Sustainability Engineer (Fixed Term 24 months)

Job description

ABOUT THE JOB

Danone Balclutha is on the lookout for a Sustainability Engineer! As part of our Technical Services team, you are responsible for supporting our factory goals on energy, carbon, water and site environment compliance. You will work on site energy and water roadmap strategies, identify efficiency improvement opportunities, support energy/KPI management systems and project implementation. This is a newly created fixed-term position of 24 months, working full-time Mon-Fri business hours.

You will:

·  Improve energy, water efficiency on site by monitoring performance metrics and implementing process changes
·  Consult, review energy KPIs and engage key stakeholders to drive improvement projects
·  Design and review the environmental program for the Balcutha plant, with the support of Energy Manager, Leadership team, local authorities and global Nature team
·  Identify efficiency improvement opportunities on site energy, water, carbon and waste performance
·  Oversee site audits and carbon footprint by engaging with global & local stakeholders

ABOUT YOU

With your background in Chemical/Process Engineering or Sustainability , you thrive in an analytical role with a component of stakeholder management, which allows you to both work with data and problem-solve and constantly enhance your ability to interact with people across the organisation.

You could also be a Graduate Engineer who is after an engaging yet challenging start to their career, continuous self-development and opportunities to get involved and grow!

To be successful, you will have:

·  Excellent analytical , problem-solving and decision-making skills
·  Strong communication and coaching skills – ability to engage internal / external stakeholders
·  Strong interest in sustainability and environmental planning
·  Organised, detailed and thorough approach to tasks and project management
·  Good computer skills (MS Office, basic programming and statistical analysis) and capability to learn new applications

ABOUT US

Danone’s mission is Bringing health through food to as many people as possible and we want to invite people to join the movement for a healthier world. We recognize the power people must impact the world through their daily choices. Each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want to live in. We believe a healthy body needs healthy food. And healthy food needs a healthy planet, and this is what our new signature One Planet.One Health embodies.

Danone Nutricia Specialised Nutrition produces specialty foods for infants and young children, and our mission “We make every day count for you and your baby” gives meaning to everything we do. We operate out of 3 sites in New Zealand in Auckland and Balclutha, where our teams undertake the manufacturing, distribution, and development of our infant milks and toddler supplements with market leading brands.

Located in the beautiful vista of Greenfield, just 20 minutes from Balclutha in the South Otago region, Danone Nutricia NZ spray drying plant employs state of art European technology to manufacture and package high quality nutritional powders. Our farm-fresh quality NZ milk is collected, delivered and processed daily ensuring only the best for our consumers. Our operation prides itself on delivering the finest food and ingredients to help stand by the consumers of our products. Danone manufactures and markets a range of infant formula products and toddler nutritional supplements in New Zealand and Australia.

WE OFFER

·  Ability to make this new role your own – directly supporting the Nature ambition and contributing towards reducing carbon footprint of the Balclutha plant
·  An opportunity in one of the most successful health food companies in the world, with high level of people and plant investment in booming infant formula industry
·  The ability to make a difference to our society through Specialised Nutrition
·  Endless possibilities to develop and accelerate your career

Proving yourself in this role could lead to future opportunities within Danone both locally and abroad. We support our employees to take ownership of developing their career within Danone and encourage moves across (as well as within) our varying functions and businesses. We are passionate about developing and growing our team of leaders, and that could soon include you!

HOW TO APPLY

Opportunities like these don’t come around often and we will review applications as they are submitted, so if this sounds like you – get in quick!

Apply via the link below before the closing date of 27 September 2020 . Please note that only candidates with the right to work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

No Recruitment Agencies please.