Project Consultant, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change

About the position

WSP USA is looking for talented individuals to join our team as a Project Consultant to support the company's growing Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change team. This position could work out of WSP's offices in Arlington, VA; Bethlehem, PA; Boulder, CO; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Portland, OR; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; or Seattle, WA. Other WSP office locations or remote options may be considered for an exceptional candidate. The individual will support a client-facing team in the design, implementation, and management of sustainability and resilience programs for a variety of clients, including Global 100 corporations. 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 sustainability and climate resilience, self-motivated and self-directed, collaborative, and able to produce high-quality work products.

Responsibilities

• Develop entity-wide sustainability data inventories and/or life cycle assessments for energy, GHG, water, waste, and other resources
• Conduct verifications of entity-wide inventories for energy, GHG, water, waste, and other resources
• Develop and maintain data management systems and business intelligence tools
• Design sustainability or climate risk management performance targets with accompanying strategies and achievement plans
• Identify and evaluate tactics and measures for achieving energy, GHG, and other resource reductions
• Analyze energy efficiency measures and renewable energy procurement options
• Conduct climate- and water-related risk and opportunity assessments
• Research sustainability programs and initiatives
• Produce sustainability reports, disclosures, and other communications
• Support business development activities with existing and prospective clients

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience focused on sustainability, energy, climate change, or related environmental issues as a consultant, from within a corporation, or in another relevant context
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, energy, sustainability, or environmental discipline required
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, maturity, credibility, confidence, and integrity: ready to learn and work on a team
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas crisply and compellingly through Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to design, conduct and present quantitative analysis, using tools that may include Microsoft Excel, Access, and Power BI
• Ability to work independently, multitask, and manage time efficiently
• Ability to collaborate remotely across geographies and platforms

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in engineering, energy, sustainability, or environmental discipline
• Demonstrated familiarity with sustainability issues and frameworks such as supply chain management, circularity, LCA, CDP, GRI, TCFD, and/or the GHG Protocol

Benefits

• Coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
• Retirement savings
• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation (or other personal time)
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings