Associate Director - Reading, United Kingdom - Wood PLC

Wood PLC

Verified Company

Reading, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Wood is recruiting for an Associate Technical Director to join our Carbon Advisory team within our Technical Consulting Division.

This role will be based in our Reading office with hybrid working available;

Join a culture of innovation , pushing the boundaries of what is possible to seek the best solutions for our clients.

**The Role

As part of a growing team, you will join a dynamic business taking the lead in delivering the necessary understanding and engineering solutions for clients as they embark on the road to a net-zero future.

The breadth of work across Wood will provide you with an opportunity to work within a wide range of studies and clients alongside multi-disciplinary teams of various sizes, expanding your experience and expertise.

The Carbon Advisory team combines carbon emissions and policy consultancy with a strong technical emphasis.

The Associate Director will be responsible for the execution of proposals, studies and projects and provision of advisory services to our clients including:

Supporting clients understand and baseline their current scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions,
Performing and modeling cradletograve lifecycle and product carbon footprint analysis.,
Screening decarbonisation opportunities for supply and demand side reduced carbon intensity solutions across the development lifecycle from conceptual design to decommissioning,
At a strategic level, work with clients to develop a systematic framework for the management of decarbonisation including defining overarching strategies, plans & detailed roadmaps with key milestones, journey enablers, timeframes, drivers and identifying onroute threats, risks, and uncertainties,
Performing assessments and advising clients on transitional opportunities and risks, including policy drivers and incentives,
Evaluating and advising on carbon pricing and offsetting and crediting mechanisms.
Providing third party emissions verification services in the energy and mining sectors, Assessing the resiliency of client's assets and projects for climate change impacts. #

**Our Clients and Projects

It's a future for all of us . We aspire to shape a better tomorrow by unlocking solutions that address the biggest challenges facing our clients and our society.

Within the Carbon Advisory team, our clients range from both major and independent operators through to financial institutions and investors.

We provide our clients with the ability to meet their climate change goals around the world by offering tailored advice to help them understand their carbon baselines, lifecycle emissions, and product carbon intensities; how they benchmark relative to sector players and most importantly how they can reduce their carbon footprint.

With our specialised industry knowledge, understanding, and expertise, we are able to offer an end-to-end decarbonisation advisory service to our clients.

What we can offer
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High-profile position in a highly visible and motivated team, with the exciting opportunity to be part of a significant growth group with ambitious plans
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Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across the energy sector
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Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid working where relevant
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Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
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Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
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Flexible benefits package ; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
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Global connections ; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion ; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business

**Typical Responsibilities

Contribute to the rapid development of a business line that provides a comprehensive carbon accounting and carbon footprint reduction consulting service to the oil and gas industry
Work with others to shape and communicate a mission and vision for the business and assist the management team build a medium and longterm strategy to make it a reality
Maintain knowledge and understanding of emerging market trends and industry developments and establish new offerings to meet client needs
Demonstrate a full and up to date understanding of the main institutional and regulatory drivers underpinning the business
Communicate with, and build sound and credible relationships with clients, up to Chief Financial Officer level, to expand the reach of the business and exploit opportunities
Monitor the wider Wood plc business and establish network