Principal Consultant - Life Cycle Assessment

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Lead the Charge Toward a Sustainable Future

Are you passionate about driving real environmental impact through science and strategy? At BRE, we’re looking for an experienced and visionary Principal Consultant LCA to lead high-profile projects, shape sustainable innovation, and guide clients toward greener decisions. If you're ready to turn deep expertise into industry-changing outcomes, want to hear from you.

Help BRE make buildings safer and more sustainable!

BRE aims to be the world’s leading innovation, science and data hub for the built environment. For more than a century, we have provided government and industry with cutting-edge research and testing. Join us to help deliver products, advice, services, standards and qualifications used around the globe to make buildings better for people and the environment. Through science-led solutions to urgent challenges, we will build a thriving and sustainable world.

Your role at BRE

This role will ensure the technical excellence and operational delivery of BRE’s Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) services. With construction products contributing significantly to global carbon emissions, BRE plays a critical role in enabling robust, standard-compliant environmental declarations. As a Principal Consultant, you will be central to advancing BRE’s mission to support sustainable construction through credible, science-based assessments and trusted verification schemes.

What We Are Looking For

• Proven experience using LCA software tools (e.g., SimaPro, GaBi, OpenLCA).
• Strong working knowledge of ISO and EN standards relevant to LCA and EPD in construction (e.g., EN 15804).
• Track record of developing or contributing to Product Category Rules (PCRs) or scheme documentation.
• Experience managing multiple complex projects simultaneously, delivering high-quality outputs on time and within budget.
• Experience contributing to or representing an organisation in industry bodies or technical working groups, e.g., ECO Platform.
• Experience communicating decisions, revisions and amendments made at ECO Platform level to the EPD team, and update scheme documentation accordingly
• Involvement in the development or refinement of EPD programme rules or tools.
• Understanding of digital platform development for sustainability services (e.g., involvement in platforms like BRE LINA or IMPACT).
• Advanced experience managing and delivering Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) projects to ISO 14040/44 standards.
• Advanced experience in EPD verification, ideally within an established EPD programme.
  
  

• Pension scheme – 5% employer-matched contribution
• Life assurance – 4x your basic salary
• Enhanced maternity package
  
  

• HealthPartners cashback scheme – Reclaim costs on prescriptions, physiotherapy, dental care, and more
• Onsite facilities – Restaurant, nursery, and free parking, including at-cost EV charging points
  
  

• Learning & development – Free access to BRE Academy and our online learning platform
• Professional membership reimbursement
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales

• Industries

  Construction

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