Carbon Consultant

Carbon Consultant

Mott MacDonald

Multiple Locations, United Kingdom

Overview of role:

Our Climate Change team is seeking an experienced senior carbon analyst to join our talented advisory team in the UK. The successful candidate will have solid experience within a similar role and will be actively involved in the delivery of decarbonisation consultancy services for a wide range of projects globally, ranging from infrastructure carbon management to strategy and advisory work.

The role will include a mix of long-term and short-term projects nationally and internationally, working closely with the global Mott MacDonald climate change communities.

Your duties and accountabilities will typically include:

Project delivery

• Manage and take responsibility for the delivery of carbon footprinting, lifecycle assessment, and carbon management projects;
• Successful delivery of projects to quality, time, and budget requirements;
• Assess the performance of projects against national and international standards as well as industry best practices;
• Inform the development of project design with regards to operational and embodied carbon;
• Providing strategic advice to clients to align their policies and processes to achieve net zero ambitions;
• Develop data analysis as part of carbon assessment, ensuring traceability and robust calculations;
• Report writing and presenting final results to our clients;
• Stakeholder engagement - at all levels within the company, across our client base and the wider industry;
• Professional excellence - be actively involved in the climate change community in Mott MacDonald with a focus on decarbonisation;
• People and capability – mentoring more junior staff to help build their own carbon skills and capabilities, with potential for line management;
• Preparation of bid submissions and developing opportunities, working in collaboration with Account Leaders and carbon specialists across a broad range of clients within the Transport, Water, Built Environment and Energy sectors.

The successful candidate will be proactive, passionate, and eager to play a part in a growing team.

We welcome applications from consultants with the following experience:

Essential:

• Experience in the delivery of carbon footprinting/lifecycle assessment (LCA)/carbon management projects across a range of project types (delivery against scope, quality, and budget), especially in the infrastructure sector;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and collaborate at all levels both within the company and across the wider industry;
• Collaborative behaviours to maximise stakeholder engagement and to influence clients and project teams;
• Good knowledge of legislation and policy influencing carbon and climate change, of key methodologies and data sources associated with carbon footprinting and carbon management, such as ISO14064, PAS2060, PAS2080;
• Good knowledge of efforts (initiatives/project/commitments) in the industry to reduce the carbon impact of energy, transportation, construction and the built environment (and ideally participation in such endeavours), coupled with well-rounded knowledge on wider sustainability and climate change issues;
• Capacity for flexible delivery – ability to think strategically “big picture” as well as deliver shorter term detail;
• Experience of net zero, carbon in construction, and environmental impact assessment, and working within EIA teams;
• You need to have a degree/post-graduate qualifications in a relevant discipline;
• Excellent communication skills, including report writing and client presentations, and numerical analytical skills, including the use of Excel and other tools;
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload effectively;
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic with the ability to work as part of a team and independently as required;
• Chartership from a relevant professional institution.

Desirable:

• Experience of mentoring/managing junior staff;
• Understanding of related environmental topics such as air quality and climate change adaptation and resilience;
• Knowledge of low-carbon materials/processes/innovations in construction and the built environment;
• Knowledge of the circular economy and experience of implementing CE interventions;
• Experience in the use of LCA tools such as OneClick, E-Tool, SimaPro.

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