Sustainability Advisor (Remote in Nashville, TN)

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I. Job Summary
Environmentally motivated, customer service driven individual to manage comprehensive sustainability advisory engagements with customers across several industries. This role will help conduct assessments, generate reports indicating overall sustainability baseline, create operations and management plans, and guide customer implementation and strategic planning. Projects involve organizational evaluations, program implementation, stakeholder engagement and training, emissions accounting and reduction strategies, supply chain operations, material management programs, energy and water efficient resource utilization, and social sustainability programs, among other topics. Maintains pre-established standards for safety and environmental issues. 
 

Must reside in Nashville, TN based on business need. Role requires up to 20% travel, with up to 50% day travel in greater Nashville.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

    •Consult with existing, new and potential customers to identify goals and solutions for sustainability programs 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.
    •Work with subject matter experts across the Advisory Services team for support - potential customer industries include sports venues, events, municipalities, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and mixed-use properties.
    •Perform full facility and organization sustainability assessments. Analyze assessment results and consult with customers 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.
    •Integrate environmental justice priorities into program development.
    •Research and advise on the selection and implementation of greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies.
    •Assess procurement and waste management activities and draft comprehensive materials management plans focused on waste reduction and diversion.
    •Facilitate materiality-based assessments for customers and use results to guide strategic planning.
    •Support on-site program implementation when necessary.
    •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.
    •May supervise non-exempt employees and sub-contractors during the event management process.
    •Other duties as assigned.
 

III. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job. Must live and work in the US.

A. Education and Experience
 

Education: Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Sustainability, Architectural Design, Community Planning, Business or related field or High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four years of relevant experience required.
 

Experience: Three (3) years  of relevant work experience in project/business management (in addition to education requirement) and environmental or services industry experience required.
 

Preferred experience: Experience developing sustainability program strategies for a companies, facilities, or events. Additional experience strongly preferred: 
    •Experience with sustainability risk and management frameworks, sport-specific  or otherwise.
    •Experience with conducting a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and executing mitigation initiatives, organizational advisory services, and materials management.
    •Experience managing material minimization and diversion programs, supply chain analyses, and sustainable material management planning.
    •Familiarity with green building and event assessment tools including ISO 20121, TRUE, LEED, Well, Fitwel, Living Building Challenge, Green Globes, ENERGY STAR.
    •Experience working in sports venues and event operations.
    •Experience with community impact and intersectional environmentalism.
    •Experience managing multiple customers and/or projects simultaneously.
    •Experience with implementing GHG emissions reduction initiatives and researching mitigation technology.
 

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements
    •None required.

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required
    •Knowledge of sustainability trends
    •Self-motivated and directed with a keen sense of urgency to deliver results while working remotely or at a customer site. 
    •Experience with public speaking, presentations to large groups, or training large groups 
    •Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
    •Adept at decision-making and developing persuasive arguments related to sustainability.
    •Computer and tech savvy – must be adaptable to new programs and systems.
    •High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
    •Creative problem solving
    •Must be available to work standard business hours, as well as be available to work non-standard hours in case of emergency (natural disasters, power outages, etc.)
 

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, copy machines, etc. 

The expected base pay range for this position across the U.S. is $63,100 - $92,575.   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.

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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ABOUT WM WM (WM.com) is North America’s largest comprehensive waste management environmental solutions provider. 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 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 achieve 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 the leader in beneficial reuse of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most gas-to-electricity plants in North America. WM’s fleet includes nearly 11,000 natural gas trucks – the largest heavy-duty natural gas truck fleet of its kind in North America – where more than half are fueled by renewable natural gas. To learn more about WM and the company’s sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com. Apply