Senior Carbon Consultant

Mott MacDonald; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension matching

Life assurance 4x basic salary

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Annual bonus

Employee ownership

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is recruiting a Senior Carbon Consultant to join the UK advisory team. You will deliver decarbonisation services across a range of projects, from infrastructure carbon management to strategy advisory. The role requires 7+ years in carbon footprinting/LCA and strong client-facing abilities.

You will lead complex assessments, support bid submissions, and mentor junior staff, while working within a hybrid policy and diverse environment at a global engineering consultancy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years delivering carbon footprinting / LCA / carbon management across infrastructure projects
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across all levels
• Knowledge of ISO14064, PAS2060, PAS2080 and related methodologies
• Experience with net zero, carbon in construction, and environmental impact assessment
• Ability to work both independently and in a team with flexible delivery

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of carbon footprinting, LCA, and carbon management projects
• Ensure projects meet quality, time, and budget requirements
• Assess project performance against national/international standards
• Develop data analyses with traceable, robust calculations
• Prepare reports and present final results to clients
• Support bid submissions and opportunity development
• Mentor junior staff to build carbon skills

Skills

Carbon footprinting

Lifecycle assessment (LCA)

Carbon management

Excel

Numerical analysis

Report writing

Client presentations

Time management

Stakeholder engagement

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

OneClick

E-Tool

SimaPro

Job description

Location/s:

London, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Reading, Sheffield; UK

Recruiter contact:

Aoife Cullen

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.

About The 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

OurDecarbonisation teamis 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.

Duties and accountabilities

• 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

Candidate specification

The successful candidate will be proactive, passionate, and eager to play a part in a growing team.

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), coupled with 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.

Location(s):

Reading, GB Brighton, GB Bristol, GB Cambridge, GB Cardiff, GB Leeds, GB Sheffield, GB Glasgow, GB London, GB

Contract Type

Permanent

Work Pattern

Full Time

Market

Various

Discipline

Environment

Recruiter Contact

Aoife Cullen