Job Description

Overview
Role: Sustainability Analyst Consultant
Location: London, Manchester, Glasgow - Hybrid
Role ID: 2025-2985
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world
Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.
The role
We are looking for a Graduate Sustainability Consultant (suitable for new graduates, Masters or PhD holders, those at the start of their career looking to change to a purpose-driven role or returning from a break) to join our Energy Infrastructure Transition team. This role will provide a stepping stone into your sustainability and consultancy career in an exciting and rapidly evolving sector.
Our team comprises experts in sustainability consultancy, working across areas such as net zero, ESG, circular economy, LCA, waste and resource management, heat decarbonisation, power and clean fuels. We support clients from strategy through to implementation, helping them develop innovative, practical solutions that reduce environmental impacts and support the transition to a more sustainable future.
Key responsibilities
From day one, you will be part of a team supporting senior consultants in delivering sustainability projects to our clients. Successful applicants will have strong analytical, research and communication skills, along with a proactive and organised approach and a commitment to producing high-quality work. Over time, you will be expected to develop your understanding of the sustainability landscape, including technical, policy, commercial and regulatory aspects.
You will contribute to the research and analysis that underpins our consultancy work. You will manage your time across several projects, supporting delivery at all stages, from reviewing data and literature to contributing to the development of models, tools or frameworks and preparing written outputs such as reports and presentations. You will be responsible for the quality and timeliness of your own tasks and will work closely with other consultants to ensure your contributions are integrated into broader project outputs.
Examples of the types of projects you may be involved in include:

• Supporting organisations to develop and implement net zero strategies.
• Conducting LCAs to help clients understand the environmental impacts of their products.
• Carrying out research and analysis to support local authorities with waste and resource management planning.
• Carrying out research and analysis to inform national and local circular economy policy development
• Supporting clients to develop ESG strategies and reporting frameworks.
• Contributing to the development of heat decarbonisation plans for buildings and industrial sites.

Essential skills and knowledge

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in environmental science, sustainability, geography, environmental engineering, natural sciences, economics or another related discipline.
• Genuine interest in sustainability and a broad understanding of topics such as net zero, circular economy, waste and resource management, ESG and heat decarbonisation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and basic modelling.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely.
• Ability to break down complex research questions, think creatively and solve novel problems.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and manage multiple tasks to meet deadlines.

Desirable skills and knowledge

• Previous internship, academic or project experience related to sustainability or consultancy.
• Some experience using sustainability tools and methodologies (e.g. LCA, carbon footprinting, waste modelling).

Working here
You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.
We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.
Work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.
Benefits
We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.
Next steps
Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.
Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.
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