Senior Consultant, Product Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment

Who We Are

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We’re looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity are part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming, and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

This Opportunity
WSP is looking for talented individuals to join our team as a Senior Consultant to support the company’s growing Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change division. This position could work out of WSP’s offices in one of these locations: Portland, OR; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Greensboro, NC; Bethlehem, PA; San Francisco, CA; San Diego, CA; Arlington, VA; Boulder, CO. Other WSP office locations can be arranged for an exceptional candidate. The individual will be involved in projects with our Climate, Resilience and Sustainability Team and be part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. 

The individual will lead client-facing teams in the design, management, and reporting of product and organizational sustainability programs, focusing on Life Cycle Assessments (LCA). The ideal candidate will have the flexibility and capacity to work on a wide variety of projects and the demonstrated ability to work well with cross-functional teams. Candidates should be passionate about LCA, sustainability, and climate resilience, self-motivated and self-directed, collaborative, and able to produce high-quality work products. 

Your Impact

• Lead delivery with LCA projects from start to finish, including:
  • Researching and collecting life cycle inventory data, performing quality assurance, developing new datasets to fill data gaps
  • Performing modeling in software platforms such as LCA For Experts (formerly GaBi), SimaPro, and openLCA 
  • Developing product life cycle assessments to calculate impacts such as GHG emission, energy use, water use, consumption and scarcity, waste, and other impacts.
  • Producing reports (screening-level and ISO-conformant, comparative and non-comparative) and presentations based on the results of LCAs
  • 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
• Research opportunities to reduce environmental impacts in the life cycle of a product or service
• Produce sustainability reports, disclosures, and other communications
• Develop and maintain data management systems and business intelligence tools
• Support business development activities with existing and prospective clients
• 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
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs

Who You Are
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, energy, sustainability, or environmental discipline required.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in LCA, sustainability, energy, climate, and/or environmental management consulting 
• Experience with developing ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 conformant LCA reports
• Familiarity with the product design process, manufacturing, supply chain management, circular economy principles and methods of reducing waste
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, maturity, credibility, confidence, and integrity
• Strong oral and written communications skills, and use of Microsoft Office programs including Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to develop and present analyses using programs such as Microsoft Excel, Access, and Power BI.
• Ability to work independently, iteratively prioritize tasks, and manage time efficiently
• Ability to collaborate remotely across geographies and platforms
• Proven record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in engineering, energy, sus