Carbon Business Manager

2 weeks ago

Brisbane, Australia Talent Nation Full time

Permanent full-time position
- Lead implementation of carbon, sustainability and circular economy strategies
- Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Perth location

**The company**

Cleanaway is Australia’s leading waste management provider with a single mission: to make a sustainable future possible, together. As an ASX100 listed company and Australia’s largest waste, recycling, industrial and liquids service provider, Cleanaway operate a substantial network of state-of-the-art facilities, transfer stations, engineered landfills, liquid treatment plants and refineries. Cleanaway’s leadership model promotes a values-based, high performance culture based on their core values. The business has recently expanded to over 6,000 expert staff and a fleet of almost 5,300 specialist vehicles across more than 260 locations around Australia.

**The role**

The Carbon Business Manager will play a lead role in implementing carbon, sustainability and circular economy strategies that are aligned to Cleanaway’s Blueprint 2030 strategy to maximise commercial value. Cleanaway’s goal is to be recognised by their customers as the most innovative and sustainable waste management company, with industry leading HSE performance.

Reporting to the Head of Carbon, the Carbon Business Manager will also work closely with members of the Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions team.

Key responsibilities include:

- Execute strategies to maximise value of carbon, sustainability, and circular economy credits that are created.
- Implement new decarbonisation/sustainability technologies in service of Cleanaway and its customers meeting their carbon, sustainability, and circular economy ambitions.
- Ensure robust and effective commercial and technological risk assessment and management.
- Facilitate and support key external stakeholder engagement in relation to commercial performance and initiatives and enable productive dialogue.
- Build Cleanaway’s Carbon business strategy within the parameters of business plans, performance targets and commitments.
- Identify and secure appropriate financial instruments (e.g. subsidies) to improve project economics.

**About you**

To succeed in this role, you will have strong experience developing business cases and scoping studies for new revenue streams with an understanding of key sustainability topics relevant to the waste sector, including circular economy and carbon.

Additionally, you will possess:

- A Tertiary qualification in sustainability, environment, engineering, science, or other relevant discipline.
- 7+ years’ experience in strategy and implementation roles.
- Track record in program management and driving outcomes with diverse stakeholder groups.
- Experience with creating value from carbon credit schemes e.g. ACCU, and other environmental crediting schemes (highly desirable).
- Demonstrated experience of negotiation and influencing with internal and external stakeholders.

**The rewards**

You will work for a business with purpose at its core, where people genuinely believe in building a sustainable and inclusive future. You will work on some of the highest-impact environmental challenges in Australia, alongside a high-performing and close-knit team of experts.

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