Sustainability Analyst

About the Role

The Sustainability Analyst is responsible for collecting, validating, and organizing ESG and sustainability performance data across the company, and translating that data into dashboards, reports, and insights that support Chord's Sustainability program. This role is a hands-on data role working directly in Chord's data environment to build and maintain data pipelines, visualizations, and reporting products. The role reports to the Sr. Director of Sustainability and is based in Houston, TX. A hybrid work schedule is an option.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect, validate, and organize sustainability and ESG performance data from source systems and data stewards, ensuring data quality, completeness, and traceability.
• Build and maintain dashboards and visualizations to track sustainability KPIs, program goals, and executive-level metrics.
• Support preparation of the annual Sustainability Report, including data gathering, validation, table population, and AXPC ESG Metrics Framework template completion.
• Support gas capture, flare tracking, and emissions data workflows.
• Collaborate with internal data stewards to identify and close gaps in sustainability data management and drive continuous improvement in data quality and pipeline reliability.
• Conduct research and peer benchmarking against AXPC members and other relevant industry groups.
• Support sustainability data integration workstreams for future M&A activity.
• Apply AI tools to accelerate data preparation, analysis, drafting, and documentation.
• Support responses to ESG rating agencies and investor ESG questionnaires (e.g., Sustainalytics, MSCI, ISS).
• Provide light data support to enterprise risk management activities.
• Participate in training, team meetings, and cross-functional initiatives.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Snowflake
• SQL
• Power BI
• Sigma
• Microsoft Excel
• AI tools (e.g., Claude, Microsoft Copilot)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data analytics, information systems, environmental science, engineering, sustainability, or a related field.
• 0-2 years of experience in a data-focused analyst role, ideally with some exposure to sustainability, ESG, HSE, or environmental data.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrable proficiency in SQL and hands-on experience with Snowflake.
• Proficiency building dashboards in Power BI and/or Sigma.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Fluency using AI tools to accelerate day-to-day analytical and documentation work.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional team environments and manage multiple concurrent priorities.