Senior Consultant–Electronics Life Cycle Assessment

Description

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures
• Developing product life cycle assessments to calculate impacts such as GHG emission, energy use, water use, consumption and scarcity, waste, and other impacts.
• Researching and collecting life cycle inventory data, performing quality assurance, developing new datasets to fill data gaps
• Lead delivery with electronics LCA projects from start to finish, including:
• Produce sustainability reports, disclosures, and other communications
• Producing Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), eco passports/profiles and LCA background reports per relevant Product Category Rules (PCRs) and the EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology
• Producing reports (screening-level and ISO-conformant, comparative and non-comparative) and presentations based on the results of LCAs
• Develop and maintain data management systems and business intelligence tools
• Support business development activities with existing and prospective clients
• Performing modeling in software platforms such as LCA For Experts (formerly GaBi), SimaPro, GREET and openLCA
• Research opportunities to reduce environmental impacts in the life cycle of a product or service

Requirements

• Ability to collaborate remotely across geographies and platforms
• Ability to develop and present analyses using programs such as Microsoft Excel, Access, and Power BI.
• Experience with EPDs and PEF methodology
• Experience using LCA software and methodologies (e.g., LCA for Experts, formerly GaBi, SimaPro, openLCA, GREET)
• Experience with other sector areas such as food and beverage, agriculture, apparel/textiles, construction products
• Familiarity with emerging circularity standards and the application of such standards to LCA
• Ability to work independently, iteratively prioritize tasks, and manage time efficiently
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, maturity, credibility, confidence, and integrity
• Familiarity with water foot printing, water stress and scarcity methodologies such as AWARE
• Familiarity with the product design process, manufacturing, supply chain management, circular economy principles and methods of reducing waste
• Master’s degree in engineering, energy, sustainability, or environmental discipline
• Strong oral and written communications skills, and use of Microsoft Office programs including Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, energy, sustainability, or environmental discipline required.
• Experience with ISO standards relevant to LCA, such as 14040, 14044, 14025, 14046, 14064, and 14067
• Experience with developing ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 conformant LCA reports
• Proven record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in product sustainability and LCA consulting in the electronics and technology business sectors

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance