Due to the rapid and exciting growth of our internal environmental consultancy services, we are looking for a Senior Carbon Specialist to join our Environmental team. In this role, you will lead on the delivery of carbon services for a range of exciting projects across the UK in the road, rail, water and property sectors.

Kier is committed to creating a workplace where everyone is empowered to achieve their career goals. Our people are at the heart of our business, using their skills and creativity to provide solutions and services to our clients and customers. We are only able to deliver our business goals because of the commitment and talent of our people working together to a common purpose. 

Location: Nationwide – fully remote working

Contract: Permanent Fulltime with some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary: £38,000 - £43,000 per year + £5.9k annual car allowance + private healthcare benefits

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Carbon Specialist, you will act as a focal point for technical advice, leading on carbon assessments, decarbonization strategies, and net zero goals.

Your day to day will include:

• Support the delivery of carbon consultancy services across a range of sectors including road, rail, water and property
• Help to grow and develop carbon and climate resilience capability within the business
• Support the business in maintaining PAS2080 accreditation and achieving our SBTs
• Conduct detailed carbon assessments for buildings and infrastructure such as Whole Life Carbon Assessments (WLCA) and develop carbon management plans
• Lead and facilitate stakeholder engagement sessions and workshops to promote carbon reduction throughout all project phases

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Carbon Specialist is great if you have:

• Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience
• Practitioner member of IEMA (or equivalent) and working towards full membership
• Strong working knowledge of WLCA and carbon accounting utilising software such as One Click LCA (or similar)
• Demonstrable experience developing carbon management strategies on a range of projects
• Full UK driving licence

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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