Incorporated, LLC: Managing Consultant, Climate Change and Sustainability; Positio

Overview

Description:

ICF Incorporated, LLC:
Managing Consultant, Climate Change and Sustainability (Multiple Positions) – Reston, VA

• Develop emissions inventories & carbon footprints: develop or improve client current GHG emissions inventory or related quantification efforts; build client facing & user-friendly tools that integrate activity data & quantification process to generate emissions results; and lead multiple lifecycle analyses consisting in quantifying GHG emissions tied to a facility, a product or a project, and broken down by life cycle stage, from material extraction to end-of-life.
• Conduct greenhouse gas mitigation policy analyses: assess/review current/proposed federal or state regulations or policies related to greenhouse gas emissions mitigation; provide comments & recommendations based on literature review or analyses of data, on proposed rule making; develop technical analyses to support or document impact on GHG emissions for State-level policies & develop related-GHG emissions projections over time; assess & document additional costs or benefits of adopting GHG mitigation policies;
  
  provide recommendations on medium & long-term planning of GHG mitigation strategies based on insights from developed analyses; plan, manage, & conduct technical studies related to air quality impact & mitigation assessment, GHG emissions inventory & mitigation development, climate action planning, health risk assessments, & noise impact & mitigation assessments for public agencies, private development projects, & public works projects; assist clients with offset & carbon credit projects.
• Support organizational sustainability: help Client assess their market options for carbon credits & offsets, based on their location, industry or field, & operations, and make recommendations on pathways forward to generate credits; help Clients gain comprehensive understanding of their Sustainability metrics, & set up their medium to long-term sustainability planning strategy, based on actionable & measurable steps; help client conduct their Materiality Assessment process, by identifying most applicable framework for their needs, develop their survey tool(s), conduct stakeholder engagement, compile results & build their Materiality matrix & other visuals/outputs illustrating insights for their Environmental, Social, & Governance planning;
  
  prepare for & have meetings with clients, stakeholders, & others; support clients in meetings & provide technical expertise; develop trainings for clients; & engage in communications with clients regarding deliverables.
• Support federal, state, local, international, & private sector clients on analyses related to climate change impacts & vulnerabilities: prepare quantitative & qualitative analyses of policy proposals to support government rule making; provide technical input related to implementation of major policies, including Clean Air Act, Montreal Protocol, & Paris Agreement; engage with experts, stakeholders, & private industry members to support research & analytical tasks, & thoroughly document takeaways & insights from this engagement, & how it was used to influence outputs or analysis;
  
  prepare technical reports based on literature search, technical analysis, & complementary stakeholder engagement.
• Manage & analyze environmental performance data including GHGs, energy, water, & waste utility consumption & costs; benchmark performance; & monitor & interpret performance trends: develop dashboards, visuals or creative outputs for organizations to compile & track their data; evaluate impacts of GHG emissions, & other environmental indicators, over medium-to-long term periods; assess metrics over which an organization can best track progress, including financial, social & environmental indicators;
  
  act as a project manager for technically complex projects & supervise technical support staff’s work products.

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sustainability or related field followed by 5 years of progressively responsible experience with sustainability management or consulting in public agencies.