Carbon Management Consultant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - AECOM

AECOM

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world.

Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand.

We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description:

What your new role will entail:
Depending on your specific technical experience you will be accountable for:

Conducting and delivering technical work across a range of carbon & ESG projects;
Managing tasks and projects covering technical, quality and financial management;
Supporting and mentoring team members to build their capacity and expertise;
Liaising and collaborating with colleagues, clients and their advisors to deliver work on time, budget and achieving technical excellence;

+ Multitasking:
working across several projects and proposals at one time;

Preparing costed proposals and other business development materials (e.g. for webinars, flyers, case studies, etc.);
Building positive long-term client relationships;
Building internal networks to promote Carbon & ESG services within AECOM; and,
Supporting the Carbon & ESG practice leadership to identify and secure new internal and external opportunities.

Being part of the team

As one of the longest standing Carbon & ESG businesses in the industry, our team have been advising our clients on sustainability governance and performance for over 20 years - supporting not only infrastructure and energy but also our industrial clients.

As one of our priority growth areas, the Carbon & ESG team fully aligns with AECOM's Environment Water and Energy growth strategies and our Global Sustainable Legacies Strategy.

Our collaboration with private and public sector clients is driven by a commitment to deliver on stakeholder expectations, anticipate and manage environmental and social risks, reduce carbon emissions, and enhance resilience in the face of the climate crisis.

Through our established skills in carbon accounting, net zero road-mapping and implementation, decarbonisation and clean growth, ESG reporting, climate action and resilience, circular economy and social value and equality, we pave the way for sustainable practices that align with global objectives and promote lasting positive impacts.

Qualifications:

Here's what we will need from you:

Holistic understanding of sustainability and Net Zero, with a particular interest in ESG and climate risk assessment and management;
A desire to deliver technical excellence;
Project and financial management experience;
Commercial awareness for business development, marketing, and proposal preparation;
Great communication skills in English, fluency in other languages an advantage;
Solid numeracy skills, confidence in working with large data sets and advanced Excel skills; Problem solving abilities: Self-starter, who can design and deliver work under own initiative;

and, Demonstrated experience with one or more of these technical areas:

Carbon accounting (Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions) and reporting (across a range of protocols and regulatory regimes) such as PAS 2080, WRI, ISO14064, PAS2050, TPT;
Climate change risk, urban resilience, and the role that infrastructure, spatial planning and governance plays in increasing resilience;
Sustainability/ESG and disclosure standards and guidance for example TCFD, SASB, TNFD, GRI, CRSD, ISSB etc;
Advising on and integrating low carbon and resilient solutions into infrastructure design and business planning;
Sustainable resource management, materials efficiency and circular economy

Bring your bold ideas and big dreams.

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.

On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entreprene