Sustainability Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Title: Sustainability Specialist

Employment Type: Contract — one year

Compensation: $35–$41 per hour

Location: Santa Monica, CA

Work Model: Hybrid — four days onsite per week; Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM

Industry: Beverage / Consumer Products

Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Company Overview

A global consumer beverage business is strengthening the environmental data and operating practices that support its supply chain and commercial activities. The work connects corporate reporting with packaging decisions and live-production operations.

Position Summary

The Sustainability Specialist will translate complex environmental data into reliable reporting and practical improvements. This one-year assignment combines greenhouse gas accounting, packaging compliance, and event sustainability, with close collaboration across data, technology, and operational teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn operational, supply-chain, event, and production data into accurate sustainability reporting.
• Reconcile source datasets, investigate gaps, and document the assumptions behind greenhouse gas calculations.
• Apply consistent emissions factors and carbon-accounting methods across Scope 1, 2, and 3 inventories.
• Build an inventory management plan that organizes calculation procedures and evidence for assurance.
• Partner with Data and IT teams to improve collection processes and reduce manual reporting work.
• Check packaging composition and material quantities across products and stock-keeping units.
• Support Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) registrations, reporting deadlines, and fee calculations for applicable U.S. state programs.
• Track packaging requirements and assess material alternatives against waste-reduction goals.
• Help event and production teams implement practical improvements in energy, waste, materials, logistics, and attendee travel.
• Measure event performance, including waste diversion and emissions per attendee, and use lessons learned to improve future initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• At least two years of experience in sustainability, carbon accounting, or environmental compliance.
• Substantial hands-on carbon-accounting experience using the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol across Scope 1, 2, and 3.
• Working knowledge of EPR regulations and U.S. climate-disclosure requirements.
• Experience applying sustainable practices to events or media production, with awareness of frameworks such as ISO 20121.
• Advanced Excel skills and the ability to work accurately with large datasets under reporting deadlines.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing workstreams.
• Clear written and verbal communication with technical and nontechnical colleagues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience preparing regulatory filings or sustainability data submissions.