About the Company - We are delighted to be partnered with a leading RNG developer & owner/operator who are looking for an Energy Advisor / Carbon Management Advisor to join their team.
About the Role - The Carbon Management Advisor will conduct due diligence on nature-based carbon projects, design quality monitoring systems, assess renewable energy and low carbon projects, and support ESG reporting and data management.
Responsibilities
- Interpret technical measurements, report findings, manage CI reports, support low-carbon fuel transactions, and develop innovative products and services.
- Responsible for due diligence related to potential investments in nature-based carbon projects, including scientific research, quantitative analytics, and communication about project activities, assumptions, and impact.
- Design, plan, and execute key systems for ongoing quality monitoring and reporting for a diverse portfolio of carbon projects.
- Assess and implement renewable energy and low carbon projects.
- Support in ESG reporting and data management needs.
- Develop and maintain subject-matter expertise in the following clean fuels regulations areas:
- -Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
- California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)
- Oregon Clean Fuels Program (CFP)
- Communicate scientific or technical information to internal and external stakeholders through oral briefings, written documents, visual and verbal presentations, workshops, training sessions, etc.
- Run Life-cycle analysis and carbon intensity modelling.
- Manage and improve upon a system of ongoing monitoring to ensure that credits are delivering the desired impact in terms of carbon emissions reduction and carbon storage.
- Perform market research in keeping with company priorities and requirements.
- Must be comfortable owning end-to-end solutions and working independently, as well as communicating results to stakeholders possessing a range of technical fluency.
- Support and interpret the technical measurement component of RNG output.
- Report CI findings to the team and recommend actions to lower our readings.
- Manage the delivery of CI reports, establish subject matter expert practices to support low carbon fuel financial transactions, as well as have a key role in the development of innovative, accurate, timely, and high-quality products and services, typically working on multiple projects.
- Ensure satisfactory quality and efficiency of carbon intensity monitoring measurements and data and innovate our monitoring processes to improve the data's cost efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness.
- Review projects for various low-carbon fuels and interpret results.
- Develop and maintain CI tools to optimize LCA production and reports internally and/or prepare tools to support partners with project screening efforts.
- Prepare materials and assemble supporting documentation when needed for business partners.
Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as economics, agricultural science, biometrics, or analytics and ideally at least 5 years of work experience in, or adjacent to, the voluntary carbon market, engineering, environmental, policy, or compliance focused.
Required Skills
- Deep understanding of the mechanics of nature-based carbon crediting (methodologies, accounting, reporting)
- Demonstrated knowledge of scientific and ecological processes influenced by carbon project activities
- Demonstrated knowledge of statistical techniques and methods
- Experience designing and implementing ideas as a sole contributor or member of small team
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally
- Clear and direct written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in renewable energy, energy pricing, grid operations, energy management
- Experience with carbon capture and CI modeling skills
- Experience in programming is a plus
- Experience with writing clear concise reports outlining model outputs and market concepts.
