Associate LCA Consultant (Chemical)

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 individual to join our Sustainability consulting services team in Italy. The primary function of this role is to deliver on the consulting projects in the area of environmental Life Cycle Assessment modeling and reporting, Environmental Product Declarations, Carbon Management, with particular focus on the metals and mining, agricultural, building & construction, electronics, chemical and Oil & Gas industries.

You will help our clients create more sustainable products and operate more sustainably! The focus of your work will be to assist clients with product and corporate sustainability measurement and reporting. This may take the form of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) based results using our GaBi software, or other environmental sustainability-oriented projects like carbon management, CSR reporting. Activities will also involve project management and interaction with clients.

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.

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.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English and Italian.

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We offer

• Training in the use of our market-leading GaBi software, to model and develop Life Cycle Assessments 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.
• Competitive benefits package.

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

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