Carbon Specialist

Cavendish Nuclear; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear seeks a Carbon Specialist to support carbon foot printing efforts at our Warrington hub. The role involves working on innovative projects to reduce carbon impact, engaging with stakeholders, and following national standards for sustainability. The position offers competitive compensation and a hybrid working arrangement.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to health and wellness programs

Employee share scheme

Professional fee payment

Flexible working arrangements

Volunteering days

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering carbon foot printing across complex projects.
• Interest in sustainability and carbon reduction.
• Demonstrable experience supporting engineering is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct the carbon accounting process for projects.
• Develop sustainability and lifecycle assessment strategies.
• Communicate carbon data to stakeholders effectively.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Sustainability Knowledge

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

BSc in Science/Engineering/Environmental

Membership to IEMA

LCA/Carbon Management Qualifications

MSc in Science/Engineering/Environmental

Tools

One Click LCA

Sima Pro

Job description

Job Title: Carbon Specialist

Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF63553

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Carbon Specialist, at our Warrington site.

The role

As a Carbon Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will hold an exciting role supporting the delivery of carbon foot printing over the lifecycle of the PP&E programme and changes to design to reduce carbon.

Day-to-day, you’ll carrying out the carbon accounting process on project and input into the lifecycle assessments of our key products and services, amongst assist sustainability concepts and theories to engineering to deliver improvements on the development designs calculations and technical solutions across the Engineering Product Lifecycle for the customer.

• Communication of embodied carbon data to stakeholders in a clear manner to help drive project improvements.
• Helping to develop sustainability and LCA strategies and action across future projects.
• Assessing the environmental performance of projects against relevant national and international standards
• Inform the development of project design taking into account carbon management/reduction and other sustainability metrics
• Asset management/planning and engagement with infrastructure clients at senior level.
  
  

This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days in the office/onsite and two days working from home, and is based at our Warrington hub.

Essential Experience Of The Carbon Specialist

• Experience in delivering carbon foot printing / LCA across a range of complex project types.
• Demonstarble experience supporting Engineering (particularly mechanical) is highly desirable
• Interest in sustainability and carbon reduction Project management experience, including budget management, reporting writing and risk assessment
• Knowledge of key methodologies and data sources associated with LCA and carbon management, (e.g. PAS2080: Carbon Management in infrastructure, Greenhouse Gas Protocol, among others).
• Use of LCA tools e.g. One click LCA / Sima Pro etc
• Demonstrable experience engaging with various stakeholders, including clients, particularly asset owners
  
  

Qualifications For The Carbon Specialist

• BSc In Science / engineering / environmental topic / procurement subject
• LCA / carbon management qualifications, such as training in ISO14040 or LCACP
• MSc in a Science / engineering / environmental / procurement subject
• Membership to a relevant institution including IEMA
  
  

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish Nuclear employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
  
  

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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