Sustainability Analyst Biofuels

Do you thrive in a dynamic environment, ensuring all sustainaibility claims are correct, while actively seeking ways to improve processes? Then you might be the colleague we are looking for! With your eye for detail and drive for optimization, you will play a key role in strengthening our Sustainability team as:

Sustainability Analyst Biofuels

Hybride working (fulltime) - Amsterdam

About Argent Energy

Argent Energy is a waste-based biodiesel producer with a vision to help decarbonise transport worldwide. At Argent we turn waste oils into low carbon fuel which significantly contributes to reducing the CO2 emissions of transport. We believe in using waste materials only and continuously search for new waste to be turned into higher value products. We invest in people and their development as well as R&D to drive innovation in products, technologies and operational excellence.
Argent Energy has been part of the Swire Group since November 2018. John Swire & Sons Ltd. stems from a family business founded in 1816, which has grown in 200 years into a global company with various participations in aviation, maritime, food, trading and industry.

About the job

The Sustainability Analyst Biofuels is responsible for all activities which guarantee the correct sustainability claims, maintain the sustainability certifications, including the actual GHG calculations and timely handling of all incoming and outgoing sustainability documentation.  

Day on the job

You will come to the office in Amsterdam Westpoort and can already see a vessel being loaded at Argent’s Jetty. The day starts with getting a fresh cup of coffee or tea and you will start up your laptop while chatting to your sustainability colleagues. You start by checking your e-mail for the latest updates, answer e-mails and prioritize your tasks of the day. First you will review incoming purchase and sales contracts in our ERP system. Once this is done, you will work on your mass balance to check the incoming sustainability documents of arrived purchase orders to ensure everything is correct, followed by solving the monthly puzzle in optimizing the right feedstock allocations for the right markets; taking into account feedstock eligibility, GHG % savings (compared to fossil fuels) and documentation due dates. You will work closely with your sustainability colleagues to optimize all mass balances over our sites. You will send the customers the requested outgoing sustainability documents. By this time, you will either have lunch or might go for a lunch walk with your colleagues from Trade, Sustainability or Supply Chain. After lunch, you start preparing the upcoming ISCC-EU audit for the site which will take place in 2 weeks’ time. For this you make sure the GHG calculator is updated, all Standard Operating Procedures are up to date and valid, all incoming and outgoing documents are available and the mass balance is reconciled with the physical stock for each month over the last year. You end your day with a call with the trader to align on what still can be sold for the next period.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Manage sustainability mass balance and reconcile with monthly physical data including verifying incoming documents and creating outgoing documents.

• Lead external system and verifications audits; prepare, lead and complete external system and verifications audits (ISCC-EU, ISCC-PLUS, INS, RTFO,  and SDE+)

• Monthly reporting of Sustainability KPI’s

• Contribute to internal audits and lead internal audits for the other sites on sustainability

• Initiate and maintain (internal) working arrangements and capture these in the Quality Management System. Design updates of the mass balances and reporting system;

• Responsible for GHG calculations in the RED III Framework and annual update of the GHG calculator

• Pro-actively analyse ways to improve our GHG footprint and lead these projects across the Group

• Stay up to date with EU legislation on biofuels

About you

To be successful in this position you should recognize yourself in the following points:       

• A degree in business (administration), sustainability,  environmental sciences or a related field (essential)

• > 5 years experience in renewable fuels, sustainability compliance, leading external and internal audits or trading operations (essential)

• Strong Excel skills; experience with ERP or compliance systems (essential)

• A detail-oriented, proactive team player (essential)

• Knowledge of RED III, ISCC, ETS2 or FuelEU regulations (desirable)

• Fluency in English (other European languages such as German, Dutch, or French are a plus). (essential)

What we offer

• Opportunity to be part of a dynamic and highly motivating team.

• Permanent fulltime role based at our facility in Amsterdam with the option to work from home 2 days a week.

• Good primary and secondary employment conditions and an attractive pension scheme.

• A bonus scheme based on stated business results.

• Working to an sustainable future with 350 passioned colleagues and lots of room for personal development.

Next steps

Interested? Send us your resume and motivation letter in English today!

To respect the GDPR regulations, we cannot process your personal data without permission. That is why we strongly recommend that you apply directly through our work-at site. Applications by e-mail will not be taken into consideration in this context.

Any questions? Contact Richard Witte (HR Manager). Richard can be reached by phone at +31650677408.