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About the Role

Our Decarbonisation team is seeking a Senior Carbon Analyst to join our talented advisory team in the UK. The successful candidate will have 7+ years of experience and will be actively involved in delivering decarbonisation consultancy services for a wide range of projects globally, from infrastructure carbon management to strategy and advisory work. The role will include a mix of long-term and short-term projects nationally and internationally, working closely with global Mott MacDonald climate change communities.

Responsibilities

Lead the delivery of carbon footprinting, lifecycle assessment, and carbon management projects.
Ensure successful project delivery to quality, time, and budget requirements.
Assess project performance against national and international standards and industry best practices.
Inform project design development regarding operational and embodied carbon.
Assist senior staff in providing strategic advice to clients to align policies and processes with net zero ambitions.
Develop data analysis for carbon assessment, ensuring traceability and robust calculations.
Write reports and present final results to clients.
Actively participate in the climate change community within Mott MacDonald, focusing on decarbonisation.
Assist junior staff in developing their carbon skills and capabilities.
Support bid submission preparation and opportunity development in collaboration with Account Leaders and carbon specialists across Transport, Water, Built Environment, and Energy sectors.

Requirements

A minimum of 7 years of experience in delivering carbon footprinting, lifecycle assessment (LCA), or carbon management projects across various project types, particularly in the infrastructure sector.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate at all levels internally and across the industry.
Collaborative approach to maximize stakeholder engagement and influence clients and project teams.
Good knowledge of legislation and policy influencing carbon and climate change.
Familiarity with key methodologies and data sources for carbon footprinting and management, such as ISO14064, PAS2060, PAS2080.
Good knowledge of industry initiatives to reduce carbon impact in energy, transportation, construction, and the built environment, with a well-rounded understanding of broader sustainability and climate change issues.
Capacity for flexible delivery, balancing strategic thinking with detailed execution.
Degree/post-graduate qualifications in a relevant discipline.
Excellent communication skills, including report writing and client presentations.
Strong numerical analytical skills, including proficiency with Excel and other tools.
Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize workload effectively.
Self-motivated and enthusiastic, capable of working both independently and as part of a team.
Experience with net zero, carbon in construction, and environmental impact assessment, including working within EIA teams.

Skills

Carbon footprinting
Lifecycle assessment (LCA)
Carbon management
Communication
Interpersonal skills
Stakeholder engagement
Client influence
Legislation and policy knowledge (carbon/climate change)
Carbon footprinting methodologies (ISO14064, PAS2060, PAS2080)
Sustainability
Climate change
Strategic thinking
Report writing
Client presentations
Numerical analysis
Excel proficiency
Time management
Teamwork
Independent work
Net zero
Carbon in construction
Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
Air quality (desirable)
Climate change adaptation and resilience (desirable)
Low-carbon materials/processes/innovations (desirable)
Circular economy (desirable)
LCA tools (OneClick, E-Tool, SimaPro) (desirable)

Location

London
Brighton
Bristol
Cambridge
Cardiff
Glasgow
Leeds
Reading
Sheffield
UK

Work Type

Hybrid working

Experience Level

Senior
7+ years

Education Level

Degree/post-graduate qualifications in a relevant discipline

Benefits

Pension contributions matching between 4.5% and 7%
Life assurance up to 4x basic salary (option to increase to 6x)
Income protection scheme with absence and return to work support
Flexible benefits including increased life assurance, critical illness insurance, payroll saving, and will writing
Annual bonus schemes
Employee ownership model with personal and group performance bonuses
Pathway towards ownership for senior roles
Private medical insurance
Health cash plan
Access to Peppy for menopause support
Comprehensive wellbeing program with family access
Ability to flex salary for a wide range of health benefits, extendable to family
Minimum 33-35 days holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays, dependent on level)
Ability to buy or sell leave
10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers
Holiday entitlement increased to minimum 35 days after 5 years' service
Employee saving schemes and discounts
Enhanced family leave policies (26 weeks paid maternity/adoption, 2 weeks paid paternity/partner)
Shared parental leave matching maternity leave (up to 24 weeks at full pay)
Up to 5 additional days leave for significant caring responsibilities (2 paid)
Support for military families
Primary annual professional institution subscription
Mentoring, formal training, and self-development options for learning and development
Access to Advanced Employee Networks (LGBTQ+, gender, race/ethnicity, disability, parents/carers)
Support through the Armed Forces Network
Opportunities to make a difference within communities through social outcomes

About the Company

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve.
Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do.
With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best.
As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.
Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health, and care sectors.
We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients’ key challenges, combining our world-leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services.
APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting, and education, health and care management.

Equal Opportunity

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.
We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.