Senior Engineer

Salary: £66,000 – £84,000 per year

Our client is an international, innovative developer, owner operator and service provider of hyperscale data centres. Their mission is to meet growing businesses’ data centre capacity and technical real estate needs faster, more elegantly and with better performance outcomes than anyone else. As an organisation, they self-fund, design, deliver and operate hyperscale data centre facilities globally. They are a great company to work for offering excellent career progression and job satisfaction and they are currently looking for a Senior Engineer, Global Carbon Accounting Lead

Senior Engineer, Global Carbon Accounting Lead role

The company has a strong and detailed Sustainability strategy that targets carbon net zero alongside broader sustainability objectives. They are now looking to expand the team and include a senior role managing the group’s carbon Life Cycle Analysis approach and delivery. The aim of this role is to own the end to end carbon Life cycle within the organisation, carbon accounting principles and standards, carbon database, project based carbon accounts, single out key embodied carbon contributors and build a view of sustainable options to facilitate decision making. This role will support all the employees and partners in all their interactions with carbon accounting.

The aim of the position is to build an auditable approach and methodology for Carbon Life Cycle Analysis that can be scrutinised by third parties and deliver change. They have set ambitious targets for embodied carbon reduction and this role will be pivotal in taking the business through the journey of delivering a carbon net neutral data centre.

Senior Engineer, Global Carbon Accounting Lead main responsibilities

1. Create and maintain a clear vision for the target state Life Cycle Analysis process and tooling globally.

2. Deep understanding of embodied carbon accounting techniques across supply chains

3. Provide subject matter expertise to identify and target the top embodied carbon sources for reduction

4. Establish baselines and embed carbon reduction targets into project design specifications, and take responsibility to achieve company defined carbon reduction targets from design-out methods.

5. Set embodied carbon project and corporate targets, monitor progress against targets

6. Challenge conventional design options to focus on achieving a reduction in embodied carbon to achieve defined project carbon reduction targets and carbon offsetting cost savings.

7. Work with design teams, suppliers and construction partners to challenge project designs towards low carbon designs, construction methods and choice of materials and equipment.

8. Be a single point of contact for the executive, senior management and the group for Life Cycle Analysis.

9. Strong communication skills to participate in senior management meetings to discuss carbon accounting

10. Strong influencing skills with ability to negotiate, collaborate and influence at all levels.

11. A strong people manager and leader.

Senior Engineer, Global Carbon Accounting Lead qualifications and experience

* Strong technical understanding of embodied carbon quantitative analysis techniques in relation to carbon emissions, ideally with a construction quantitative surveyor background.

* Experience of analysing supply chain emissions using data inputs, internal systems and emissions data

* Offer expert advice on emissions data and carbon accounting

* Expert at building Life Cycle Analysis processes and delivery, Establish a minimum requirement for EN 15978:2011 module inclusion (i.e. A1-A5, B4, C1-

* C4 etc.) that will be applied across all projects.

* Strong knowledge of current LEED certification, ISO 14025 and ISO 14040 standards.

* Expert knowledge of Life Cycle Analysis as defined under ISO 14040.

* Professional qualifications in carbon accounting from an IEMA certified course and/or GHG accounting certification

* Experience working in an international environment.

* Ability to manage internal relationships and ensure quality of delivery

Senior Engineer, Global Carbon Accounting Lead company package:

The role offers excellent renumeration and benefits package as well as excellent career opportunities.

All interested parties, regardless of nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender, are welcome to apply and will be considered equally. Diversity is one of the company’s core values, and they want to enhance the diversity of their workforce to reflect the world we live in.

If you would like to apply for this role, please send an up to date copy of your CV to Kate Evans as soon as possible quoting reference GP208