Sustainability Specialist

Ashland; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashland is seeking a Sustainability Specialist to lead and support sustainability initiatives focused on energy efficiency and reducing environmental impact. This role requires a bachelor's degree, significant experience in sustainability programs, and expertise in project management. Emphasizing collaboration, the position offers a competitive salary and the chance to make impactful change within the organization.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years' experience in sustainability related programs within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong background knowledge in sustainability programs and current/emerging compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in project management and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support execution of an energy transition strategy towards renewable energy.
• Maintain sustainability certification programs and lead internal/external audits.
• Communicate strategic initiatives related to sustainability.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Sustainability Programs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, Environmental Management

Tools

SAP

MS Office Suite

SharePoint

LCA software (SimaPro preferred)

Job description

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Base pay range

$110,000.00/yr - $120,000.00/yr

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious? Are you always solving? Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Sustainability Specialist to join our Ashland LLC business. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the EHS function. This position will report to the Director of EHS and Sustainability.

This role will be responsible for supporting the sustainability program for Ashland, by leading and supporting initiatives to increase energy efficiency and reduce Ashland’s environmental footprint, with a focus on water, energy, and hazardous waste. This will include but is not limited to mandatory and voluntary initiatives to identify and increase efficiency within Ashland’s process, gaining and communicating an understanding unit and product level emissions intensity, and quantifying the impact of process changes and ongoing efficiency efforts. This role will work closely with global manufacturing sites to support commercial and internal requests and will help the sites strategically implement solutions. This role will also support and maintain several sustainability certifications where assistance is needed.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develop and support execution of an energy transition strategy to move towards renewable energy options with a reduced carbon footprint.
• Understanding and support of global manufacturing programs with a focus on US sites- with frequent site visits.
• Understand emerging voluntary reporting frameworks and emerging regulations and work with Ashland work groups to develop and implement strategic response plans.
• Communicate strategic initiatives related to sustainability.
• Identify and communicate best practices across manufacturing locations to promote broader improvements.
• Maintain sustainability certification programs, leading internal and response to external audits.
• Respond to commercial requests as needed and support collection and communication of key sustainability metrics and data.
• Lead US work group with key stakeholders to support sustainability progress/programs.
• Manage implementation of programs and initiatives to meet emerging sustainability requirements.
• Communication champion who drives awareness and cross-team discussion of activities to support sustainability- develop and maintain information related to initiatives for visibility to site projects.
• Participate in industry sustainability interest groups.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, Environmental Management, or an equivalent science.
• 5-10 years' experience in sustainability related programs within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong background knowledge in sustainability programs and current/emerging compliance requirements.
• Strong project management skills, ability to manage cross functional teams and organize, plan, and meet goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in project management and continuous improvement
• Proficiency in SAP, MS office Suite, Sharepoint, and LCA software (SimaPro preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to work across functions and geographies.

The following skill sets are preferred by the business:

• Experience with SimaPro

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting

• Industries

  Chemical Manufacturing

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