Waste, Water and Productivity Specialist

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

How will you make an impact?

The Waste, Water, and Productivity Specialist will be part of the Global Sustainability team focused on our global effort to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by improving practices in our operations, products, and supply chain. This position reports to the Sustainability Program Director and will focus on working across the company to support the strategic execution of our waste and water commitments and optimize reporting and efficiency savings across our operations.

What will you do?

• Support execution of the Company’s zero waste and water assessment programs
• Lead day-to-day engagement of sites and third parties to achieve zero waste certifications
• Oversee third party assessments for water use
• Support waste and water data collection and reporting program
• Support development and implementation of internal and customer-facing zero waste solutions
• Maintain scalable processes to optimally report out on program implementation, including visual dashboards
• Communicate and educate internal colleagues on zero waste and our company approach
• Stay on top of innovations within the waste solution fields; keep internal partners informed of key waste reduction technological developments
• Maintain processes and collaborate with EHS and Procurement to develop, monitor and track an annual portfolio of waste-related projects to generate productivity savings
• Support development and execution of other Global Sustainability programs and initiatives as appropriate
  
  

Technical Responsibilities

• Gives updates to overall project plans, tracking key achievements, cost savings, and timelines
• Detects, calls out, and facilitates issue resolution and/or appropriate partner concern and address program risk
• Finds opportunities to drive continuous improvement
• Supports data analysis to drive action against objectives
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Smartsheet, and Excel preferred
  
  

How will you get here?

• Bachelors degree required. Engineering, Business, Analytics, or Environmental Sciences preferred
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience including hazardous waste regulations and project management
• Background in EHS, waste management, life science, pharma, and/or manufacturing preferred
• Shown passion for corporate environmental sustainability
• Well-developed analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to tailor data-heavy messages to specific audiences
• Proven experience in a role requiring high-attention to detail, data analysis, and organization skills in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to deliver assigned projects, with exemplary capability to follow-up and follow-through
• Ability to work independently, within a team, and across teams
  
  

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!