Sustainability Manager

1 week geleden

Rotterdam and The Hague, Nederland Tusk Talent Voltijd

Sustainability Assurance Manager - Biofuels


The Hague & Rotterdam, Netherlands

Are you passionate about accelerating the energy transition and ensuring the highest standards of sustainability and compliance in Renewable Fuels?

Tusk Talent are partnering with a leading international player in the renewable fuels landscape to recruit a
Sustainability Assurance Manager - Biofuels
to strengthen their growing sustainability operations across Europe.

This is a key leadership role for an experienced professional who thrives at the intersection of sustainability, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence.

The Opportunity

As the
Sustainability Assurance Manager - Biofuels
, you will oversee a team of Sustainability Analysts supporting operations across multiple European markets. You'll play a vital role in ensuring regulatory compliance, certification integrity, audit readiness, and robust sustainability reporting across the organisation's renewable fuels activities.

This is a hands-on leadership position where you will shape processes, develop your team, and work closely with trading, operations, finance, and legal stakeholders to maintain full traceability and compliance within a rapidly evolving sector.

What You'll Lead & Deliver

Team Leadership

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Sustainability Assurance team.
  • Ensure strong daily operations, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.
  • Provide hands-on technical guidance on sustainability documentation, mass balancing, and audit preparation.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, growth, and cross-functional collaboration.

Operational & Regulatory Excellence

  • Oversee daily sustainability operations, ensuring complete accuracy and traceability under ISCC-EU, RED III, and national schemes.
  • Guarantee timely regulatory and contractual submissions across multiple European countries.
  • Manage internal controls, audit readiness, and compliance with emerging EU regulations (including RED/ETS2).
  • Support internal stakeholders with scenario planning, reporting, and compliance insights.

Subject Matter Expertise & Advisory

  • Apply deep expertise in biofuels sustainability, certification systems, and regulatory frameworks.
  • Act as a key advisor for operational decisions and compliance challenges.
  • Work closely with trading, operations, finance, and legal teams to maintain full end-to-end traceability.
  • Drive continuous improvement across sustainability systems, processes, and the assurance framework.

What We're Looking For

  • Degree in sustainability, environmental sciences, business, finance or related field.
  • 5+ years' experience
    in biofuels, sustainability operations, regulatory compliance, or certification auditing.
  • Proven experience leading and developing teams.
  • Strong technical knowledge of mass balancing, ISCC certification, and renewable energy regulations (RED, ETS2, etc.).
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Strong analytical skills, including proficiency in Excel and familiarity with sustainability or ERP systems.
  • Fluency in English, plus Dutch, French, or Spanish (depending on market coverage).

Why This Role?

  • Lead a strategically important sustainability function.
  • Work directly at the core of Europe's renewable fuels and energy transition efforts.
  • Shape processes, strengthen compliance, and enable business growth.
  • Join a company scaling rapidly across sustainable energy markets.

Applications from the EU region are welcome and my client can support relocation so if you have the relevant skills please APPLY NOW

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