Role: Sustainability Specialist

Career Step Level: Step level 2.0

Location: Blyth, Worksop

Salary: £35,000

Hours: This is a full-time, Monday to Friday position, based on-site. The role follows standard office hours, and regular on-site presence (5 days per week) is required to support day-to-day operations and collaboration with our teams.

📣A bit about the role

We are looking for someone with strong data skills, as well as a genuine interest in using data to drive meaningful sustainability improvements across our business.

As a Sustainability Data Analyst at Butternut Box, your day-to-day will be a dynamic blend of technical "detective work" and cross-functional collaboration. You’ll enjoy working through Google Sheets and ESG platforms, validating carbon and waste data flowing in from manufacturing, to ensure every recipe's footprint is accurately accounted for. You’ll also spend time telling the story that this data shows and strategising with SQL or Looker to build dashboards that translate complex environmental metrics into clear insights for the broader team.

Sustainability is embedded in our culture; you won't just be crunching numbers; you'll be proactively chasing data discrepancies with internal teams and modelling "what-if" scenarios to help the business identify exactly where it can reduce its impact further and faster.

🔎A bit more detail

Collect, validate, and manage sustainability-related data used for the calculation of our carbon footprint, energy consumption, waste, water usage and packaging metrics.
Become an Specialist in utilising our carbon accounting and ESG data platform, for data collection, reporting and scenario modelling of both carbon and other environmental data to predict future impact and define reduction strategies and goals.
Contribute to the calculation of carbon footprint assessments across our business activities and product carbon footprints for each of our recipes.
Ensure smooth data management by regularly maintaining automated feeds and uploading manual carbon and environmental data to our carbon accounting and ESG platform, working with internal teams to resolve any issues.
Distribution of monthly or annual data surveys and verification of data before final submission.
Contribute to the integration of any new data collection platforms from relevant areas of the business.
Validation of data collected on our carbon and ESG platform against other internal reporting systems to ensure alignment, with proactive follow-up and resolution with various data teams on any data quality or timing discrepancies.
Support tracking our carbon and environmental targets by identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement, while assisting in the preparation of regular sustainability and ESG reports and dashboards for both internal communication of sustainability performance and regulatory reporting.
Work with a wide range of teams across the business in all locations and take a proactive approach to following up on discrepancies or problems, including governing bodies Like EHO (Environmental Health Officer).
Look for opportunities to further improve processes and reporting.

👇 A bit about you

You will have a Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, Environmental Science, Sustainability or a related field, or have gained relevant experience within this field.
Experience in data work, with an understanding of sustainability metrics and carbon accounting at both a business activity and product carbon footprint level, is beneficial.
Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
Capability to navigate complex stakeholders, build relationships, and problem-solve with others.
Ability to learn new tools, systems, and subject matter quickly.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, customer-facing business environment.
Good planning, organisation and prioritisation skills to juggle multiple demands on time.
Flexibility around travelling and working out of different locations across the UK and Europe.

Technical Tools:

Strong proficiency in Google Sheets
Strong proficiency in Data visualisation tools (such as Looker)
SQL - nice to have
Sweep or other carbon data platforms - nice to have

🐶 A bit about Butternut

Delivering on our promise of "Fresh food, Happy dogs" requires operational excellence at every step. Our Doncaster site, made up of Rudie’s Kitchen (manufacturing) and Ace’s Pantry (Order Fulfilment and Warehouse) are where our meals are gently cooked, and then packed with care for our customers, through the people who manage our flow, quality, and distribution.

We are moving beyond the scale-up phase of the operation to a place where excellence happens every day. To do this, we need forward-thinking individuals who see the big picture and want to play a hands-on role in a complex, fast-moving operation. If you believe dogs deserve better and you have the drive to help us deliver it, we want to hear from you.

🥳What's In It For You?🥳

Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year (equivalent to 33 days holiday)*Plus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days).
39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self-care.* (equivalent to 5 days)
Enrollment into our EAP “Telus” offering free financial planning, counselling, mental health support and more
Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
Enhanced parental leave
Get discounted Private Medical Insurance with Axa Healthcare.
Discounted Gym membership with “MyGymDiscounts” helping you stay fit and healthy
Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!
Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.
Team socials & events
Prepare for adorable office dog overload—meet Cleo, Otto, Cali, Ronnie, Harvey, Ralph, and many more!

📢Our interview process:

Application review
Initial call (30 minutes): Introductory chat with our Talent Partner.
Technical interview (1 hour): This will be a remote call for the team to learn more about your skills and experience.These will begin w/c 27th April 2026
In person values interview (1 hour): In person interviews in our office at our Rudie’s/Ace’s Kitchen (Blyth, Worksop) where you will meet with key stakeholders. You will be asked a blend of competency questions, values based questions and getting to know you personally.

‼️ A few things to note

There is no closing date for this role. However, we normally experience a high volume of applications so if you are interested we suggest applying as soon as possible.
We aim to respond to all applicants personally. Our recruitment team is small so do bear with us.
Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.
We are not looking for external agency support with this role.

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