Environment & Sustainability Consulting (Consulting & Strategy) Full time Knauf began as an idea from two brothers and has grown into a global industry leader spanning 90 countries, multiple brands and with more than 41,500 employees worldwide. Through our people and state-of-the-art plants, we produce high-performing solutions ranging from drywall systems, plasters and insulating materials all the way to external thermal insulation composite systems.Whatever your challenge, we are there with you each step of the way to help you to constantly improve how you build.About the Role: Knauf is seeking a passionate and experienced Sustainability Manager to join our Manufacturing team based in Brisbane, QLD. The main purpose is to ensure that resources are managed in a way that does not compromise the environment or deplete the materials for future generations. The sustainability effort is also a key component for our business to meet our customers' requirements and to secure the company position for the long-term.This role will head up the identification, implementation and monitoring of Knauf's sustainability projects to deliver sustainable and low energy / low carbon projects, as well as communicating requirements across the business and ensuring proper reporting. The role demands a strong understanding of sustainability in relation to reuse, remanufacturing, recycling, energy monitoring & targeting, energy efficiency measures and the effects of carbon emissions and how to reduce them.Role Responsibilities: Drive sustainability projects, support Steerco preparations, support sustainability improvement actions & support action plan definitions, implementation tracking & reporting.Track and follow up data reporting (energy consumption and efficiency, Green House Gas emissions, water consumption, waste management).Communicate with BUs and plants, ensure proper information sharing & use and consolidate Knauf standardised reporting KPIs.Engage teams in sustainability actions, motivate teams, recognise good performance and support teams facing difficulties.Build up long sustainability roadmap for each plant but also at country level, analyze and evaluate energy & CO2 reduction potentials in the plants by periodic audits and assessments.Identify sustainability risks and appropriate mitigation measures and highlight any opportunities to improve sustainability performance.Assist in preparing sustainability technology studies to support investment preparation.Ensure that digital tool implementation will fully support sustainability purposes.Minimum Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent level) in a sustainable, environmental, or engineering.Experience in gypsum industry, process industry, construction material (Highly Regarded) or experience in multinational and cross functional projects & sustainability.Experience in change management, project management, motivation of plant teams, organizing trainings & adapting communication to various levels (plant, administration, technical teams, top management).Able to look for state of the art energy efficiency technologies and sustainability technologies from other industries and public domain.Theoretical and practical knowledge in Sustainability, Thermodynamics, Thermal processing, Industrial processing, Combustion, Steam, Electricity & Global energy optimization.Experience with data recording and analysis & Waste management.Perform Energy audits at site level and strong analytics capabilities.On Offer: Competitive Salary package (base + super).Yearly pay review.14-week Parental Leave (Primary Carer).High organic internal growth promoted within.Modern office technology.Please note, applicants must have entitlements to work in Australia, as part of the recruitment process, police and medical checks for security clearance pertaining to specific job requirements will be conducted for successful applicants.#J-18808-Ljbffr