Senior Whole Life Carbon & Data Advisor

Senior Whole Life Carbon & Data Advisor
Location: Flexible (Oxford, Milton Keynes, St Neots, Birmingham, Port Talbot, Watford, Woking or nearby) - occasional travel to project sites required. 

We are seeking a Senior Whole Life Carbon & Data Advisor to join our Carbon Solutions team within the Sustainability function. This is a dual role, split between project delivery and the development of our carbon data systems, with flexibility for part-time applicants interested in either focus area.

You will play a key role in reducing embodied and operational carbon across our projects, working with multidisciplinary teams and influencing both project outcomes and wider business practices.

This is primarily an office-based role with occasional travel to project sites and our head office in Dartford.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery

• Act as the carbon lead across assigned projects, ensuring compliance with client, legal, and business requirements.
• Support whole life carbon assessments in line with RICS WLCA and tools such as One Click LCA.
• Provide expertise in carbon management aligned with PAS 2080, identifying hotspots and reduction opportunities.
• Support project teams with carbon reporting, target setting, and delivery.
• Contribute to training, case studies, and work-winning materials.

Carbon Data Systems

• Support the development of carbon measurement and reporting tools and systems.
• Establish efficient workflows for data collection, validation, and reporting.
• Analyse carbon data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Maintain awareness of relevant software and support data development across factory and product teams (e.g. EPDs, TM65).

About You

Essential

• Passion for sustainability, carbon reduction, and climate resilience.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• High level of digital and numerical literacy, with the ability to analyse complex data.

Desirable

• Experience working within design and/or construction teams (typically 5+ years).
• Knowledge of carbon measurement and management principles, or willingness to develop in this area.
• Relevant degree (Engineering, Environmental, Architecture, or similar) or equivalent experience.

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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