Senior Specialist Sustainability & Energy Solutions

About the Role

Maaden is seeking a Senior Specialist, Sustainability & Energy Solutions to join its team in Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is central to advancing Maaden's sustainability and resource growth objectives by identifying and implementing improvements in energy efficiency, resource utilization, and environmental performance across operations. The position involves transforming operational and sustainability data into actionable insights to support informed decision-making and value creation.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver insights to enhance energy efficiency, resource utilization, and sustainability performance within assigned initiatives.
• Identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities through data-driven analysis and benchmarking.
• Establish performance baselines, indicators, and tracking mechanisms to support measurable sustainability outcomes.
• Lead sustainability and energy optimization initiatives to achieve targeted operational and environmental benefits.
• Support pilot programs, proof-of-concepts, and implementation activities to accelerate innovation adoption.
• Provide technical and economic analysis to strengthen prioritization and investment decisions.
• Produce accurate dashboards, reports, and performance insights for effective management decisions.
• Translate complex technical and operational data into practical recommendations and business actions.
• Support business case development through benchmarking, analysis, and evidence-based evaluation.
• Advance opportunities to improve sustainability performance, energy efficiency, and resource effectiveness.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry practices that support operational improvement and sustainability goals.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives that deliver measurable value and long-term impact.
• Build effective partnerships across operations, engineering, sustainability, and Technology & Innovation functions.
• Ensure alignment between stakeholders for successful delivery of sustainability initiatives.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing, awareness, and engagement activities to strengthen sustainability adoption.
• Ensure sustainability activities align with environmental regulations, ESG requirements, and corporate governance standards.
• Strengthen audit readiness through effective documentation, reporting, and evidence management.
• Build organizational capability through knowledge sharing, tools, templates, and best-practice development.

Required Experience

• 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Indicators of Success

• Sustainability and energy optimization initiatives result in measurable operational and environmental improvements.
• Data-driven recommendations contribute to improved energy efficiency and resource utilization.
• Sustainability KPIs are tracked effectively and provide actionable performance insights.
• Improvement opportunities are identified and implemented to support value creation and operational excellence.
• Sustainability reporting and project activities consistently meet governance and compliance requirements.
• Stakeholders are engaged effectively, leading to successful implementation of sustainability initiatives.