Consultant - Sustainability

Job ID:40069
 

What we're looking for

The consultant who will coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams, provide subject matter expertise, and develop sustainability strategies to achieve sustainable outcomes for clients across the maritime and associated industries. This role supports global clients in addressing challenges related to ESG and climate disclosures, environmental regulations, and sustainable design.

What We Offer

• Full-time permanent role with professional and personal development opportunities.

• The chance to work for a values-driven organization with a focus on sustainability and operational excellence.
• A global impact, with opportunities to engage in meaningful projects across the Ocean economy.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to develop integrated sustainability strategies and business solutions.

• Develop sustainability KPIs, management plans, and strategies for planning and design projects, ensuring implementation throughout project lifecycles.
• Formulate sustainability policies, standards, and guidelines for key clients at the organizational and portfolio levels.
• Deliver sustainability/ESG programs through materiality assessments, benchmarking, gap analysis, stakeholder engagement, and KPI identification.
• Lead high standards of sustainability performance across engineering and operational projects, influencing project design for optimal sustainability outcomes.
• Manage technical and commercial aspects of bid development and service delivery by leveraging LR's global expertise.
• Support operations transformations, operating model design, process optimization, and techno-commercial due diligence.
• Conduct carbon accounting, GHG emissions assessments, and create Net Zero carbon roadmaps for portfolios.
• Ensure compliance with sustainability frameworks (GRI, SASB, TCFD, GRESB, ISSB) and advise on regulatory impacts.
• Prepare sustainability reports in accordance with regulatory requirements and international best practices.
• Develop business opportunities through proposal writing, opportunity identification, and thought leadership.
• Gather data, conduct research, and provide well-written technical reports to clients.
• Assess value propositions, deliver presentations, and recommend solutions to clients.
• Ensure health and safety compliance, reporting safety incidents, and working in accordance with risk assessments.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with a Master’s in Management or Sustainability.

• 3+ years of experience in business, strategy, or sustainability consulting, preferably within maritime or associated sectors (e.g., shipping, ports, offshore).
• Technical skills in carbon/GHG accounting, ESG reporting, Net Zero strategy development, and climate risk management.
• Knowledge of sustainability policies, regulatory frameworks, and decarbonization strategies.
• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills in complex, multi-disciplinary environments.
• Proficiency in report writing, financial modeling, and analytical tools for operational and embodied carbon.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Business development experience with a focus on sustainability solutions.
• Highly motivated, flexible, and able to work independently or within a team across different locations.
• Strong commitment to personal development and continuous learning.
• Proficiency in English, with excellent verbal and written skills.

You are someone who:

• Is keen to take accountability and ownership for delivering customer needs

• Is able to self-manage and prioritize tasks towards achieving goals

• Is effective at solving problems, trouble-shooting and making timely decisions

• Is flexible and eager to take initiatives

• Communicates in a structured way and has ability to present technical ideas in user-friendly language

• Displays a team spirit, particularly in a multicultural environment

• Responds positively to learning opportunities and is comfortable stepping out of own comfort zone

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About us 

We are a leading international technical professional service provider and a leader in classification, compliance, and consultancy services to the marine and offshore industry, a trusted advisor to our customers helping to design, construct and operate their assets to the highest levels of safety and performance. We are shaping the industry’s future through the development of novel and innovative technology for the next generation of assets, while continuing to deliver solutions for our customers every day.

Be a part of 

Lloyd’s Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world through promoting safety and education. For a thriving ocean economy, Lloyd’s Register colleagues and Lloyd’s Register Foundation work together to fund research, foster industry collaboration and develop action-oriented solutions to make the world a safer place. 

Want to apply. 

Here at Lloyd’s Register, we care, we share and we do the right thing in every situation. It’s ingrained in our culture and everything we do. We are committed, and continually strive, to lead with our values that empower and enable an inclusive environment conducive to your growth, development and engagement. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you have experienced, how you identify, how old you are, where you are from, what your beliefs are or how your brain or body works – the diversity of our colleagues is fundamental to our futures and the changes we can make together. Our inclusive culture allows us to connect together authentically and to be courageous and bold. We don’t just talk about our differences, we celebrate them! 

We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you. 

 If you don't tick every box in these ads, please don't rule yourself out. We focus on hiring people who share our goal of working together for a safer, sustainable, thriving ocean economy. 

We care, we share, we do the right thing.

If you have further questions about this role, please contact us at careers@lr.org and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

Diversity and Inclusion at Lloyd's Register:

Together we are one Lloyd’s Register, committed to developing an inclusive and safe workplace that embraces and celebrates diversity. We strive to ensure that all applicants to LR experience equality of opportunity and fair treatment, because we believe it is the right thing to do. We hope you do too.

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• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
• communicating and promoting vacancies offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people.

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