We are an Energy Catalyst / Innovate UK recipient, working on a Feasibility Study in the Global South.

 

We are looking for a creative and passionate freelance/self-employed sustainability engineer who understands circularity and long-term planning.

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This exceptional person will have: 

• The maturity to work independently and be part of a virtual team working together on the Study,

• Enjoys a challenge and is able to apply out-of-the-box thinking and grasp new concepts quickly,

• Is agile and accepts uncertainty is part of the process,

• Capable of empathy with living and working in the Global South,

• Ability and passion to work in the field,

• Excellent desktop research and report-writing capability.

 

This person will:

• Have a deep understanding of circularity principles,

• Have experience and/or interest in emerging markets and their needs,

• Have experience and knowledge of clean energy productive use equipment,

• Have experience in product re/design and sustainable material substitution.

 

Ideally, they will:

• Understand sustainable food systems, production and processing,

• Have knowledge and ability to interpret the SDGs,

• Have comprehensive business acumen and understanding of entrepreneurship,

• Understand distributed manufacturing principles.

 

Key Skills

• Professional

• Empathetic

• Humble

• Sense of humour

• Clear verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to be agile

• Believes every day is a learning day

 

Required

• Has the right to work in the UK

• Has a sustainability engineering or similar degree

 

The project lasts 55 days over five months (May to September), with ten days in the field in Fiji.

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If this sounds like you, please email a cover letter and your CV by April 10th to act@sdgchangemakers.today.

 

Please note that we have just been let down by the current engineer, hence the tight timeframe.