LCA Analyst (Life Cycle Assessment)

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharma company seeks an LCA Analyst in London to support sustainability goals. The role involves conducting Life Cycle Assessments, collaborating across teams, and driving initiatives to reduce carbon footprints. Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree and a passion for sustainability, along with strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in LCA and/or Carbon Footprints is advantageous.
• Ability to analyze complex data sets and build innovative models.
• Strong continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Perform product Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and Carbon Footprints.
• Drive carbon reduction initiatives and maintain LCA standards.
• Support training and capability building of personnel.

Skills

Communication

Data Analysis

Sustainability

Education

Relevant degree in Engineering, Science, Environmental Science, or related fields

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LCA Analyst (Life Cycle Assessment), London

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GSK

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London, United Kingdom

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23.05.2025

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07.07.2025

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Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Ware, UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle, UK – London – New Oxford Street
Posted Date: May 22 2025

GSK has ambitious environmental sustainability goals to achieve a net zero impact on climate and a net positive impact on nature by 2030 across our entire end-to-end value chain. This position is part of the Ecodesign team and acts as custodian of GSK’s Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Standard and GSK’s Product Footprinting Tool (PFT).

The role reports to the Director of Life Cycle Assessment to support the delivery of all technical aspects of the sustainability strategy for legacy, next-generation, and new products within the GSC (Global Supply Chain) product portfolio. You will build partnerships across matrix teams, supporting GSK’s Sustainability and Ecodesign teams to ensure the necessary technical sustainability capabilities are in place to meet evolving business and regulatory requirements. In delivering your role you will act as a recognized expert in Ecodesign implementation across global business operations, with a strong delivery mindset and communication style to engage our employees globally.

Responsibilities (include..,):

• Act as a recognized expert in LCAs, with a strong delivery mindset and communication style to engage our employees globally. Perform product Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) or Carbon Footprints, working with internal and external stakeholders to source the necessary data and present the results in an engaging way.

• Be one of GSK’s product footprint experts, performing LCAs to identify hotspots and opportunities to reduce the footprint across climate and nature. Produce the GSK Value Chain carbon footprints and update the reduction glidepaths to 2030.

• Create and maintain carbon reduction glide paths in identified hotspots. Drive and enable others to reduce carbon and waste generated and transition to circularity within GSC operations, ensuring the appropriate standards, guidance, and policies are in place to enable progress towards our 2030 Sustainability goals. Support the training and capability building of GSK personnel and maintain associated training materials.

• Maintain GSC’s footprints, LCA standards, and the governance system to support this. Analyse complex, high-dimensional data sets, build novel, innovative models to solve sustainability problems, and identify improvement opportunities. Manage associated sustainability programs and projects.

• Build a repository of completed LCAs, standards, and best practices, and share them to amplify stakeholder engagement and promote consistent application.

• Develop systems and reporting to increase access and availability of data that enables better outcomes.

Location: Ideally you will be based at Ware, Barnard Castle or GSK HQ (in the UK), but we can accommodate high-calibre applicants that can bebased at any global GSK site.

About You:

This role would suit a motivated person who has a clear passion for sustainability and/or lifecycle assessment. Experience of LCA &/or Carbon Footprints would be advantageous but is not essential. You will be curios and have the ability to analyse complex, high-dimensional data sets, build novel, innovative models to solve business problems and/or identify untapped opportunities. You will be educated to degree-level (in a relevant subject). You will have a strong continuous improvement mindset as well as excellent communication skills; a proactive and collaborative team approach, promoting inclusivity, support, and motivation among peers; a desire to go beyond process and procedure, with an ability to think innovatively to enhance program outcomes.

CLOSING DATE for applications: Tuesday 27th of May 2025 (COB).

Basic Qualifications:

• Relevant degree and/or strong equivalent experience (eg; Engineering, Science, Environmental Science, Environment Management, Business, or related fields).

• Excellent written skills, with specific experience authoring reports/requests and other related deliverables.

• Ability to compile, integrate, and use data from multiple sources to answer business questions.

• Demonstrated ability to drive positive change in sustainability with credibility and the ability to influence senior levels of the organization without direct line management.

• Experience and in-depth scientific/technical knowledge of pharmaceutical products, whether in process development, product development, scale-up, or operations (preferred but not essential).

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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