MEDIOR SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT

Ecomatters is looking for a new colleague that wants to work in the field of data-driven sustainability as a Medior Sustainability Consultant LCA! Working at Ecomatters will enable you to deploy your relevant experience in the field of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and provide plenty of opportunities to test your knowledge and skills by working for a wide range of exciting multinational corporate clients and cutting-edge start-ups.

Do you fit this profile?

You are:

An experienced LCA expert with a strong knowledge of LCA processes and frameworks
Ambitious, capable of thinking with a commercial mindset and quantitatively driven
Comfortable working in a dynamic environment
Self-sufficient, proactive, and able to perform different roles within a team
Fluent in English & enough knowledge of Dutch to feel comfortable in a Dutch environment

You have:

> 4 years of working experience in the field of LCA with a relevant MSc or PhD degree
Relevant experience in performing sustainability assessments and project management
Strong knowledge of MS office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
Relevant experience with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) consultancy and LCA-software (SIMAPRO, LCA for Experts (formerly Gabi), etc)

The following items are considered an advantage:

Having a network within the sustainability or life cycle management (LCM) field
Experience consultancy and/or managing colleagues
Experience with the PEF and PEFCR, LCA, and EPD reviews
An established connection with the Netherlands (through life, work, study, etc.)

There is a broad range of activities you will work on, for example:

Performing quantitative sustainability assessment (LCA, EPDs and/or Excel modelling)
Perform LCA reviews
Account management for specific clients
Ensure the quality of the work you deliver
Support our business development and meetings with potential clients
Representing Ecomatters at conferences and sustainability events

Working for Ecomatters will give you freedom to showcase and hone your skills and expertise as an LCA consultant. In addition, we provide an exciting work environment in the beautiful canal city Utrecht. The remuneration is in line with market practice. The position is immediately available, but the exact starting date is open for discussion. Since we are a dynamic company, you will get individual career opportunities and possibilities to broaden your horizon. Additional details can be found on the following pages.

The application process

The 1st round of interviews is scheduled for Wednesday 28th and Friday 30th of October. Successful candidates will be invited to the 2nd round of interviews, which will be held in the week of 2-6 November. Afterwards, our preferred candidate will be sent a formal offer during the week of November 9th.

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV and motivation letter before Monday 26th of October via the 'Apply now' button below.

About Ecomatters

Ecomatters is a sustainability consultancy that works closely with our clients to help answer their sustainability questions. We use our passion for sustainability to help our clients make informed decisions, improve the value of their business, and enable clear and effective communication around sustainability. In addition to working with clients, we also push ourselves to have our own impact on the future by initiating our own projects on, for example, circular economy and carbon neutrality. If you want to gain a deeper understanding of what we do, please take a look at our case studies. Ecomatters forms a group with ARCHE consulting from Belgium. Together we are a team of about 45 people. In addition to our Utrecht office, we also have offices in Ghent and Leuven.

What to expect from working at Ecomatters

As a medior Sustainability Consultant LCA you will work on a range of LCA projects across the industries we serve. Utilising your expertise you provide relevant data-driven insights and highlight opportunities for impact reduction to our clients. Your understanding of LCA standards guides your decision making on study design, execution, and engagement with both clients and external reviewers. In the same vein you could be involved as a reviewer of studies yourself.

You help our clients to support their needs around LCA and other quantitative sustainability support. In doing so you take on key account management for one or more of our clients in this space. As the account manager you will be responsible for understanding the clients’ needs and translating those needs into clear workstreams for you and your colleagues.

Beyond the previously mentioned aspects you will also engage in our business development activities, offer development, and client onboarding. As part of these activities, you will support the design new value propositions and explore how our LCA offering can work in new sectors.

Sustainability and impact

As a quantitative sustainability consultancy, we work to create impact through:

Working on real-life environmental challenges in a broad range of (industrial) sectors
Offering data-driven (decision support) advice to clients across industry, government, and research institutes
Implementation of very important sustainability concepts that shape the future of our planet
Taking care to reduce our own emissions when feasible

Team and services

Our team uses quantitative analysis tools and systems thinking to identify business risks and opportunities. Additionally, our team develops calculation tools and provides general sustainability consulting services. We also prepare regulatory and compliance documentation such as emissions reporting, product claims and labels, and European chemical safety regulations.

Ecomatters culture

Some highlights about our culture:

Great work-life balance
We take responsibility and deliver on our promises
Pragmatic without compromising integrity
Professional on delivery, but informal in style
A non-hierarchical organisation with an emphasis on shared responsibility
An international, balanced and experience but youthful team
Focus on everyone’s unique skills and strengths
Streamlined processes and only essential administration

Benefits and perks

We offer the following benefits:

Remuneration is market competitive
25 vacation days per year in addition to the statutory holidays
Individual learning & development budget for achieving your personal development objectives
A yearly flexible budget (for 5 additional vacation days, learning & development or extra salary)
Organised pension arrangement and excellent pension contribution
Hybrid working and flexibility to accommodate family life
Monthly team activities and a yearly retreat

Office location

We have our own floor at the top of the HNK Utrecht West building located in the centre of Utrecht which is:

Next to public transport infrastructure
10 minutes walking from Utrecht central station
Has parking and offers easy access to A2 highway
Giving our employees access to a range of other HNK-locations across the Netherlands