Sustainability Champion

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What we offer:
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to global customers. Through our robust product engineering, outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise, we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.
Job Responsibilities:
MULTI SITE ROLE
The Maintenance Energy & Sustainability Leader will have a hands-on style to deliver CCUK's energy and sustainability goals, complying to ISO 50001, Magna's internal MAFACT standards, and CCUK's business management system. They will be fully up to date with the latest energy & sustainability policies and technologies and will be able to manage engineering projects from cradle to grave. This role will have multisite responsibility looking after CCUK and Cosma Telford
Role Responsibilities:
This role entails but is not limited to:
Promoting the companies HSE policies across the department and plant and adhering to all health and safety environmental requirements.
Energy Specific Responsibilities:
Energy Management:
Determination of savings opportunities
Carrying out profitability calculations for energy-saving projects
Continuous improvement of energy efficiency and reduction of energy demand through technical or organizational measures (process, plant, system optimization)
Use of renewable energy sources if possible
Determination and utilization of all possible funding's, and reduction potentials
Initiate awareness-raising activities (training, demonstrations) for the staff
Take responsibility for Energy Compliance at the division (current legislation in energy law)
Take responsibility of education regarding energy management
Energy Monitoring & Cost Planning:
Determination and recording of operational energy consumption and energy costs (natural gas, electricity, heat, compressed air, water, welding gas, e.g.)
Preparation of consumption data for controlling for budget compilation (cost planning)
Ongoing plausibility check of consumption data via monitoring system (including non-production time)
Detection of optimization potentials through the energy monitoring system
Perform energy and media cost planning
Mafact Energy Reduction:
Take responsibility of the Mafact 6.10 Energy Reduction questionnaire including all tasks
Monthly Energy Team Meeting
Monthly HSELinx Metrix entries of energy data and Sustainability projects (former energy projects)
Monthly update of HSELinx Global Energy Project Tracker
Monthly update Mafact Energy Board
Organization of Energy Walks / Treasure Hunts
Take responsibility to reach Mafact 6.10 target score
Benchmarking:
Benchmark of new / existing energy efficiency measures at other Magna plants or suppliers respectively- examination of innovative technologies / processes, the use of which sustainably promote the areas of the division in terms of energy demand
Stay in contact with other Energy Champions of Magna as well as with your Regional Global Energy Lead
Sustainability Specific Responsibilities:
Sustainability Management:
Point of contact for sustainability-related topics at the division
Plan strategies and concepts to establish or increase sustainability at the division
Implementation of Magna's strategies to reduce GHG emissions and Magna's target to achieve Carbon Neutrality
Take responsibility for the further development and implementation of life cycle assessment at the division
Implementation of OEMs sustainability requirements as well as implementation and monitoring of current regional legislations in the field of sustainability at the division
Initiate awareness-raising activities (training, demonstrations) for the staff
Communicate OEM requirements to group leads
Take responsibility of education regarding sustainability management
Sustainability Monitoring:
Analyse and collect all data required for the sustainability key indicators from your division for HSELinx, Magna sustainability report and the sustainability dashboards
Communicate current challenges and forecast future ones internally and to the group sustainability leads
Ongoing plausibility check of the sustainability key indicators
Sustainability Improvement:
Take responsibility of the Mafact 6.13 Sustainability Improvement questionnaire including all tasks
Attend group sustainability meetings and implement where feasible other success projects
Take responsibility to reach Mafact 6.13 target score
Develops corrective action plans for Mafact 6.13 GAPs
Developing new initiatives to help their plant become more sustainable
Seek innovative solutions to waste, water, and energy reduction
Put together business case/calculate ROIs for sustainability projects
Essential Experience

• Working in a safety critical environment.
• An engineering qualification. HNC and above.
• Experience of delivering energy saving projects in a previous employment (examples will be requested).
• Proven project management skills.
• Broad understanding of ISO 50001 standards.
• Proven organisational skills.
• Broad knowledge of electrical, natural gas, and water energy saving technologies.
• PC skills including Microsoft Office.

Desirable Experience

• An engineering-based degree qualification, preferably specialising in energy and/or sustainability.

Personal Attributes:

• Good problem-solving skills.
• Team player and promotes a team approach to problem solving.
• Confidence to challenge the status quo.
• Work collaboratively to achieve project/company goals.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Good communicator both written and verbally.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Organised and able to multi-task.
• Proactive in approach with a "can do attitude".
• Flexibility to travel overseas infrequently.
• Self-motivated.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Work Environment:

• Plant conditions necessitate exposure to heat, cold, dust, hot objects, and loud noises within our manufacturing environment. Full Health and Safety training and PPE provided for all conditions.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure
As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.
Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.
If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.
Worker Type:
Regular / Permanent
Group:
Cosma International