Embodied Carbon in Buildings - Programme Executive

Embodied Carbon in Buildings - Programme Executive

Role Profile

We have an exciting opportunity in the National Retrofit Directorate’s Technical Department.

The role of the Technical Department is to ensure that the SEAI has the technical knowledge and expertise needed to meet the Authority’s home energy upgrade targets as outlined in the Climate Action Plan and other Government policies and programmes such as the National Development Plan. The department encompasses a number of SEAI business areas including Technical Standards and Quality, High Performance Building Retrofits, Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) Concerted Action, Building Energy Rating (BER) Calculation Methodology, BER software and systems and BER Operations.

As part of Ireland’s obligations under the EPBD and the Construction Product Regulations (CPR), the Technical Department in SEAI is tasked with developing a methodology for the calculation of the embodied carbon of building materials and to establish an embodied carbon database of these products and their embodied carbon emissions.  

The successful candidate will report to the Programme Manager for Embodied Carbon in Buildings and will join an enthusiastic and innovative team who are committed to the high-quality delivery of SEAI’s targets under the Climate Action Plan. 

Essential Requirements

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• A third level qualification (a minimum Level 7 on the NFQ) in a relevant technical or operational field e.g., Environmental Science, Structural, Mechanical or Civil Engineering, Building Services, Sustainability, Architecture, Quantity Surveyor, Economics, Circular Economy, or other fields relevant to life cycle assessment.
• A minimum of three years’ work experience in building design or life cycle assessment or similar (postgraduate studies may be included).
• Strong data extraction and analysis skills.
• Strong project management and organisation skills and knowledge of business process development experience.

Desirable Requirements

• Familiarity with the Building Energy Ratings and the BER methodology.
• A good understanding of building products and systems.
• Familiarity with building sustainable design, construction, and operations standards certification systems such as: LEED and/or BREEAM.
• A post graduate qualification in environmental science, architecture, sustainability, or similar disciplines.
• Knowledge of the IGBC Indicate Methodology, ecoinvent, OpenLCA, SimaPro or GaBi would be advantageous.
• Completion of EPDs to EN 15804.
• Knowledge of BIM, Revit and/or ICMS.
• Modelling of Carbon Factors for fuels.

For more information and a confidential chat, feel free to reach out to me on [email protected] or call me on 01-482 5494