Associate LCA Consultant

Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.

Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.

We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.

We are seeking a talented, motivated, and passionate environmental sustainability professionals to join our Sustainability Consulting and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) team as an Associate LCA/Sustainability Consultant, with a with a focus on the Building Materials industry, including core construction materials and interior finishing components.  

What you will do: 

Your work will help our clients achieve more sustainable products and operations by assisting them with product and corporate sustainability measurement and reporting. Through the use of Sphera’s industry-leading GaBi software, you will conduct and support LCA projects that empower our clients to reduce the environmental footprint of their products and make environmentally positive product design decisions; prepare Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) that allow our clients to report with transparency and accuracy; and work with industry-leading companies as a trusted advisor to help them develop strategies and programs to operate more sustainably and decarbonize their operations and supply chains.  

Responsibilities:

• Delivering on multiple concurrent consulting projects addressing Life Cycle Assessment, product sustainability strategy, EPD, and/or corporate sustainability strategy.
• Creating life cycle assessment models of a product or service in our GaBi software,
• Analysis of manufacturing process data and developing life cycle inventories,
• Working with Excel (or other data formats) to manage comprehensive data and data structures
• Performing analysis on energy, water, waste, and emissions
• Preparing and presenting project results in PowerPoint or other formats,
• Writing ISO 14040/44 compliant reports documenting your project work,
• Ensuring your projects adhere to scope, schedule, budget, and quality, and
• Working together with Sphera team members across different specialties and regions.
• Travel will be required as necessary on a project-by-project basis (up to 20% of time, primarily US, Canada, and Europe)

Requirements

• BE /B. Tech in Chemical/Mechanical/Civil/Electrical Engineering and M. Tech/ MBA degree in environmental engineering, science, Energy, Sustainability or related field.
• 0-3 years’ experience and/or functional knowledge in the area of Life Cycle Assessment.
• A positive “can-do” attitude
• Knowledge and passion for sustainability, environmental systems, life cycle thinking, product sustainability, and/or climate change.
• 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.
• Experience in programming (e.g., Python) and data science methodologies for engineering data analysis is a plus
• You must be authorized to work in the United States; we cannot sponsor a visa for this position

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We offer:

• Flexible work environment and a supportive team structure
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• An opportunity to help businesses grow while enhancing environmental sustainability
• Career growth and support
• Positive Work/Life balance
• Training in the use of our market-leading GaBi software, used to model and develop LCAs and EDPs for products and services.
• Our combined software and service solutions provide the 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

Sphera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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