Sr. Consultant - LCA

We are seeking a talented, motivated and passionate sustainability individual to join our consulting team. The primary function of this role is to conduct and manage projects on a variety of challenging assignments related to environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as well as Portfolio Sustainability Assessment (PSA).

What you will do

You will help our clients create more sustainable products and operate more sustainably! The focus of your work will be to assist clients with product and corporate sustainability measurement and reporting.

This may take the form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) using our LCA FE software and assisting with other sustainability-oriented projects.

Activities will also involve direct project management interaction with clients. Your day-to-day activities may include :

Managing multiple concurrent consulting projects addressing Life Cycle Assessment, Portfolio Sustainability Assessment, as well as other product and corporate sustainability strategy projects.

Creating LCA models of a product or service in our LCA FE software,

Writing ISO 14040 / 44 conform reports documenting your project work,

Developing and applying Portfolio Sustainability Assessment frameworks according to WBCSD guidance,

Working with Excel (or other data formats) to manipulate data and data structures.

Performing analysis on energy, water, waste, air emissions as well as costs,

Preparing and presenting project results in PowerPoint or other formats,

Ensuring your projects adhere to scope, schedule, budget, and quality, and

Working together with Sphera team members across different specialties and regions, e.g. on energy transitions topics, alternative fuels and powertrains, incl.

hydrogen as well as green chemistry,

Develop and maintain solid, lasting relationships with existing clients.

Travel will be required as necessary on a project-by-project basis (up to 20% of time)

Your Profile

A positive can-do attitude.

Undergraduate or Master’s degree in engineering, science, or related field.

Knowledge and passion for sustainability, environmental systems, life cycle thinking, product sustainability, and / or climate change.

Experience managing small to medium team projects.

Strong quantitative or technical background with an excellent aptitude for analytical thinking. Natural curiosity to investigate issues, conduct research, design solutions and translate results into business practices.

Aptitude for learning new software ideally will have some basic programming experience.

Good oral and written communication skills; ability to articulate issues, give presentations, and prepare formal written reports.

Self-motivated and organized; able to simultaneously work on multiple assignments and to work both independently as well as on teams.

Proficiency with MS Office, particularly Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.

Desire to help companies succeed in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Sphera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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