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AECOM Principal Consultant - Whole Life Carbon in Manchester, United Kingdom
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 over 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
Start here. Grow here.
AECOM is seeking a Principa l Consultant - Whole Life Carbon to join our established Sustainable Development Group.
The successful candidate will be part of our wider UK Sustainability group, playing a key role in delivering Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) services for several major public and private sector clients, helping them to develop and meet decarbonisation targets and ambitions.
What you’ll do!
Job Responsibilities will include:
Supporting clients in setting suitable decarbonisation targets and outlining a route to achieving these.
Developing and delivering whole life carbon reduction strategies for a variety of scoping mechanisms (e.g., Greater London Authority, LETI & RIBA, BREEAM etc.).
Leading WLCA bids and delivery of assessments.
Liaise directly with clients and designers to recommend key low carbon measures and support the drive to decarbonisation.
Delivering large scale projects with a view to implement low carbon initiatives.
Preparing and leading tenders and proposals for new work.
Training and supporting staff in WLCA modelling.
Join the broader AECOM sustainability practice, network with colleagues, and engage other internal project opportunities.
Come grow with us
Our clients cover a range of sectors, including public, commercial, domestic, industrial, and education. You will need to have experience delivering whole-life carbon assessments and identifying key methods to significantly reduce carbon emissions across a development's lifespan.
And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Requirements:
Good knowledge of the building design and construction process.
Experience of OneClick LCA, eTool, or EC3.
Experience of undertaking fee calculations and bid writing.
A demonstrable passion and enthusiasm for environmental sustainability.
Experience with undertaking LCA studies for BREEAM, Greater London Authority (GLA), LEED, or other LCA scoping mechanisms.
Knowledge and understanding of PAS2080:2023 Carbon Management Plans.
Although the role is quite specific, the successful candidate will be given plenty of opportunities to broaden their knowledge and work across a range of sustainability projects with support and mentoring from technical specialists in the team, as required.
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com
At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you
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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- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
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, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10121404
Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Consulting Services
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Limited