Assistant Carbon and Sustainability Consultant

Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a proactive and technically strong Assistant Sustainability and Carbon Consultant to join our growing Carbon & Sustainability team within the Sustainable Futures Practice.

This role is primarily focused on the delivery of whole life carbon assessment, carbon modelling, carbon management and decarbonisation advisory services across major infrastructure, transport, water, energy and built environment projects. You will support clients in quantifying, understanding and reducing carbon emissions, providing the evidence needed to drive better project, programme and investment decisions.

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world's leading design, engineering and project management consultancies. Our Carbon & Sustainability team works across all sectors, delivering whole life carbon assessments, PAS 2080 carbon management, net zero strategies, organisational carbon footprinting and wider sustainability advisory services. We help clients transition towards a low-carbon, resilient and nature-positive future through robust analysis, technical excellence and innovative thinking.

As part of our collaborative and supportive team, you will work alongside leading carbon and sustainability specialists while developing your technical expertise, client engagement skills and project delivery experience.

Your role

• Deliver whole life carbon assessments, carbon footprinting studies and net zero transition pathways across a range of infrastructure and organisational projects.
• Develop and maintain carbon models, including baseline assessments, hotspot analysis, optioneering studies, scenario modelling and decarbonisation pathways.
• Lead a carbon training workstream to upskill staff in client organisations.
• Support the delivery of carbon management services, including Carbon Management Plans, carbon reduction workshops and performance reporting.
• Prepare high-quality technical reports, presentations and client deliverables, ensuring outputs are robust, accurate and clearly communicated.
• Present carbon modelling outputs and technical findings to project teams and clients, explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to bids and proposals through technical content preparation, methodology development and cost estimation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across AtkinsRéalis to integrate carbon considerations into project planning, design and delivery.

About you

• Hands on experience in carbon modelling.
• Demonstrable experience delivering whole life carbon assessments and/or organisational greenhouse gas inventories independently.
• Experience applying recognised carbon accounting standards and methodologies, including PAS 2080, GHG Protocol and whole life carbon assessment approaches to develop carbon baselines, hotspot analyses, carbon reduction studies and decarbonisation pathways.
• Experience using carbon modelling and assessment tools such as One Click LCA, National Highways Carbon Tool, RSSB Carbon Tool, advanced Excel-based carbon models.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify assumptions, interrogate datasets, undertake quantitative analysis and communicate findings clearly.
• Experience producing technical reports and presenting complex information to clients and project teams.
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Sustainability, Environmental Science or a related discipline.
• Strong communication skills and ability to present to and upskill varied stakeholders.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.