Job Description

• Drive Origin's sustainability strategy and long-term impact
• Lead ESG integration with data-driven insights and influence
• Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Adelaide CBD based

Join a team that's All Kinds of Useful

At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it’s how we approach work every day. As a collective, we’re a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia’s energy transition. If you’re driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we’d love to have you on the journey.

About the role:

The Senior Manager, Sustainability Integration plays a key role in embedding sustainability across Origin, ensuring it is integrated into business processes, decision-making, and performance measurement.

Working within the Sustainability & Energy Analysis team, the role provides data-driven insights on market trends, risks, and opportunities to guide renewable energy investments, emissions reduction initiatives, and long-term sustainability goals.

By operationalising sustainability across systems and processes, this position helps drive Origin’s strategic objectives, demonstrating how sustainability contributes to value creation, differentiation, and the company’s Purpose and Values.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead the integration of sustainability objectives across Origin’s strategy, ensuring alignment with long-term goals.
• Implement and maintain a sustainability roadmap, embedding sustainability factors into business decisions, systems, and governance frameworks.
• Monitor and report on sustainability performance, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations and external trends.
• Track and interpret emerging policies, standards, and market practices to identify implications and opportunities for Origin.
• Drive continuous improvement in sustainability processes, systems, and reporting across the organisation.
• Support the preparation of sustainability papers for the Executive Leadership Team, Board, and investor engagements.
• Build trusted relationships across business units to act as the primary interface for embedding sustainability and driving systemic change.

Skills & Requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in Sustainability or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in sustainability, ESG, or related roles, ideally within energy or related sectors.
• Proven ability to integrate sustainability and ESG initiatives into business processes and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, with deep understanding of sustainability concepts, compliance, and voluntary frameworks.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, influencing executive stakeholders, and managing complex projects from start to finish.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including reporting, presentations, and external communications.
• Highly organised, disciplined, and able to manage multiple priorities and complex processes under pressure.

So, why join us?

• Thrive in a culture of personal and professional growth.
• Enjoy a central CBD location with access to parking and public transport.
• Engage in opportunities through the Origin Foundation to support your community.
• Powering your career with unbeatable perks - Get discounted electricity, gas, and internet as an Origin employee.
• Explore unique and cost-effective employee EV Car subscriptions. 

Origin - Where good change happens

At Origin, we’re powered by people who believe in creating change.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you.

Here's a little about us: https://www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/

Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.

Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.