Carbon Specialist

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Carbon Specialist, at our Warrington site.

The role

As a Carbon Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will hold an exciting role supporting the delivery of carbon foot printing over the lifecycle of the PP&E programme and changes to design to reduce carbon. Day-to-day, you’ll carry out the carbon accounting process on projects and input into the lifecycle assessments of our key products and services, assisting sustainability concepts and theories to engineering to deliver improvements on the development designs calculations and technical solutions across the Engineering Product Lifecycle for the customer. Communication of embodied carbon data to stakeholders in a clear manner to help drive project improvements. Helping to develop sustainability and LCA strategies and action across future projects. Assessing the environmental performance of projects against relevant national and international standards. Informing the development of project design taking into account carbon management/reduction and other sustainability metrics. Asset management/planning and engagement with infrastructure clients at senior level.

This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days in the office/onsite and two days working from home, and is based at our Warrington hub.

Essential Experience Of The Carbon Specialist

• Experience in delivering carbon foot printing / LCA across a range of complex project types.
• Demonstrable experience supporting Engineering (particularly mechanical) is highly desirable.
• Interest in sustainability and carbon reduction.
• Project management experience, including budget management, reporting writing and risk assessment.
• Knowledge of key methodologies and data sources associated with LCA and carbon management, (e.g. PAS2080: Carbon Management in infrastructure, Greenhouse Gas Protocol, among others).
• Use of LCA tools e.g. One click LCA / Sima Pro etc.
• Demonstrable experience engaging with various stakeholders, including clients, particularly asset owners.

Qualifications For The Carbon Specialist

• BSc In Science / engineering / environmental topic / procurement subject.
• LCA / carbon management qualifications, such as training in ISO14040 or LCACP.
• MSc in a Science / engineering / environmental / procurement subject.
• Membership to a relevant institution including IEMA.

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance.
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
• Employee share scheme.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish Nuclear employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish Nuclear is a leader within the UK nuclear industry, providing a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.