Forest Aide jobs in Houston, TX

Forest Carbon and Climate Manager
Location – US South (Hybrid)
Permanent Role
Closing date: 15th Dec 2023

As a Forest Carbon and Climate Manager you’ll be responsible for tracking current research and practices pertaining to forest carbon monitoring, accounting, and reporting.  In this impactful role, you’ll serve as a subject matter expert on carbon accounting, supporting operational decarbonization efforts across all US bioenergy facilities.

Drax aims to be carbon negative by 2030, and we are looking for talent to support us with this initiative.

About the Role
As a Forest Carbon and Climate Manager you’ll be responsible for developing the Drax US approach to land sector GHG emissions accounting, development of lifecycle analysis (LCA)-based approaches to assessing the forest carbon impact of biomass and other forest products, and the tracking of the climate change science. 

This position will support Business Units in delivering carbon reduction plans, assisting with collection, analysis, validation, and presentation of carbon data.

You’ll work closely with the Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) development team in the US, ensuring methodologies used for pellet production is aligned with those used for BECCS and the broader DRAX group. 

You’ll ensure the Drax US approach to climate change is in accordance with best science and industry practice and is aligned to carbon and climate change reporting across the Group.

About You
You’ll have extensive knowledge of Life Cycle Analysis and carbon monitoring, modelling and accounting methodologies relevant to biomass and bioenergy. This will include estimation of direct and indirect land use change emissions, counterfactual modelling, approaches for calculating forest carbon emissions.  Ideally, knowledge of corporate emission reporting standards (e.g., GHG protocol) and voluntary carbon market standards will be essential.

Your experience in handling and interpreting carbon data using data processing software would be advantageous.

You’ll possess a strategic and creative mindset, and have the capability to develop and maintain working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

You’ll have the ability to interpret and simplify complex information to audiences with diverse backgrounds.

We are looking for candidates to be currently based or open to relocate to one of the following US states:
Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas.

You’ll travel to Drax offices and attend relevant off-site meetings and workgroups as necessary with regular travel around US and potential travel to Canada and the UK.

This role requires some travel between our sites in the United States. However, we are deeply committed to ensuring you have the flexibility you need to do your best work, whether that’s at home or in an office.

About Drax
Drax is playing a vital role in helping change the way energy is generated, supplied, and used. To learn more about how we’re enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future and our big plans for the future, click here.