Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Manager - Posting No. 1417
Date Posted
October 17, 2008
Employer
Bright Green Talent
Location
Chicago, IL
Job Description
Background:
Worldwide, the dairy industry has a significant impact to the environment, but also a rich history of stewardship to the land. The industry has stepped forward as a leader in sustainable agriculture to find ways to build on the immense cultural heritage of farming and leverage the enormous potential for efficiency and global warming mitigation through revolutionizing the dairy industry in the United States.
This organization is pioneering an industry-wide initiative designed to create business value for the industry and reduce environmental impacts. Headquartered in Chicago, this organization was established to use marketing, research and communications programs in order to drive increased demand for and sales of U.S. dairy products and ingredients. In the organization's new and entirely unprecedented sustainability initiative, they will leverage dairy industry connections - from farmer to large-scale distributor - in order to dramatically decrease the industry's environmental impact.
Role and Responsibilities:
The Environmental LCA Manager will be the technical eyes, ears and voice of the organization's life cycle management. They will work with the entire value chain, as well as NGOs, academia, and government to ensure that data is accurate and project LCAs are completed on time to inform the sector's strategic plan. You will work with communication and producer relations for key education and messaging programs, and will be responsible for developing environmental industry plans and annual reports.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead a team of experts focusing on environmental management systems and reporting, product integrity and conformity, and environmental research and material science
• Guide product management and development teams in their material selection strategies to reduce waste based on in-depth research and outreach to academic institutes, industry working groups, and stakeholder organizations
• Formalize dairy supply chain programs on energy, waste and emission reduction in close coordination with industry practitioners and academics
• Develop environmental data systems and track tools in accordance with the Reporting Standard of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Carbon Disclosure and Open Source Life Cycling requirements (ISO 14040)
• Translate between business requirements and technical requirements to develop an industry wide LCA
• Develop best practices and identify key impact areas from the resultant LCA findings to further improve the dairy value chain
Job Qualifications
Qualifications:
• Engineering or financial systems degree, with experience in Life Cycle Assessments
• Minimum of 5 years experience in environmental program management
• Highly developed planning and organizational skills as well as business acumen
• Clear communication skills and ability to deal comfortably with executive management as business partner
• Technical literacy to help academics and industry develop an overall environmental life cycle assessment learning plan
• Ability to interact with groups from diverse backgrounds and economic standpoints
• Outstanding Excel modeling skills
Salary
Competitive salary and benefits commensurate with experience.
Contact Information
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How to Apply:
Please submit a cover letter and resume with "10338" in the subject line to howdy@brightgreentalent.com before November 1, 2008 for consideration.
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