Senior Sustainability Officer

Salary: Up to £42,500 depending on experience
Location: New Mills, Global HQ (GL12 8JR)
Hybrid working: 3 days on site, 2 days from home (4.5 day working week)

Working within the Sustainability Team at Renishaw offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a rapidly growing field that addresses the global challenges of climate change and human rights. Renishaw has set ambitious ESG targets to reduce our environmental footprint and enhance our social impact. Renishaw aims to embed sustainability into the ethos and everyday practices of the business. As a proactive Senior Sustainability Officer, you will play a pivotal role in driving sustainability initiatives to help Renishaw meet its targets, as well as contributing to a low carbon future. If you have a passion for making a difference, then working in the Sustainability Team at Renishaw offers a unique and rewarding career.

Responsibilities:

1. Act as a sustainability business partner, advising, supporting, and influencing the organisation in reaching its sustainability goals
2. Support the development of Renishaw's Scope 3 reduction plans, including the development of sustainability metrics to inform business decisions
3. Be the sustainability subject matter expert for our GHG emissions accounting, reduction strategy and the Green House Gas (GHG) Protocol
4. Develop and implement plans to address climate change risks and opportunities in line with climate-related disclosures, such as TCFD
5. Support where necessary on relevant corporate and regulatory sustainability reporting activities
6. Work with other business functions using previous work packages to leverage new ideas and ensure effective relationships are formed to embed sustainability into their ways of working
7. Keep ahead of forthcoming legislation, regulatory requirements and industry trends and assess their impact to the business. Advise ways to mitigate risks and exploit potential opportunities
8. Be a visible sustainability champion across the business, ensuring a consistent approach in line with the ESG Strategy
9. Regularly analyse and report on performance, identify areas for improvement, and drive continuous improvement of sustainability practices

Key requirements

1. Knowledge of sustainability standards, regulations, and best practices, such as, CSRD, ISSB and GHG Protocol
2. Ability to advise a business and influence stakeholders at all levels to adopt sustainability practices
3. Creative thinking and problem-solving skills to develop innovative sustainability solutions
4. Proven experience in managing sustainability projects and initiatives
5. The necessary green skills to motivate and influence stakeholders
6. The ability to inspire, excite and challenge, particularly when engaging with board and executive-level stakeholders, whilst also having the ability to explain complex information to non-technical audiences

Person specification

As Senior Sustainability Officer you'll have experience of working in a sustainability environment in a similar complex organisation, with sound knowledge of global sustainability frameworks. You'll be a tenacious, enthusiastic, and proactive individual with a strong eagerness to learn and develop your skills further. You'll be effective at managing priorities and workloads whilst understanding how your work fits with the bigger picture at Renishaw. You'll have a clear passion for sustainability and finding innovative business solutions to achieve our targets.

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, subsidised onsite restaurants and coffee shops, free parking, car sharing scheme and 24 hour fitness centres. We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.

If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don't meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com.

Employment Type: Permanent
Time Type: Full time
Requisition Number: R7492 Senior Sustainability Officer (Open)