Kathleen T. Radford
Sustainability Analyst, Household personal care products
Denver, CO · (209) 555 0181 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/kathleentradford
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Six years in corporate sustainability for a manufacturing business.
INDUSTRIES
Household and personal care products, packaging, contract manufacturing.
SPECIALTIES
Energy programs, waste diversion, greenhouse gas inventory, project business cases.
SYSTEMS
Watershed, SAP, EnergyCAP, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Excel modeling.
CREDENTIALS
Certified Energy Manager, Association of Energy Engineers. Sustainability Excellence Associate.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering, Colorado School of Mines.
Results at a Glance
14%
Three years
61%
Percent by segregating
$3.4m
Capital for efficiency
Executive Summary
Sustainability analyst with six years in consumer goods manufacturing. Runs the energy and waste program across seven plants, builds the greenhouse gas inventory that supports the company target, and works directly with plant engineers on projects rather than only reporting on them.
Signature Achievements
- Cut electricity use across seven plants by 14 percent in three years, worth about 2.1 million dollars a year, through compressed air, lighting and refrigeration projects.
- Raised landfill diversion from 61 percent to 89 percent by segregating three waste streams and finding a regional outlet for film scrap.
- Built the first complete scope one and scope two inventory to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol corporate standard, which the company now uses as its baseline year.
- Secured 3.4 million dollars of capital for efficiency projects by writing business cases that showed payback alongside emissions reduction.
- Enrolled two plants in the Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star industrial program and delivered the required energy management documentation.
Professional Experience
Sustainability Analyst
Front Range Household Brands, Denver, CO 2022 to present
Analyst covering environmental programs for seven manufacturing sites and two distribution centers.
- Collect and validate utility, waste and water data every month and publish a plant scorecard the operations leaders review.
- Model and rank efficiency projects on cost, payback and emissions saved and take the strongest to the capital committee.
- Run quarterly reviews with plant engineers on project progress and hold them to committed savings.
- Support the International Organization for Standardization 14001 management system including objectives, targets and internal audit input.
Environmental Coordinator
Cache la Poudre Packaging, Fort Collins, CO 2020 to 2022
Coordinator for permits, waste and environmental compliance at a single corrugated packaging plant.
- Prepared air and stormwater reporting for the state agency and the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Managed hazardous waste manifests, container inspections and contractor audits.
- Introduced a cardboard and pallet recovery scheme that removed 340 tons a year from landfill.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Energy Manager, Association of Energy Engineers, 2023
Sustainability Excellence Associate, International Society of Sustainability Professionals, 2022
Education
Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 2020
Core Skills
Greenhouse gas inventory · Energy program management · Waste diversion · Project business cases · Utility data validation · Environmental compliance · Capital planning support · Plant engagement · Power BI dashboards · Environmental management systems