Carbon Lead

**Your Impact**:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

**About the opportunity**:
Jacobs Nuclear is the Design and Engineering partner for Sellafield under the PPP (Programme and Project Partners). This is a 20-year arrangement to deliver ~£7bn of major projects. We are looking to recruit high value expertise from across regulated and comparable sectors to work in a collaborative environment. PPP is delivering major projects, site wide improvements and provision of supporting services.

Jacobs Nuclear provides the front end design and engineering capability across the PPP portfolio. Being part of the PPP Team offers a unique opportunity to drive change and innovation in engineering, safety and delivery solutions in one of the most complex industrial sites in the UK if not the world. We are looking for people who are passionate about developing themselves and in meeting new challenges.

We are looking for a Carbon Lead to join our team in Birchwood Park, Warrington.

**Role Profile**:

- Preparing and maintaining the Project’s Net Zero Plan
- Agree a Carbon Baseline using PAS 2080 carbon assessment methodology
- Agree a carbon reduction target, KPIs and monitoring plan with the Carbon Sponsor and Programme Sustainability Lead
- Engage with designers, commercial teams and key stakeholders
- Implement reporting programme to the Project and PPP SLT Executive Board and programme leadership with the SL Carbon Lead
- Raise challenges to the SL technical standard on opportunity restrictions
- Collate and report data on carbon emissions and opportunities for reductions as design and construction progress
- Select appropriate tools, technical standards and methodologies.
- Manage low-carbon workstreams with partner-organisations in the value chain
- Implement continual improvement through training delivery, review processes and engagement across the value chain

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- Relevant degree/ certification
- Knowledge of PAS2080
- Familiarity with RICS whole life carbon methodology
- Good understanding of design and construction management processes

**Our Culture**

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