Sustainability Waste Advisor

ENGIE Impact partners with companies to accelerate decarbonization efforts worldwide. ENGIE Impact’s comprehensive engagement model goes from strategy to implementation including data excellence and digital tools, project delivery expertise, and financing support. An authentic long-term partner, ENGIE Impact establishes credible paths to hit difficult carbon reduction metrics while sharing commitments and accountability across portfolios. With 20 offices worldwide and headquarters in New York City, ENGIE Impact today has a portfolio of over 1,500 clients, including 25% of the Fortune 500 Companies.

ENGIE Impact is part of the ENGIE Group, a global leader in the transition toward a carbon-neutral economy through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally friendly solutions.

The Role:

The Sustainability Waste Advisor will be performing compliance-based waste audits in a high client-facing, travel-intensive role. They will also assist the Audit Support Team in various projects related to waste-audits, zero waste, and other tasks on an as-needed basis.

Role Responsibilities:

• Conduct on-site projects and compliance improvement programs, which include training, bin optimization and planning, and department-wide waste audits.
• Perform an average of 3 audits per day on a given audit week.
• Prepare and present waste solutions presentations and reporting for client facing meetings.
• Share and justify audit decisions in a regulatory context with site and regional senior leadership.
• Ability to understand and speak to regulated waste including Medical and Pharmaceutical Waste and Protected Health Information.
• Manage and analyze multiple large datasets using MS Office Suite to find trends, identify operational opportunities, and produce deliverables.
• Solve escalated client and team issues and concerns in a professional and timely manner to ensure customer retention and satisfaction.
• Manage multiple tasks on multiple projects including creating and implementing project timelines, answering customer requests, printing and/or creating training materials, data entry, scheduling meetings and developing training sessions.
• Research and build thought leadership around recycling and diversion practices and vendors
• Assist clients with and coordinate details for various special projects that are deadline driven.
• Coordinate with the client, onsite contacts and team members to ensure preparedness for audits.
• Coordinate with the audit team to prepare for audits, including building audit and travel schedules, managing supplies and inventory and training waste audit volunteers.
• Promote Engie’s brand and services through excellent customer service during normal client interactions.
• Generate reports, prepare and monitor invoices and expense reports.
• Contact vendors via email and phone to obtain client-relevant information, including contact information and details regarding waste services.
• Perform related work as required.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required preferably in Environmental Science, Sustainability etc.
• Waste industry knowledge required in at least two of the following specialties: Solid waste, recycling, organics, medical waste, hazardous waste, pharmaceutical waste, universal waste, electronic waste, specialized waste disposal regulations and methods and confidential information waste.
• Current Driver’s License and a clean driving record
• Minimum 2 years of waste industry experience
• Minimum 2 years project management or client facing work experience Preferred.
• Waste compliance or healthcare industry preferred

Skills and Abilities: 

• Ability to work with new technology & software as well as large datasets, and is comfortable making data-driven decisions
• Strong collaborator, comfortable with giving and receiving feedback and participating in an open team environment
• Strong Customer Service, Presentation and Project Management skills/abilities
• Flexible and adaptable - willing and able to respond to internal and external requests in a very dynamic environment
• Adept at conflict resolution and an open communication style

Benefits at ENGIE Impact:

At ENGIE, our goal is to support, promote, and thrive on diversity, equity, and inclusion.  We do so for the benefit of our employees, customers, products and services, and community.  ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all employees.

We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All employment decisions at ENGIE are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.  ENGIE is committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity, or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, civil union, or domestic partnership status, military service or veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, or any other legally protected category (referred to as “protected characteristics”) as defined by applicable federal, state or local law in the locations where we operate.