Description:
Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for it’s employees? Mott MacDonald is a global consultancy whose people do exactly that.
We are currently looking for a principal carbon advisor with decarbonisation experience in infrastructure and the built environment to join our climate change and asset management team.
The successful candidate will have solid experience within a similar role and would be responsible for the delivery of carbon management advisory projects for a wide range of clients in the water and other infrastructure sectors.
This Includes
- Leading the winning and delivery of strategic carbon management and climate change projects
- Experience in using PAS 2080 to help our clients with their decarbonisation journey and provide decarbonisation strategic advisory and technical advisory skills
- Provide senior inputs in whole life carbon assessments/footprinting for infrastructure investment appraisal studies
- Support our team improve existing carbon quantification tools to align with latest good practice
- Work with our water and other infrastructure specialists to identify future sustainability and climate change opportunities with our water sector clients
- Developing carbon management strategies for water utilities and other infrastructure clients
- Asset management/planning and engagement with infrastructure clients
- Assessing the performance of projects against national and international standards and to inform the development of project design taking into account carbon management and other sustainability metrics
We are looking for motivated strategic thinkers, who want to generate the best possible outcomes for our clients, the environment and society, with an interest in developing their knowledge and experience, joining our existing team of carbon specialists, climate scientists, data scientists, engineers, environmentalists, asset managers and investment planning advisors in infrastructure.
Candidate Specification
Required for the position of Principal Carbon Advisor ;
- Relevant science, engineering or other related degree
- Excellent numerical skills, including the use of Excel and other tools
- Knowledge of legislation and policy influencing carbon and climate change in the water sector
- Demonstrate experience of working in the water sector and understanding of regulatory and investment drivers, including benefits assessment and capital investment programmes analysis
- Experience in applying change management programmes in asset owner organisations and their supply chains using PAS 2080 or similar decarbonisation frameworks
- Experience in engaging with clients, particularly asset owners, to open new carbon advisory opportunities and turn them into project work and clear deliverables
- Experience in identifying future opportunities for our water sector clients in the decarbonisation space and improve our knowledge and service offering
- Proven professional network in our industry – decarbonisation and water.
- Experience in leading the delivery of carbon footprinting / carbon management projects across a range of project types delivery against scope, quality and budget, especially in the infrastructure sector
- Utility scale water sector experience – experience in other infrastructure sectors desirable
- Well-rounded knowledge on wider sustainability and climate change issues, particularly in water sector policies (UK or other parts of the world)
- Project management, client liaison and consulting skills
- Keen interest in developing your technical and commercial skills
- Knowledge of key methodologies and data sources associated with carbon footprinting and carbon management, (e.g. PAS2080: Carbon Management in infrastructure, among others)
- Experience of using asset information