Lead, Environment (6 month contract)

At Algonquin-Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it. 

Purpose

The Team Lead, Environment will oversee specific projects and operational plans related to Liberty’s environmental strategies, products, and processes that are vital to the company’s overall corporate objectives. As a recognized subject matter expert in the environmental discipline, this role will involve managing projects / processes that assess and improve environmental performance, contributing to Liberty’s sustainability goals. This position will also be responsible for administrating Liberty’s greenhouse gas (GHG) Scope 1, 2, and 3 inventory, as well as handling any GHG inquiries across the business. The Team Lead will work closely with the Senior Director, Environment and the Office of Sustainability to advocate and execute plans that continuously enhance Liberty’s sustainability performance. This role will require close collaboration with internal (e.g., Operations personnel) / external (e.g., GHG verification auditors) stakeholders, ensuring policies and practices are understood and followed. Reporting to the Senior Director, Environment, occasional travel of up to 5% may be required.

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Accountabilities

• Guide the execution and improvement of reporting processes.
• Lead the planning, collection, analysis, and reporting of environmental data across different departments.
• Develop, implement, maintain program plans to achieve specific environmental objectives and targets, ensuring alignment with ESG reporting requirements (e.g., waste, GHG, water, biodiversity).
• Organize and analyze environmental sustainability reporting requirements, ensuring feasibility and alignment with organizational goals.
• Facilitate collaboration across business lines and assist in communication and training to support program plans.
• Identify and implement updates to environmental sustainability reporting templates in alignment with changes from the Sustainability Office.
• Design and lead the deployment of training, communications, and support materials to streamline the request and collection of environmental sustainability data.
• Organize and oversee the data collection from the field, ensuring accurate reporting to the Sustainability Office for Liberty’s Annual Sustainability Report, CDP Report, EEI/AGA reports, and ESG rating agency responses.
• Support the management of Liberty’s GHG Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions calculations and reporting.
• Review qualitative and quantitative environmental responses for the Annual Sustainability Report.
• Support the transition to new ESG software platforms, coordinating efforts between the Sustainability Office, Customer First Team, and other stakeholders.
• Monitor, assess, and report on the progress of ESG software implementation.
• Conduct or oversee Environmental sustainability reporting audits and assurance initiatives, ensuring compliance and quality.
• Support the management of Environmental KPI reporting through Liberty’s EHS Software Platform-Gensuite.
• Support operating and capital budget preparations, guiding financial strategies to ensure environmental programs are adequately funded and aligned with organizational objectives.
• Support Liberty’s long-term vision to develop a culture reflective of a commitment toward compliance and environmental stewardship.

Education and Experience

• University degree in a technical/interdisciplinary environmental field or equivalent education/industry experience
• Understanding of environmental laws and regulations applicable to the utility and energy industries in North America
• Relevant experience in environmental compliance and sustainability program development
• Knowledge and experience with sustainability reporting frameworks considered an asset e.g., UN SDGs, SASB, GRI, CDP
• Experience with and in-depth knowledge of ISO14001:2015 is considered an asset
• Experience with project management and/or program management considered an asset
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Superior team building and coaching abilities, both as a leader and a team member
• Periodic travel required due to assets across North America

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.

As the successful candidate

Our Mission

We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization—it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.

Our Vision

We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It’s where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we’ll make an impact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.

Our Guiding Principles

• Customer Centric
• Integrity
• Entrepreneurial
• Teamwork
• Owner mindset
• Outcome focused
• Continuous learning

What we offer

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

401k Plan with matching

Company funded Pension program

Share purchase/match plan

Leadership Development Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

Free parking

Variety of Health & Wellness programs

Discount and Perks program

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.

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