DescriptionRemarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.
Wood is recruiting for a Senior Carbon Advisory Consultant. This is an exciting opportunity within our Carbon Advisory team.
The Carbon Advisory Team sits across multiple sectors. The successful candidate will support clients in achieving their aims to reduce their carbon impact. This opportunity would be ideal for individuals with an engineering or environmental background, who are keen to continue and expand their career in a fast paced consulting environment. In this role you will have the opportunity to utilise your experience supporting our clients on their journey to a net zero future.
At Wood, we recognise the value of remote and hybrid working so are open to applicants throughout the UK.
The Role
Our Senior Carbon Advisory Consultants support clients by providing proven agile decarbonisation solutions to ensure targets are met. Our consultants will develop a systematic framework for the management of decarbonisation including defining overarching strategies, plans & detailed roadmaps with key milestones, journey enablers, timeframes, drivers and identifying on-route threats, risks, and uncertainties.
In addition, as a Senior Consultant, you will partake in securing new work for the business, support in the management of a small team of consultants and engineers,. You will also support clients in completing baselining and lifecycle assessments, supporting with the creation of Decarbonisation roadmaps, providing guidance on International & Regional Policies and assessing climate related physical risks.
We have a library of training material for carbon advisory services and a companywide Energy Transition academy to support in your growth and that you will also be able to add to.
You will have the opportunity to mentor and support with the development of other consultants within the team, ensuring the knowledge and experience you have is shared to support in the future of the team and industry.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
Our Carbon advisory team are driving decarbonisation across the globe. Our experts have a depth of experience providing proven and agile decarbonisation solutions for the energy and materials industries. We are using our expertise to ensure clients meet decarbonisation targets set by investors, governments and key stakeholders.
Our in-house capabilities include ; Emissions baselining and assessment, decarbonisation road mapping, policy guidance and climate risk assessments.
Through our work we are supporting our clients on their journey to a Net Zero future.
What we can offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across Energy and Materials sectors
- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
- Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
- Access to Carbon Advisory training – you can access a library of unique training material developed by experts within our team, take the opportunity to use these and add to them sharing your own expertise
- Energy Transition Academy – join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field
- Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities:
- Supporting business winning and leading proposals to secure new work
- Managing small teams of consultants and engineers or other technical staff on studies, setting clear technical direction and ensuring timely issue of deliverables
- Completing work to a high standard and with little to no supervision, using Wood and Client methods, standards, and data in line with requirements
- Disseminating knowledge and expertise to team members and providing oversight and technical direction for their study / project work
- Developing business relationships with clients and partnerships with in-house consulting teams
- Representing the Carbon Advisory team in technical presentations to external and internal customers
- Providing a technical interface and managing relationships with clients. Proactively identifying most internal and external customer needs or issues
- Raising awareness of the business environment, market and on-going innovation in technology and research in climate-related subjects and issues
- Developing tools and methods to improve the efficiency and quality of work performed by the team
- Liaising with and supporting the Business Manager in tracking study/ project activities
QualificationsWhat makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
Expected:
- Masters Degree (or higher) in Process Engineering, Engineering Science, or a technical environmental/ sustainable development related subject
- Demonstrated ability to lead business development and project teams
- Demonstrated proficiency in international best practices in energy and carbon efficiency
- A thorough understanding of the international policy and economic frameworks driving climate change agendas
- A good understanding of carbon emissions quantification, decarbonization techniques, circular carbon economy, energy transition
- Strong analytical skills and can systematically break a complex task into more manageable parts and identify the critical components of a problem
- Excellent communications skills both verbally and written Demonstrable high-quality report writing and presentation skills
- Good organisational and project management skills
- Keen to learn and to share learning with others
Desirable:
- Demonstrable background in decarbonisation studies and/or life cycle assessments
- Experience in assisting clients to map energy and fuel usage and associated carbon equivalent emissions
- Experience in assisting clients to identify and screen emissions reduction opportunities
- Chartered to an internationally recognised Professional body (or working towards)
- Good negotiation skills
- Second language
