Graduate: Whole Life Carbon Summer Placement

Cooper & Hall Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is offering a 2027 Sustainability - Whole Life Carbon Summer Placement to motivated individuals. You will join the Sustainability Function, assisting in implementing carbon management processes, measuring emissions, and turning data into insights to reduce whole life carbon across design and delivery stages.

You will gain exposure to One Click LCA, environmental product declarations, and project teams across the UK, contributing to case studies and knowledge sharing to support

Qualifications

• Focus on carbon management and sustainability concepts.
• Ability to measure and analyse carbon emissions across project stages.
• Interest in decarbonising construction and engineering processes.

Responsibilities

• The Graduate Whole Life Carbon Assistant will sit within the Sustainability Function, supporting the Carbon Solutions Team to implement carbon management processes, measure and validate project emissions, and turn data into insights that help project teams reduce whole life carbon and deliver decarbonised solutions during pre-construction and delivery.
• Measure, validate and report project carbon emissions using approved tools, datasets and assumptions
• Use One Click LCA and internal systems to support carbon assessments, benchmarks and reduction options
• Review carbon information, including environmental product declarations (EPDs) and supplier data, to improve data quality and assurance
• Analyse project carbon data to identify trends, lessons learned and practical opportunities for reduction
• Support with the development of case studies, guidance and communications to share good practice and support work winning
• Support training, knowledge sharing and engagement with project teams, designers, suppliers and consultants

Education

Engineering (any discipline)

Architecture

STEM degree

Environmental & Sustainability

Geography

Tools

One Click LCA

Job description

Laing O'Rourke is offering a 2027 Sustainability - Whole Life Carbon Summer Placement to motivated individuals. You will join the Sustainability Function, assisting in implementing carbon management processes, measuring emissions, and turning data into insights to reduce whole life carbon across design and delivery stages.

You will gain exposure to One Click LCA, environmental product declarations, and project teams across the UK, contributing to case studies and knowledge sharing to support