LCA Analyst

Summary

Join our team as an experienced life cycle assessment (LCA) professional, focusing on electronics, textile/fashion, or agricultural supply chains. You will collaborate with major organizations, translating operational and supply chain data into detailed LCA models. These models will help assess sustainability risks, report on corporate goals, and identify initiatives to reduce environmental impacts. This highly collaborative role involves working with finance, data science, and software teams. A Master's or PhD in a relevant field is preferred, but a Bachelor's degree with significant experience will be considered. Proven experience in LCA methodologies, data analysis, and model development is essential.

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in industrial ecology or a similar engineering or other sustainability-related degree with a heavy focus on life cycle assessment methods
• Bachelor's degree with at least five (5) years of experience in LCA
• Educated and experienced in the computational elements of life cycle assessment such as: Co-product allocation rules
• Data normalization
• Underlying matrix computations used to derive inventory and impact results
• Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses
• Proven experience building life cycle inventories, including: Data collection methods (e.g., survey design and deployment)
• Model development, with focus on process-based
• Experience completing LCAs compliant with ISO 14040 and 14044 and ILCD International Life Cycle Data system publications
• Expertise in life cycle impact assessment methods, with emphasis on spatially explicit models
• Content-specific knowledge/experience with electronics, textile/fashion or agricultural LCAs
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities
• Entrepreneurial mindset, eager to learn new fields and grow with the company

Responsibilities

• Work with some of the largest organizations in the world to translate operational and supply chain data into detailed LCA models
• Help these organizations assess sustainability-related risks
• Report on corporate goals
• Identify promising initiatives to reduce environmental impacts

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management training/experience
• Experience with hybrid LCA models
• Life cycle inventory database development/curation/maintenance
• Experience with GIS and spatial analytics
• Programming experience, especially with R, Python and SQL
• Experience with data visualization platforms (e.g., PowerBI)