Carbon Reduction Consultant

epi Consulting is a leading UK sustainability consultancy. epi has been delivering sustainability, net zero, carbon accounting life cycle assessment (LCA), eco design, supply chain development and circular economy projects to UK and global corporate clients for more than 15 years. The founders have a strong track record in the Telco/ICT, consumer goods and utilities sectors, having successfully grown and sold a strategic consulting business in the 2000s before starting epi to focus on sustainability services. epi’s work with companies and their supply chains is unique amongst sustainability consultancies because of our convergence of sustainability impact and commercial sense. We don’t look at Environmental and Social initiatives in isolation of financial realities. We help companies find the win-win sustainability initiatives that make sense both commercially and ethically.

The wider epi team includes PhD level experts in Life Cycle Assessment, chartered environmental managers, former Big 6 consultants, qualified accountants, MBAs and experienced project managers. Due to rapid growth in our carbon accounting, transition planning and Life Cycles Assessment (LCA) service lines, we are looking for the right candidate who can join us in an exciting growth phase and take a core role in our exciting and interesting portfolio of projects that help our clients to navigate their journey to net zero.

About the role: You will be responsible for delivering carbon reduction expertise and advisory services to our UK, European and US corporate clients – primarily to major Telecoms companies and their suppliers, including many well-known major telco, electronics and tech brands. You will be responsible for:

• Planning, designing, building and presenting Excel models on carbon emissions that deliver sustainability insight at an organisational or product level
• Leading engagement programmes with client organisations and/or their suppliers to identify carbon reduction transition levers and develop carbon reduction plans and initiatives
• Delivering carbon expertise to epi’s projects, based on your knowledge of Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon accounting and Product Carbon Footprinting using Life Cycle Assessment methods
• Developing strategic and project level reports for clients, presenting the outputs of your models and sharing carbon expertise with clients
• Attending online meetings with clients and team members, acting as a carbon subject matter expert or as a core member of a project team
• Supporting business development proposals, such as creating slides featuring example model outputs or supporting development of proposal documents

You will develop deliverables for client projects such as:

• Tier 2 Supplier Engagement – engage with the semiconductor manufacturing supply chain to understand their plans and expectations for decarbonisation of chip production, and factor this into a sectoral view of expected decarbonisation pathway of network electronics
• Circularity Carbon Savings Calculator – develop an Excel calculator that allows a company to see how much carbon they will save by sourcing reused and refurbished goods, aligned with Greenhouse Gas Protocol standards and guidance
• Develop Product Carbon Hot Spots – analyse epi’s library of Product Carbon Footprints to distil the key hot spots for different categories of common product types, developing associated charts and a report
• Quantifying Circular Propositions – develop a model that quantifies the e-waste reduction and carbon savings of new smartphone propositions for a major European telco, alongside the impact on revenue of the shift from current sales mix to the new propositions.

Candidate requirements: The ideal candidate will have:

• 3+ years of business experience in an area such as consulting, business strategy/insight, data analysis, life cycle assessment (LCA), environmental management or sustainability
• Experience in (or strong desire to learn and master) carbon footprinting, Scope 1/2/3 carbon accounting in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG), Product Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) using tools such as SimaPro and Sphera Gabi
• Awareness of climate change and environmental topics such as TPT Transition Planning, TCFD Climate Risk Assessment beneficial but not required
• Natural attention to detail, precision and conscientious way of working
• Significant experience working in a start-up, top consulting firm, or other fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Ability to build and maintain multiple client relationships and professionally coordinate engagement with multiple external parties in a sensitive but assertive manner
• Experience in Telecoms, ICT, manufacturing, civil engineering/construction or the electronics sector is beneficial
• Comfortable working independently as a self-starter in a remote role, with minimal oversight

This role might not be for you if…

• You prefer a high amount of contact time with your colleagues. We are a geographically dispersed team with great culture and strong relationships, but we work remotely and only occasionally get together face-to-face
• You enjoy staying within your area of expertise. We’re a client-led firm on a growth journey and demands can change quickly, which means fast learners will thrive
• You prefer a slower pace. While net zero has a long time-horizon, the problem requires immediate action and our clients have demanding targets in place that they need our help with. We work methodically but quickly

Location: Remote Type: Full-Time, Permanent This is a hybrid role based from your home office, requiring occasional (infrequent) epi office visits within the Midlands / M25 corridor. The majority of our client work is remote (via MS Teams) so visits to client offices are infrequent. Remuneration is negotiable for the right candidate. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales Industries Business Consulting and Services