Aviation Emissions Expert

Ricardo; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global strategic consulting company seeks an Aviation Emissions Expert to provide specialized aviation sector expertise in a hybrid role based in London or Harwell. Responsibilities include leading technical teams on decarbonisation projects, managing junior staff, and contributing to the development of innovative aviation solutions. A successful candidate will have up-to-date knowledge of technology trends and regulations in the aviation sector.

Qualifications

• Specialist aviation sector expertise to support decarbonisation and sustainable aviation fuels.
• Leadership skills to manage and coach junior team members.
• Knowledge of sector technology, regulations, and trends.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist aviation sector expertise to clients.
• Lead technical tasks on aviation environmental matters.
• Contribute to developing aviation projects and programmes.

Job description

Overview

Role: Aviation Emissions Expert

Location: London or Harwell - Hybrid

Role ID: 2025-3105

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist aviation sector expertise to clients engaging in international fora.
• Lead technical tasks and teams on projects supporting clients on aviation environmental matters, including decarbonisation, Sustainable Aviation Fuels and non‑CO2 impacts and the associated supporting policies and financial instruments.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of sector technology developments, trends, challenges and regulations.
• Contribute to developing and delivering our growing portfolio of aviation projects and programmes within the Sustainable Transport team on behalf of a mixture of public sector clients, private organisations and industry associations.
• Manage, supervise and/or coach junior members of the team to help them achieve their full potential.
• Lead on business development opportunities and preparing technical proposals primarily within the aviation sector but with ad-hoc support across the wider team.
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