Sustainability Manager

As a Sustainability Manager in our Galway site you will work with cross-functional teams to drive the Sustainability Program companywide. With the ever-changing global environmental regulations, you will be tracking company and product sustainability efforts including Environmental, Societal and Governance (ESG) initiatives across multiple Engineering locations.   

 Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders in agreeing the relevant SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals) for the company
• Track SDG KPI’s and work together with other compliance efforts to ensure that products and services are compliant with global environmental regulations and customer requirements.
• Identify sustainability risks and appropriate mitigation measures
• Highlight any opportunities to increase the organisations sustainability credentials
• Collect and collate qualitative and quantative data to help communicate and support sustainability goals
• Review supply chains for a sustainability perspective
• Provide updates & interpretations of ESG regulatory requirements to functional departments to ensure compliance.
• Perform product reviews and respond to inquiries with regard to Sustainability and Governance.
• Write procedures, develop forms, and make sure that they are followed and have a closed loop.
• Interface with customer’s and business partners ESG teams.
• Develop position statements with regards to Sustainability.
• Provide employee training on related topics, policies, or procedures.
• Be the sustainability champion / SME and promote a positive culture of sustainability in the organisation
• Provide assistance to internal or external auditors in compliance reviews (1SO14001 for example)
• Prepare management reports regarding Sustainability operations and progress.
• Provide input during the budget planning process on all expected expenses.
• Learn about Company’s business as appropriate.
• Show up to work on time and attend work as scheduled.
• All other duties as requested by supervisor or department head.

 Requirements

• Experience in high tech electronics industry
• BSc Degree, preferably in a Sustainable/ ESG /scientific discipline or equivalent work experience.
• 2-3 years of experience in a Sustainable/ ESG role.
• Good understanding of low carbon building solutions
• Good understanding of the circular economy

• Working knowledge of product configuration management practices (BOMs, specifications, ECR/ECO/MCO, and part numbers.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across various functional groups.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent spreadsheet application skills.
• Ability to multi-task and to adapt to changing priorities.
• Proficiency in MS Office -Excel, PowerPoint, Word.

• Ability to follow all applicable Business Management System (BMS) processes.
• Experience in managing Sustainability projects
• Ability to read, write and speak English. 
• Ability to compose reports and correspondence. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to use electronic office tools
• Knowledge of basic addition, subtraction, division and multiplication of numbers is required.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

• Follow established company core values.

 

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