Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Scientist
Job Title: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Scientist
Location: Colworth, Sharnbrook, UK– hybrid
Unilever is seeking an LCA scientist who has a passion for environmental sustainability to join a team of experts in our Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC). This is an exciting opportunity for anyone wishing to use their scientific expertise to make a significant positive impact, whilst working in a supportive, team-based environment.
JOB PURPOSE
As an LCA scientist in Unilever, you will work with colleagues from across the globe to provide scientific support to our business groups (Nutrition, Ice Cream, Home Care, Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care). You will apply life cycle thinking and related approaches to better understand the environmental impacts and improvement opportunities related to product portfolios, supply chains and innovations.
You will have the opportunity to conduct collaborative research with leading universities, governmental and non-governmental organisations, and industrial groups around the world. Through partnerships, you will be able to help advance life cycle assessment and related approaches. Publication and presentation of research at international conferences will be encouraged, as well as other opportunities for technical advocacy.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Environmental sustainability assessment (e.g. LCA, Sustainable by design) of products, new materials, technologies, and business models. This includes performing LCAs using software (e.g. SimaPro, GaBi, and Brightway), interpreting the results and preparing communications for internal and external audiences.
* Application of computational approaches such as Python, R, MATLAB to enable cutting-edge approaches to be applied in LCA.
* Science development activities e.g. in the areas of spatial and prospective impact assessment including writing reports and publications.
* External engagement with universities, research groups, trade associations and suppliers.
ALL ABOUT YOU
You’ll need to be able to work effectively and with impact in cross-disciplinary teams and in multi-cultural environments and be flexible and willing to adapt within a fast-changing business environment.
We would expect the successful candidate to have:
* A relevant Masters degree or PhD, ideally with several years of industrial/ consulting/ post-doctoral experience using LCA.
* Strong knowledge and experience in LCA modelling, using both software and coding.
* Strong experience in the development and application of Life Cycle Impact Assessment and/or footprinting methodologies and associated standards, protocols, and databases.
* Ability to communicate complex scientific information and rationales on environmental sustainability to individuals from other disciplines or from non-technical backgrounds as well as via publications.
* Ability to employ a strategic and growth mindset. Proven track record of leading/working as part of a team. Willingness to explore and learn new approaches and to support others in doing so.
If you have the following skills, that’s a bonus but not essential:
* Broader sustainability expertise in any of the following areas: bio-based systems, agriculture, green chemistry, circular economy, industrial ecology.
* Experience of employing approaches to assess variability and uncertainty in impact assessments.
* Prospective modelling ideally with a focus on ex-ante LCA and/or wider sustainable consumption scenarios.
* Experience of developing/employing data, methods and tools for spatially resolved impact assessment e.g. GIS, InVEST, Land Change Modelling.
* Experience of using Input/Output (I/O) or hybrid I/O analysis and related methods.
LOCATION
Colworth Science Park is a vibrant scientific ecosystem with around 800 employees (500 from Unilever R&D) based on site from over 30 nationalities, with 88 PhDs, 8 Professors, 50 apprentices. On site there are various facilities including a restaurant, a nursery and a gym. There are many social and recreational activities to take part in such as going for a lunchtime walk or run in the beautiful surrounding countryside.
ABOUT SEAC
We want consumers to be confident that our products are safe for them and their families, and better for the environment. The scientists at Unilever’s Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC) play a key role in ensuring that our products are safe, and our business is environmentally sustainable.
ABOUT UNILEVER
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.
What we offer
Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.
Benefits:
Competitive salary, annual bonus, pension, private healthcare, company share schemes, continuous professional training and development opportunities.
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