in metals, mining, chemical, refinery, power, infrastructure, or heavy manufacturing industries.
• Minimum 4-6 years of exposure to ESG reporting sustainability disclosures, environmental performance tracking, stakeholder engagement, audit readiness, and cross-functional project management.

A. ESG Strategy, Governance Roadmap

• Support development and deployment of the ESG roadmap for the Copper Manufacturing Complex aligned with business priorities, regulatory expectations, and group sustainability commitments.
• Coordinate plant-level ESG governance forums, action trackers, review mechanisms, and management reporting.
• Translate ESG goals into function-wise initiatives across operations, maintenance, projects, procurement, HR, safety, environment, and community development.
• Track ESG risks, opportunities, commitments, and improvement plans through structured governance and escalation mechanisms.
• Support ESG policy deployment, awareness, and integration into business decision-making and operating routines.

B. Sustainability Reporting, Data Management Assurance

• Lead collection, validation, consolidation, and reporting of ESG data across environmental, social, and governance parameters.
• Support preparation of BRSR, sustainability report, integrated report, ESG dashboards, customer disclosures, investor queries, and internal leadership updates.
• Maintain ESG evidence repositories, audit trails, source documents, and data ownership matrices for assurance readiness.
• Coordinate with Group ESG, finance, environment, HR, safety, procurement, legal, and operations teams for timely and accurate disclosures.
• Drive digitalization of ESG data capture, validation workflows, dashboards, and performance analytics.

C. Environmental Performance Climate Action

• Monitor ESG-linked environmental indicators including energy intensity, water consumption, emissions, waste generation, hazardous waste management, biodiversity, and resource efficiency.
• Coordinate climate action initiatives such as GHG inventory, decarbonization projects, renewable energy adoption, energy efficiency, circularity, and carbon reduction programs.
• Support compliance and performance monitoring related to environmental consents, statutory submissions, and sustainability commitments.
• Identify improvement opportunities in water stewardship, waste minimization, material recovery, by-product utilization, and responsible operations.
• Prepare environmental and climate performance insights for monthly and quarterly business reviews.

D. Social Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement Supply Chain ESG

• Coordinate ESG inputs related to employee well-being, safety performance, diversity, inclusion, human rights, grievance mechanisms, learning, and community development.
• Work with HR, CSR, Safety, Admin, and Community Relations teams to strengthen social performance indicators and reporting quality.
• Support supplier and contractor ESG engagement, responsible sourcing initiatives, code of conduct deployment, and value-chain ESG data collection.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement documentation, materiality inputs, ESG awareness sessions, and culture-building interventions.
• Ensure timely response to customer ESG questionnaires, audits, and sustainability-related due diligence requirements.

E. Governance, Risk, Compliance Continuous Improvement

• Strengthen ESG controls, review processes, documentation discipline, and internal assurance mechanisms across the complex.
• Track regulatory developments, ESG standards, disclosure frameworks, rating agency expectations, and benchmark practices relevant to heavy manufacturing and metals sector.
• Conduct ESG gap assessments, internal reviews, mock audits, and action-closure monitoring to improve audit readiness.
• Prepare leadership presentations on ESG progress, risks, mitigation plans, and improvement opportunities.
• Build succession readiness by developing working knowledge of ESG strategy, reporting, plant operations, stakeholder management, and governance processes.