Description:
Our Decarbonisation team is seeking a Senior carbon Consultant to join our talented advisory team in the UK. The successful candidate will have 7+ 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
- Leading 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
- Assist senior staff in 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
- Professional excellence - be actively involved in the climate change community in Mott MacDonald with a focus on decarbonisation
- People and capability – assist more junior staff to help build their own carbon skills and capabilities
- Support preparation of bid submissions and support opportunity development, working in collaboration with Account Leaders and carbon specialists across a broad range of clients within the Transport, Water, Built Environment and Energy sector
Candidate specification
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:
- A minimum of 7 years of 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
- 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
- Eperience of net zero, carbon in construction, and environmental impact assessment, and working within EIA teams