Carbon Analyst

Location

London, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Reading, Sheffield; UK

Our Decarbonisation team is seeking a carbon analyst to join our advisory team in the UK. The successful candidate will have experience within a similar role and will be actively involved in the delivery of decarbonisation consultancy services for a wide range of projects globally, including infrastructure carbon management, strategy and advisory work.

• Project delivery
  • Support the delivery of carbon foot printing, lifecycle assessment, and carbon management projects.
  • Ensure successful delivery of projects to quality, time, and budget requirements.
  • Assess project performance against national and international standards and industry best practices.
  • Inform the development of project design with regard 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 Mac Donald with a focus on decarbonisation.
• People and capability – assist more junior staff to build their own carbon skills and capabilities.
• Support preparation of bid submissions and 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 sectors.

• Experience in delivering carbon foot printing, lifecycle assessment or carbon management projects across a range of project types, especially in the infrastructure sector.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to collaborate at all levels within the company and across the wider industry.
• Collaborative behaviours to maximise stakeholder engagement and influence clients and project teams.
• Good knowledge of legislation and policy influencing carbon and climate change, and of key methodologies and data sources such as ISO
  14064, PAS
  2060, PAS
  2080.
• Knowledge of industry initiatives to reduce the carbon impact of energy, transportation, construction and the built environment, coupled with a well‑rounded understanding of wider sustainability and climate change issues.
• Capacity for flexible delivery – ability to think strategically at the “big picture” level while delivering shorter‑term detail.
• A degree or post‑graduate qualification in a relevant discipline.
• Excellent report writing, client presentation, and numerical analytical skills, including the use of Excel and other tools.
• Excellent time‑management and prioritisation skills.
• Self‑motivated and enthusiastic with the ability to work as part of a team and independently as required.

• Experience of net‑zero, carbon in construction, environmental impact assessment and working within EIA teams.
• Understanding of related environmental topics such as air quality, 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 of using LCA tools such as One Click, E‑Tool, Sima Pro.

Mott Mac Donald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship for the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4× your basic salary, with an option to increase to 6× your salary.
• Income protection scheme providing financial benefit and return‑to‑work support.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• Annual bonus schemes shared across colleagues.

• Our employee‑ownership model creates a shared success culture.
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