Carbon Specialist

Job Title: Carbon Specialist

Location: Warrington or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF63553

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 or Bristol sites.

The role

As a Carbon Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a nuclear programme with opportunity to influence LCA landscape at Cavendish at business levels.

Day-to-day, you’ll work with the team to embed and refine the carbon management process that is to be developed onto the PP&E projects. This will involve engagement with the Engineering teams to understand the scope and propose carbon reduction methods, amongst also working with design and assurance teams to align schedules and delivery information.

• Helping to develop sustainability and LCA strategies and action across current projects – creating an exemplar process for future cavendish projects.
• Work with supply chain to gather EPDs / other environmental case data needed for design and assurance teams LCA.
• Assess initial excel baselines on glovebox carbon assessment and suggest appropriate methods to improve process (use of tool) and work with supply chain to improve data quality
• Work with design and assurance teams to align schedules and delivery of information
• Support in communicating carbon opportunities register to client
• Working with wider Programme partnership counterparts on carbon related engagement and upskilling
• Opportunity to support bids with consideration to carbon management solutions
  
  

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.

This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangement, and can be based at either our Warrington or Bristol hubs.

Essential Experience Of The Carbon Specialist

• Experience in delivering carbon foot printing / LCA across a range of complex project types.
• Background in sustainability and carbon reduction Project management, including budget management, reporting writing and risk assessment is highly desirable
• 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

• Holds a degree in engineering or demonstrable experience relating to mechanical engineering is essential
• BSc In Science / engineering / environmental topic / procurement subject is advantageous
• LCA / carbon management qualifications, such as training in ISO14040 or LCACP
• Membership to a relevant institution including IEMA is desirable
  
  

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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘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

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides 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 [email protected] 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.

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