- Senior
- Optionales Büro in Chennai
Responsibilities
As a senior member of the team, your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting business winning and leading proposals to secure new work
- Managing small teams of engineers or other technical staff on studies, setting clear technical direction and ensuring timely issue of deliverables
- Raising awareness of the business environment, market and on-going innovation in technology and research in climate-related subjects and issues
- Developing tools and methods to improve the efficiency and quality of work performed by the team
- Liaising with and supporting the Business Manager in tracking study/ project activities
- Completing work to a high standard and with little to no supervision, using Wood and Client methods, standards, and data in line with requirements
- Disseminating knowledge and expertise to team members and providing oversight and technical direction for their study / project work
- Developing business relationships with clients and partnerships with in-house consulting teams
- Representing the Carbon Advisory team in technical presentations to external and internal customers
- Providing a technical interface and managing relationships with clients. Proactively identifying most internal and external customer needs or issues
Qualifications
Education & Skills:
- Bachelor Degree (or higher) in Environmental Engineering, Sustainability, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline.
- Approximately 5 to 10 years’ experience in environmental or sustainability consulting in the energy sector with proven ability to lead projects and business development.
- Strong background in GHG accounting (e.g., ISO 14064, GHG Protocol, SBTi).
- Familiarity with corporate ESG frameworks and certification standards.
- Knowledge of product sustainability / low carbon standards
- Experience in climate risk assessment and resilience planning.
- Ability to integrate technical findings with policy and market insights.
- Knowledge of industrial decarbonisation technologies and their application in real-world projects.
- Ability to translate technical findings into actionable strategies for clients.
- An understanding of the international policy and economic frameworks driving climate change and sustainability agendas
- Strong analytical skills and can systematically break a complex task into more manageable parts and identify the critical components of a problem
- A confident communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills, proficient/ fluent in English
- Demonstrable high-quality report writing and presentation skills
- Good organisational and project management skills
- Keen to learn and to share learning with others
Desirable:
- Experience with circular economy assessments and material flow analysis.
- Experience in life cycle assessment methodologies.
- Knowledge of emerging sustainability regulations and disclosure standards (e.g., ISSB, EU CSRD).
- Familiarity with environmental and social impact assessment processes.
- Ability to deliver market intelligence reports on low-carbon technologies and supply chains.
- Competence in LCA software tools (e.g., GaBi, SimaPro).
- Demonstrable background in engineering decarbonisation studies and/or life cycle assessments
- Good negotiation skills
- Experience of business winning and seeking business opportunities
- Developing Corporate Sustainability Report.
Company
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
