Sr. Environmental Sustainability Engineer

Lonza•Vacaville, CA

1d•$142,500 - $237,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Environmental Sustainability Engineer will provide strategic and technical leadership for sustainability initiatives at our site. This role will develop and execute the site sustainability roadmap, identify and implement projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, water consumption, and waste generation, and serve as a trusted advisor to site leadership on sustainability strategy, performance, and long-term decarbonization planning. This role is a unique opportunity to lead a portfolio of sustainability projects across energy efficiency, water stewardship, circular economy, resource conservation, and low-carbon technologies. The role will partner closely with Engineering, Facilities, Operations, EHS, Corporate Sustainability, and site leadership to translate corporate sustainability commitments into measurable site-level action.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Engineering, or Environmental Science with significant engineering experience.
Strategic sustainability planning, roadmap development, and project portfolio management.
Experience in corporate ESG reporting and/or sustainability, preferably with a range of experience across different functions and/or businesses.
Technical understanding of energy systems, utilities, water stewardship, waste reduction, emissions reduction, and decarbonization solutions.
Ability to quantify environmental impact, business value, and return on investment for sustainability opportunities.
Strong business acumen and ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
Collaboration and communication skills to align engineering, operations, EHS, finance, facilities, utilities, and employee engagement teams.
Analytical capability to establish metrics, dashboards, reporting routines, and performance improvement plans.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and technical leadership for sustainability initiatives.
Develop and execute the site sustainability roadmap.
Identify and implement projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, water consumption, and waste generation.
Serve as a trusted advisor to site leadership on sustainability strategy, performance, and long-term decarbonization planning.
Lead a portfolio of sustainability projects across energy efficiency, water stewardship, circular economy, resource conservation, and low-carbon technologies.
Partner closely with Engineering, Facilities, Operations, EHS, Corporate Sustainability, and site leadership to translate corporate sustainability commitments into measurable site-level action.
Responsible for sustainability reporting and metrics, including oversight of the collection, analysis, and communication of sustainability data.
Establish performance metrics and dashboards, supporting internal and external reporting, and ensuring alignment with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and other relevant frameworks such as SDGs and SBTi.
Represent the site in a global ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) network, helping connect site-level sustainability priorities with broader company initiatives.
Collaborate with global and functional partners to align ESG strategies, share best practices, identify designated contacts for corporate responsibility, sustainability, compliance, and related ESG initiatives, and support coordinated action on key environmental, social, and governance challenges.
Drive decarbonization initiatives by creating greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction strategies and business cases.
Identify and implement energy optimization projects including utilities efficiency, electrification, renewable energy, and low-carbon technologies.
Manage the sustainability project portfolio through technical evaluations, prioritization, capital planning, and investment recommendations.