Sustainability Consultant

Posting Date: 12 Apr 2024

City: Genova

Location:

Genova, IT, 16129 Napoli, IT, 80142

Contract Type: Permanent

Division: Cyber Security and Management Consulting

Level of experience: Intermediate

RINA is currently recruiting for a Sustainability Consultant to join its office in Genova or Napoli within the Cyber Security and Management Consulting Division.

Mission

A Sustainability Consultant focused on providing customers with sustainability and circularity services typically has a client-facing role that involves guiding businesses in adopting more sustainable and circular practices.

Key Accountabilities

1. Customer Engagement:
- Interface directly with clients to understand their sustainability objectives, challenges, and business goals.
- Act as a trusted advisor, building and maintaining strong client relationships.

2. Sustainability and Circularity Assessment:
- Conduct in-depth sustainability and circularity assessments tailored to the specific needs and objectives of each client.
- Identify opportunities for improving environmental, social, and economic impacts within the client's operations.

3. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Modeling:
- Develop and execute Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) models for the client's products or processes.
- Communicate LCA results in a clear and understandable manner to clients, helping them make informed decisions.

4. Preparation of Written Documents:
- Prepare comprehensive technical reports, including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reports, and other relevant documents.
- Ensure that reports are tailored to the client's needs and provide actionable insights.

5. Eco-design:
- Collaborate with clients on eco-design initiatives, integrating sustainability principles into the product design and development process.
- Provide guidance on sustainable material choices and design strategies.

6. Calculations and Data Analysis:
-Conduct complex calculations related to sustainability metrics, such as environmental, economic, and social indicators.
- Assist clients in interpreting data and understanding the implications for their business.

7. Stakeholder Communication:
- Assist clients in communicating their sustainability efforts to stakeholders, including customers, investors, and the public.
- Develop communication materials and strategies to enhance the client's sustainability image.

8. Continuous Improvement:
- Collaborate with clients to identify ongoing opportunities for improvement in sustainability practices.
- Provide guidance on the adoption of new technologies and methodologies to enhance sustainability performance.

9. Project Management:
- Manage sustainability projects, ensuring timely delivery, and meeting client expectations.
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to execute projects effectively.

10. Cross-functional Collaboration:
- Collaborate with the client's cross-functional teams, including R&D, supply chain, and marketing, to integrate sustainability considerations into decision-making processes.

Education

Master’s Degree in Engineering General

Competencies

ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization
CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future

With over 5,600 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a multinational player which provides certification, marine classification, product testing, site supervision and vendor inspection, training and engineering consultancy services across a wide range of sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion. The aim is to guarantee a project’s technical, environmental and safety - and sometimes also economic and financial - sustainability.

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. We are also compliant to the Italian Law n. 68/99.