Sustainability Officer

The Sustainability Officer will drive Environment related activity across the business and coordinate other Sustainability related activity with Business Functions.

Specific Accountabilities

• Drive the Environmental Program by:
  • Contributing to developing the plan for Saab Australia to achieve its Climate Targets;
  • Working with internal and external stakeholders to define and action improvement opportunities (including working with global stakeholders);
  • Chair the Environmental Committee.
• Report status of Environmental targets.
• Coordinate the collection and reporting of Sustainability data from other Business Functions.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain the ISO 14001 certified management system.
• Comply with legislation and Company policies, processes and instructions, including those relating to non-discrimination, Health & safety, Bullying, Harassment, Violence and Aggression, and duty of care and the quality management system.
• Treat everyone with respect, communicate regularly and openly with manager and team, and ensure all decisions are made with fairness in mind.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills and Experience

• Experience in working with environmental management systems and/or other ISO based management systems;
• Working knowledge of environment and climate related concepts and issues;
• Experience in working with broader business sustainability topics;
• Strong computer literacy skills including ability to use excel, PowerPoint and be able to extract information from various information systems;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve results;
• Organisational skills with ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines;
• Experience in working with Defence related projects (desirable).

Educational Qualifications and Professional Memberships

• A degree (or equivalent experience) in a technical or business discipline.