Senior Carbon Consultant

Mott MacDonald; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Hybrid working policy

Annual bonus

Employee ownership

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Senior carbon Consultant to join the UK advisory team. The role focuses on delivering decarbonisation services for a range of projects globally, including infrastructure carbon management and strategy work.

You will lead project delivery, collaborate with climate change communities, and guide junior staff. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years in carbon footprinting, LCA, and carbon management, with experience in ISO14064, PAS2060, PAS2080, and strong client-facing

Qualifications

• 7+ years in carbon footprinting, LCA, and carbon management for infrastructure.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across levels and teams.
• Knowledge of ISO14064, PAS2060, PAS2080 and related carbon methodologies.
• Experience with data analysis, Excel, and presenting results to clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of carbon footprinting, LCA, and carbon management projects.
• Ensure quality, time, and budget adherence on projects.
• Assess projects against national and international standards.
• Support design with regards to operational and embodied carbon.
• Provide strategic advice to align client policies with net-zero goals.
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to bid submissions.

Skills

Carbon footprinting

Lifecycle assessment (LCA)

Carbon management

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis & Excel

Education

Bachelor's or higher in a relevant discipline

Tools

OneClick

E-Tool

SimaPro

Job description

Location/s: London, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Reading, Sheffield; UK

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance - we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you're surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

Business Unit

Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery(APD) unit delivers both project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors.

We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients’ key challenges, combining our world-leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services.

APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management.

Overview Of The Role

Our Decarbonisation team is seeking a Senior carbon Consultant to join our talented advisory team in the UK. The successful candidate will have 7+ experience within a similar role and will be actively involved in the delivery of decarbonisation consultancy services for a wide range of projects globally, ranging from infrastructure carbon management to strategy and advisory work.

The role will include a mix of long-term and short-term projects nationally and internationally, working closely with the global Mott MacDonald climate change communities. Your duties and accountabilities will typically include:

• Project delivery
• Leading the delivery of carbon footprinting, lifecycle assessment, and carbon management projects
• Successful delivery of projects to quality, time, and budget requirements
• Assess the performance of projects against national and international standards as well as industry best practices
• Inform the development of project design with regards to operational and embodied carbon
• Assist senior staff in providing strategic advice to clients to align their policies and processes to achieve net zero ambitions
• Develop data analysis as part of carbon assessment, ensuring traceability and robust calculations
• Report writing and presenting final results to our clients
• Professional excellence - be actively involved in the climate change community in Mott MacDonald with a focus on decarbonisation
• People and capability – assist more junior staff to help build their own carbon skills and capabilities
• Support preparation of bid submissions and support opportunity development, working in collaboration with Account Leaders and carbon specialists across a broad range of clients within theTransport, Water, Built Environment and Energy sectors

The successful candidate will be proactive, passionate, and eager to play a part in a growing team. We welcome applications from consultants with the following experience:

Essential

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in the delivery of carbon footprinting / lifecycle assessment (LCA) / carbon management projects across a range of project types (delivery against scope, quality, and budget), especially in the infrastructure sector
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and collaborate at all levels both within the company and across the wider industry
• Collaborative behaviours to maximise stakeholder engagement and to influence clients and project teams
• Good knowledge of legislation and policy influencing carbon and climate change, of key methodologies and data sources associated with carbon footprinting and carbon management, such as ISO14064, PAS2060, PAS2080
• Good knowledge of efforts (initiatives/project/commitments) in the industry to reduce the carbon impact of energy, transportation, construction and the built environment (and ideally participation in such endeavours), coupledwith well-rounded knowledge on wider sustainability and climate change issues
• Capacity for flexible delivery - ability to think strategically “big picture” as well as deliver shorter term detail
• You need to have a degree/post-graduate qualifications in a relevant discipline
• Excellent communication skills, including report writing and client presentations, and numerical analytical skills, including the use of Excel and other tools
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload effectively
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic with the ability to work as part of a team and independently as required
• Eperience of net zero, carbon in construction, and environmental impact assessment, and working within EIA teams

Desirable

• Understanding of related environmental topics such as air quality and climate change adaptation and resilience
• Knowledge of low-carbon materials/processes/innovations in construction and the built environment
• Knowledge of the circular economy and experience of implementing CE interventions
• Experience in the use of LCA tools such as OneClick, E-Tool, SimaPro

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long‑term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• 10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• We offer policies and dedicated support to help military families balance service life with career and wellbeing.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Gold Award holders in the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme, supported by our dedicated internal Armed Forces Network.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.