Daily Sustainability Job Post

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Position Overview:

Join us in creating a sustainable future and becoming a protector of tomorrow!

Covanta Holding Corporation (Covanta) is a world leader in sustainable materials management.

Our end-to-end platform provides services that range from waste material handling, reuse, recycling, energy recovery, secure product destruction, industrial wastewater treatment and disposal, on-site cleaning services, and transportation services.

Covanta’s recycling, material processing, wastewater treatment and Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facilities are critical infrastructure for transition to a more circular economy. Our facilities provide options that are environmentally superior to landfilling, recover resources for the global economy and provide significant reductions in GHG emissions. What we do every day helps our communities, clients and customers find practical solutions to significant societal challenges and needs: sustainable materials management, renewable energy, and global climate change mitigation. Annually, Covanta’s modern WTE facilities safely convert approximately 21 million tons of waste from municipalities and businesses into clean, renewable electricity to power one million homes and recycle over 550,000 tons of metal.

Covanta has a vision to become a leader in sustainable materials management, circularity, and Zero-Waste-to-Landfill (ZWTL) solutions. Covanta will partner with municipal, industrial, and commercial customers to help them reduce the impact of their difficult-to-handle materials by moving them up the waste hierarchy, leveraging Covanta’s unique ZWTL assets. Covanta’s focus will be on developing and end-to-end platform to holistically meet our customer’s needs, building deep and trusting relationships with our customers.

The Role

As part of Covanta’s corporate environmental and sustainability team, the Sr. Manager will help manage and lead corporate sustainability programs with a focus on external communication to stakeholders, including community members, potential and existing customers/clients, and policymakers. The role will help develop sustainability messaging through collateral and sales material as well as other written materials and technical white papers. The role will also help develop, implement, and maintain sustainability reports and programs to help advance our own performance, assist customers with their sustainability goals, and report on our progress. We are looking for a creative, dynamic, and passionate individual who can help Covanta and our clients advance toward more sustainable materials management and renewable energy, including through innovative sustainability services and products.

Specific responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Provide sustainability messaging to leadership, customers, and community partners.
• Support initiatives to advance sustainable waste management services.
• Support regional sales teams on environmental & sustainability questions and customer and sales deliverables.
• Develop and help give presentations to stakeholders on Covanta’s suite of sustainable materials management services.
• Assist with corporate sustainability projects and reports, including CDP, TCFD, and annual sustainability reporting.
• Collaboratively develop new sustainability products with our sales, business development, and energy teams.

Candidate Profile:

The successful candidate will be highly motivated to help bring real sustainable solutions in the areas of materials management and energy to our customers and other stakeholders. This individual must have 5+ years of experience in sustainability in a corporate setting with demonstrated ability to develop sustainability solutions to stakeholders. You will bring a proven capability in communicating with diverse levels of stakeholders, including existing and potential customers, community members, and policymakers. You will also possess expertise in communicating corporate messages to community groups. The successful candidate will be able to work in a variety of team environments, including with sales, marketing, and business development teams.

Specifically, the successful candidate will have:

• A minimum of Bachelor of Science Degree in related scientific, engineering, environmental, or sustainability disciplines.
• At least 5+ years’ experience in sustainability in a corporate environment, including at least 2 years leading sustainability projects.
• Experience with lifecycle inventories and analysis, GHG reporting, and sustainability reporting.
• Experience with water and air permits, carbon offsets, and renewable energy certificates (RECs) is a plus.
• Experience with voluntary renewable, carbon, and sustainability credit markets, stake holders, and corporate buyers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to clearly articulate complex concepts to a variety of audiences including through presentations.
• Ability to travel as needed (30%).

Covanta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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