Environmental & Sustainability Specialist

ABB•Senatobia, MS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role supports Production Operations, Quality, Facilities, Product Engineering, and Processing functions by leading initiatives that advance ABB's sustainability goals. The position directly impacts the business by driving the site's Zero Waste to Landfill strategy, supporting ISO 50001 Energy Management efforts, reducing environmental impact, improving resource utilization, lowering energy costs, and helping ABB achieve its long-term sustainability and carbon reduction objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Energy Management, or a related field, AND 2yrs experience.(required)
Demonstrated ability to lead sustainability programs, stay current on emerging environmental trends and regulations, and collaborate across functions to implement solutions that improve environmental performance and resource efficiency.

Nice To Haves

Strong knowledge of environmental sustainability, circularity, waste reduction, and ABB's Zero Waste to Landfill objectives, including identifying opportunities to reduce, reuse, recycle, and divert waste from landfills.
Understanding of ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems and the ability to analyze energy usage, energy flow, and resource consumption to identify efficiency improvements and support energy reduction goals.
Experience tracking and reporting sustainability metrics, including energy consumption, waste diversion, carbon footprint, CO₂ emissions, and other environmental performance indicators.

Responsibilities

Ensures that the objectives, targets, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are clear and allocated to the relevant business levels with regular follow-up mechanism.
Reports sustainability performance and progress with respect to the implementation of the group-level sustainability objectives and KPIs.
Provides sustainability expertise by assisting the organization in understanding obligations, liabilities, and stakeholder expectations.
Leads the integration of the group-wide sustainability strategy into the business strategy.
Collaborates with the coordinators focusing on specific sustainability topics to establish priorities and initiatives that support implementation, e.g., through business-specific programs.
Ensures alignment, efficiency, and effectiveness in the implementation of the business strategy in collaboration with all related internal stakeholders.
Assists the organization in establishing clear roles and responsibilities for the successful integration of sustainability strategy into the business strategy, with a focus on competence and capacity.
Works closely with the business management team to identify, define, and follow up on the sustainability strategy and business plans and support the implementation.
Ensures the optimized delivery and use of global information (e.g., regulatory, customer, competitor, business, market) in the business decision-making process to achieve optimal outcomes.
Drives behavioral change to continuously improve sustainability performance and facilitates sharing best practices.
Implements ABB policies and standards in their assigned area.
Embeds sustainability considerations in business processes and practices along the ABB value chain.
Drives cross-collaboration and ensures that knowledge is shared.
Engages with external stakeholders (e.g., customers, suppliers) and internal stakeholders to report on, raise awareness of, gain commitment to, and obtain objective feedback on ABB’s sustainability efforts and performance.
Collaborates with other functions to identify potential partnerships and business opportunities related to sustainability.
Ensures that their own area of responsibility is appropriately organized, staffed, skilled, and directed.
Guides, motivates, and develops direct/indirect reports according to HR policies.
Collaborates with the business and other functions to drive behavioral change and influence people decisions in the function’s scope of activity.
Maintains the relevant sustainability-related competencies through continuous professional development opportunities.
Coaches and advises business leaders within their own area of responsibility.