Senior Director, Life Cycle Assessment

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Senior Director, Life Cycle Assessment

Responsibilities

As Director, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) you will be responsible for overseeing a comprehensive program to help reduce carbon footprint of concrete by:

• Increasing number of concrete plants with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) from 1,500 to 4,500 by offering pass-through grants to concrete producers; reward low-carbon concrete EPDs; improve verification process
• Providing technical support and certify 500 individuals in the concrete industry with the expertise to produce robust, accurate, high quality EPDs
• Adding capabilities into NRMCA's Concrete Carbon Calculator
• Publishing carbon footprint benchmarks for ready mixed concrete in over 50 subregions
• Improving and developing Product Category Rules (PCRs), benchmarks and EPDs for concrete and constituent materials
  
  

Specific Tasks

• Oversee the development of an ADA compliant, searchable website to publish verified EPDs
• Setup and administer a program to provide incentives (rebates) for concrete producers to publish on-demand EPDs
• Engage LCA consultants who produce EPD tools, individuals who verify EPDs, concrete producer personnel who enter data, and program operators to improve the verification process
• Develop guidelines for personnel entering data into the EPD tools, quality control standards for EPD tools, standards for verification procedures, and machine readable EPD template
• Oversee the quality of EPDs, EPD Program Operators, tools, and verifiers through a continuous monitoring and reverification process
• Provide technical assistance to concrete producer personnel responsible for developing EPDs
• Develop an online education and certification program for concrete producer personnel on how to gather and interpret data to publish and use EPDs
• Develop and implement comprehensive LCA strategies and methodologies specific to concrete manufacturing in NRMCA Concrete Carbon Calculator Tool
• Use LCA methodologies to identify key areas for improvement in terms of environmental impacts, energy efficiency, and carbon footprint reduction for concrete construction projects
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop sustainability initiatives to ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and certifications related to LCA
  
  

Education And Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in environmental science, chemistry, engineering, or a related field
• Master's or Ph.D. in a relevant discipline is highly preferred
• 5-10 years' experience working in LCA and related software
• Professional certification(s) in LCA preferred
• Understanding of data quality management preferred
• Understanding of concrete and construction preferred
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Position requires some travel (10%)
• Work from a home office located reasonably close to a major airport in the United States.
  
  

About NRMCA

Founded in 1930, the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association is the leading industry advocate. Our mission is to provide exceptional value for our members by responsibly representing and serving the entire ready mixed concrete industry through leadership, promotion, education and partnering to ensure ready mixed concrete is the building material of choice.

NRMCA supports employee development through formal training, challenging work assignments and feedback from an experienced leadership team.

NRMCA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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