Principal Consultant - Carbon Advisory Team

Reading, England, United Kingdom

12/10/2024

Job Description

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world

Wood is currently searching for a talented Principal Consultant to support our Carbon Advisory Team.

The Principal Consultant will assist the group personnel in developing and delivering work scopes, and fill a seller-doer role on an established team.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Wood Consulting’s Carbon Advisory team assisting our energy sector, mining and life sciences clients achieve their climate change ambitions by supporting the key activities to manage climate related risks and opportunities

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.

You will be a passionate individual seeking to effect positive change through creative thinking, independent and proactive leadership, and a collaborative and committed work ethic. We are looking for individuals who have launched their careers, have shown drive and enthusiasm for addressing environmental and climate change challenges with engineering know-how and are now looking to further develop their knowledge and experience in a fast moving and progressive consulting environment

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.

Our Carbon advisory team are driving decarbonisation across the globe. Our experts have a depth of experience providing proven and agile decarbonisation solutions for the energy and materials industries. We are using our expertise to ensure clients meet decarbonisation targets set by investors, governments and key stakeholders.

Our in-house capabilities include ; Emissions baselining and assessment, decarbonisation roadmapping, policy guidance and climate risk assessments.

Through our work we are supporting our clients on their journey to a Net Zero future.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across Energy and Materials sectors
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• 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
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Access to Carbon Advisory training – you can access a library of unique training material developed by experts within our team, take the opportunity to use these and add to them sharing your own expertise
• Energy Transition Academy – join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field
• Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
  
  

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Support and lead proposals to secure new work.
• Lead studies and prepare and review study reports
• Assist clients to map energy and fuel usage and associated carbon equivalent emissions.
• Assist clients to identify and screen reduction opportunities – feedstock, fuels, power sources, process & applicable technologies
• Work with clients to identify and cost the milestones on their road to net-zero
• Develop business relationships with clients and partnerships with in-house consulting teams.
• Project manage and lead multi-disciplinary teams of engineers and other technical staff in the completion of projects.
• Disseminate knowledge and expertise to team members and provide oversight of their project delivery work
• Provide a technical interface and mange relationships with clients
• Accountable for the financial performance of any studies managed
  
  

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Education & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Process Engineering, Engineering Science, or a Sustainable Development-related discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years relevant experience in energy sector
• Ability to lead and work well in teams as well as mentor junior staff
• Demonstrated ability to lead business development and project teams.
• Strong health, safety, and environmental mindset.
• Demonstrated proficiency in international best practices in energy and carbon efficiency.
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience leading large multi-disciplinary teams.
• A confident communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrable high-quality report writing and presentation skills
• Good organisational and project management skills
  
  

Desirable

• Demonstrable background in decarbonisation studies and/or lifecycle analysis
• Has experience in assisting clients to map energy and fuel usage and associated carbon equivalent emissions
• Has experience in assisting clients to identify and screen emissions reduction opportunities
• Chartered to an internationally recognised Professional body (or working towards)
• Good negotiation skills
• Second language