**What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?** At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you. **A little more about your role…** Our growing Sustainability and Climate Change team in Earth and Environment is part of the world’s largest environmental consultancy. And as well as our client work, we’re fully committed to being part of creating a prosperous, resilient and sustainable society. WSP is: + Continuing to push ‘Future Ready (https://www.wsp.com/en-GB/who-we-are/future-ready) ’, our global programme to challenge and inspire all of our people to see the future more clearly, but go further and integrate this thinking into every project we do. It’s now the golden thread through our global strategy. + The first large consulting practice to make a commitment to halve the carbon footprint of our designs and advice by 2030. + Proud to have led the establishment of https://www.pledgetonetzero.org/ , the programme to galvanise the consulting industry to act on its own GHG emissions. This initiative is also now blessed by the UN’s race-to-zero. **_About The Opportunity_** We are looking for candidates from an environmental background with a passion and experience in life cycle assessments, carbon quantification and management. Joining the team at this critical time for climate action presents a great opportunity to influence the national agenda, shape best practice decarbonisation approaches and play a meaningful role on the pathway to Net Zero. As an LCA practitioner and senior consultant, you’ll be a key part of our dynamic team, delivering project work and contributing towards our business development initiatives. You will work with data, people and be solutions-oriented with applied experience of lifecycle work in the climate, sustainability and environmental realms. Examples of technical work within this role include assessing assets and products, and producing Environmental Product Declarations for clients. Experience of assessing and improving the environmental impacts of materials, manufacturing, construction methods and nature-based solutions, will be beneficial in this job role. With WSP’s global network, you could have the opportunity of working with, and learning from, a wide network of LCA practitioners. You’ll be familiar with the challenge companies, projects and programmes are facing and be enthusiastic to learn and contribute directly towards enhancing them. You’ll strive for the transition to safer, greener, cleaner and net zero emissions future. A typical week would include: + Working directly with clients to investigate, guide, influence and provide advice on capturing data and calculating environmental impacts. + Organising data capture and hosting calls, carbon/environmental impact calculations, modelling future scenarios and preparing dashboards of key information. + Support stakeholder engagement workshops internally and externally to actively contribute to low impact ideas and solutions, as well as decarbonising and enhancing sustainability in the design of infrastructure and development projects. + Understanding and communicating relevant policies/standards to clients, in support of them developing their own strategies and reduction plans. + Supporting wider projects (e.g. carbon accounting, ESG strategies, net zero road maps). + Provide guidance and learning to other members of the team to support LCA upskilling. + Contributing to marketing, strategy and capability documents – supporting business development for LCAs including representing WSP at industry and online events, and in thought-leadership. + Contributing to large and complex proposals. **_You’ll be part of a dynamic and growing team that:_** + Works directly with private and public sector clients to investigate, guide, influence and provide leading advice on sustainability, carbon, climate, ESG, circular economy and E&S management. + Influences the decarbonisation agenda and sustainability in the design of infrastructure across buildings and infrastructure. + Prepares the groundwork to be able to pursue meaningful and purpose-led strategies, including setting targets (e.g. science-based, and net zero road maps, plans and designs) especially with public sector authorities. + Works across technical teams, such as liaising with engineers, to learn from and gain support on projects. + Delivers carbon assessments for both infrastructure projects and ESG clients, following international standards and best practice principles, such as GHG Protocol and PAS 2080. + Supports a huge range of UK and international development projects. **What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…** + You will have experience in a professional business environment, for instance in engineering and/or environmental consultancy, as part of an in-house team or other relevant organisation (industrial, manufacturing) working in this field. + Experience of delivering complete lifecycle assessments across of range of sectors. We have a particular interest in the built environment and process-related industries, such as chemicals, manufacturing, or oil and gas. + Extensive familiarity with LCA methodologies, including consequential LCA, and proficiency in industry-standard LCA software. + A positive attitude to interacting with clients, stakeholders and colleagues and the confidence and ability to speak-up to drive change in sustainability topic areas. + Applied knowledge of UK and international legislation, LCA standards and guidance, and best practice principles, especially where this includes approaches to carbon management. + A relevant degree at Masters’ level (or equivalent experience or knowledge) in environmental sciences, engineering or the sustainability realm, and + A robust level of competence in conducting numerical analyses in Excel and other digital apps/packages (e.g. LCA tools, MS Excel, Power BI). **Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.** Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world. **With us, you can. Apply today.** \#LI-AH1 + Purpose of the role & principal accountabilities (8-10 max) • Focus on essential qualifications, skills and experience to provide greater scope for inclusion.