Role Description
We are seeking a talented, motivated and passionate environmental sustainability individual to join our Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) team. The primary function of this role is to conduct and manage projects on a variety of challenging assignments related to environmental Life Cycle Assessment modelling and reporting.
What you will do:
- Help clients create more sustainable products and operate more sustainably
- Assist clients with product and corporate sustainability measurement and reporting
- Prepare Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) using GaBi software
- Prepare Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) based results
- Assist with other sustainability-oriented projects
- Manage multiple concurrent consulting projects addressing Life Cycle Assessment, feasibility studies, Total Cost of Ownership evaluations, as well as product sustainability strategy, and/or corporate sustainability strategy
- Create LCA models of a product or service in GaBi software
- Write ISO 14040/44 conform reports documenting project work
- Work with Excel (or other data formats) to manipulate data and data structures
- Perform analysis on energy, water, waste, air emissions as well as costs
- Prepare and present project results in PowerPoint or other formats
- Ensure projects adhere to scope, schedule, budget, and quality
- Work together with Sphera team members across different specialties and regions
- Develop and maintain solid, lasting relationships with existing clients
Qualifications
- Undergraduate or Master’s degree in engineering, science, or related field
- 5-7 years experience in consulting, ideally with LCA
- Knowledge and passion for sustainability, environmental systems, life cycle thinking, product sustainability, and/or climate change
- Experience managing small to medium team projects
- Strong quantitative or technical background with an excellent aptitude for analytical thinking
- Natural curiosity to investigate issues, conduct research, design solutions and translate results into business practices
- Aptitude for learning new software—ideally will have some basic programming experience
- Good oral and written communication skills; ability to articulate issues, give presentations, and prepare formal written reports
- Self-motivated and organized; able to simultaneously work on multiple assignments and to work both independently as well as on teams
- Proficiency with MS Office, particularly Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word
- Desire to help companies succeed in an environmentally sustainable manner
- German and English-speaking proficiency is required for this position due to client communication
Requirements
- Positive “can-do” attitude
Benefits
- Training in the use of our market-leading GaBi software
- Exciting ability to work at the intersection of technology, business, and sustainability
- A client base that spans all major industries
- An interesting and diverse role in an international context
- Employment in a dynamic and rapidly growing market-leading company
- Competitive benefits package
- An opportunity to help businesses grow while enhancing environmental sustainability
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