WM

Sustainability Consultant – S&E

WM

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $71,190 - $85,000 per year

About the role

  • Consult with customers to identify goals and solutions and develop implementation strategies.
  • Engage with customers on their strategic direction for sustainability, including understanding their ambitions and context and advising on targets and potential improvement levers.
  • Translate for customers the sustainability impacts of WM services and solutions into language and frameworks that matter to senior company leaders and investors.
  • Perform full organization sustainability assessments.
  • Analyze assessment results and consult with customer to identify, design, and guide implementation of environmental sustainability initiatives and cost saving opportunities and proposals.
  • Prepare final reports, including environmental, social, and economic analysis, and present conclusions to the customer in a timely manner.
  • Assess procurement and waste management activities and draft comprehensive materials management plans focused on waste reduction and diversion.
  • Facilitate materiality assessments for sports venue customers and use results to guide strategic planning.
  • Integrate environmental justice priorities into program development.
  • Research and advise on the selection and implementation of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact reduction strategies.
  • Design project schedules, maintain multiple projects at the same time, meet deadlines and deliver quality deliverables.
  • Analyze data sets, baseline data, and assessment findings to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Prepare final reports and presentations and deliver conclusions to the customer in a manner that fits their needs and in a timely fashion.
  • Ensure compliance with customer and government regulations when performing assessments, implementing programs, and managing other on-site functions.
  • Promote culture of safety by ensuring site personnel are properly trained to perform assigned duties and comply with safety, environmental, federal, state, and local regulations.
  • Propose customer solutions that are compliant with appropriate local, state and federal regulations.
  • Maintain communications and a close working relationship with key WM Market Area personnel.
  • Self-educate on current sustainability topics, issues, and trends.
  • Responsible for organizing and interpreting data.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Sustainability, Architectural Design, Community Planning, Business or related field or High School Diploma or GED and four years of relevant experience required.
  • 3 years of relevant work experience in project/business management (in addition to education requirement) and Environmental or services industry experience required.
  • Experience with sustainability risk and management frameworks, sport-specific or otherwise strongly preferred.
  • Experience managing venue-based sustainability projects with sports and entertainment event logistics support strongly preferred.
  • Experience with conducting a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and executing mitigation initiatives, organizational advisory services, and materials management strongly preferred.
  • Experience with environmental justice and intersectional environmentalism preferred.
  • Experience managing material minimization and diversion programs, supply chain analyses, and sustainable material management planning preferred.
  • Experience working in sports venues and event operations strongly preferred.
  • Experience managing multiple customers and/or projects simultaneously preferred.
  • Experience with the development of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs preferred.
  • Experience with implementing GHG emissions reduction initiatives and researching mitigation technology preferred.
  • Familiarity with venue and event assessment tools including ISO 20121, TRUE, LEED, Well, Fitwel, Living Building Challenge, Green Globes, ENERGY STAR, Council for Responsible Sport.
Benefits
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Stock Purchase Plan
  • Company match on 401K
  • Paid Vacation
  • Holidays
  • Personal Days
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
sustainability assessmentsgreenhouse gas emissions inventoryenvironmental impact reductionmaterials management planningdata analysisproject managementrisk management frameworksenvironmental justicediversity, equity, and inclusion programssustainable material management
Soft Skills
consultationcommunicationstrategic planningpresentation skillsrelationship managementself-educationorganizational skillstime managementproblem-solvingteam collaboration