Senior Sustainability Specialist

National Grid is seeking a Senior Sustainability Specialist in Arkansas to support the NY Director in achieving sustainability goals. Responsibilities include managing GHG emissions reporting, ensuring compliance with environmental standards, and collaborating with stakeholders. The role requires a bachelor's degree in a related field and experience in performance management. Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a virtual environment are essential.
About us

National Grid is hiring a Senior Sustainability Specialist for our Safety Health and Environment department in Downstate, NY

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live.

The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

Job Purpose

The NY Senior Sustainability Specialist is responsible for supporting the NY Director to drive achievement of National Grid’s sustainability goals. This role will ensure the business unit is positioned to deliver on these goals by embedding environmental Responsible Business Charter (RBC) commitments and ambitions into business operations, plans, and governance structures and fulfilling internal and external sustainability reporting and compliance needs.

Key Accountabilities

NY Sustainability Performance Management
• Be a GHG and Environmental Responsible Business metrics SME related to metrics, data and standards
• Responsible for calculating and distributing NY performance reporting updates on GHG emissions reductions performance compared to plans
• Support the management of the GHG inventory for the NY business by collecting and assessing data from across the business and calculating business-specific emissions by scope 1, 2, and 3
• Support external GHG reporting and compliance efforts (including but not limited to GRI, SASB, CDP Climate), US EPA and NY state GHG-related regulations
• Support environmental assurance process and collaborating with ESG Finance and the US Center of Excellence (CoE)

Sustainability Program & Project Management
• Provide rate case support
• Provide data and narrative/case studies for NG sustainability reporting​

Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required
• Ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders (both external and internal).
• Promote a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and efficient resource utilization to meet project goals.

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, business, sustainability, or a related field
• Experience with performance management (eg metrics, targets)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize, plan, and coordinate competing priorities
• Ability to work effectively in a virtual working environment
• Experience with GHG Protocol and industry-standard GHG reporting forums is a plus

More Information

Salary: $111,000 - $130,000

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Internal candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

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