Sustainability Consultant, Sports + GHG

I. Job Summary

Environmentally motivated, customer service driven individual to manage comprehensive golf sustainability projects. Projects involve organizational evaluations, program implementation, stakeholder engagement and training, emissions accounting and reduction strategies, supply chain operations, material management programs, and energy and water efficient resource utilization, and social sustainability programs, among other topics. This role will help conduct assessments, generate reports indicating overall sustainability baseline, create operations and management plans, and execute programs remotely and at golf customer sites. Maintains pre-established standards for safety and environmental issues.

Must reside in Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Denver, Albuquerque, or Phoenix based on customer support needs. This position requires around 35% travel, typically two weeks at a time.
 

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• 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 delivery 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.
• This position will need to work on Central or Eastern Time to support departmental needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

III. Qualifications 

A. Required Qualifications  

• Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Sustainability, Architectural Design, Community Planning, Business or related field
• High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four years of relevant experience
• 3 years of relevant work experience in project/business management (in addition to education requirement) and
• Environmental or services industry experience

B. Preferred Qualifications 

• Strong project management and customer communication skills.
• Experience with conducting a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and executing mitigation initiatives, organizational advisory services, and materials management required.
• Knowledge of sustainability trends
• Experience with sustainability risk and management frameworks, sport-specific or otherwise strongly preferred.
• Experience managing venue-based sustainability project with sports and entertainment event logistics support 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 with green building and design.
• Experience working in sports venues and event operations strongly preferred.
• Experience managing multiple customers and/or projects simultaneously 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
   

IV. Work Environment
Combination: This job operates in a mix between an office environment and plant/field environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, etc. 

The expected base pay range for this position across the U.S. is $67,800- $90,000.  This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for a 10% annual target bonus.

V. Benefits 
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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WM (WM.com) is North America's leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial, medical and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them pursue their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post‑consumer materials and is a leader in beneficial use of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most landfill gas‑to‑electricity plants in North America. WM’s fleet includes more than 12,000 natural gas trucks – the largest heavy‑duty natural gas truck fleet in the industry in North America. Healthcare Solutions provides collection and disposal services of regulated medical waste, as well as secure information destruction services, in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe. To learn more about WM and the company’s sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity

For United States:  WM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

For Canada:  WM is committed to the principle of equal employment for all applicants and employees, without discrimination on the basis of all grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please notify us if you require accommodation.

Real ID

In order to travel by air or access federal property, federal law requires individuals have a REAL ID or an acceptable alternative. This position may require the successful candidate to travel by air for business reasons or service federal property. Accordingly, successful candidates must have, or be willing to obtain, a REAL ID or TSA‑approved alternative.