LCA-konsulent til klima- og miljøvurderinger

This role is fundamentally about making environmental impact visible so that HOFOR can make better decisions. You'll conduct LCA screenings, calculations and analyses for projects across the utility's supply areas, which means scoping the problem with business colleagues, identifying relevant data sources, and then gathering, structuring and quality-assuring that data. A significant part of the job is translating quantitative results into clear conclusions and decision support for project managers, engineers and specialists who may not be LCA experts themselves. Beyond individual calculations, you'll contribute to the development and maintenance of shared LCA methods, standards, data foundations and tools. HOFOR has already built a solid methodological base, but demand for LCA screenings is growing across the organisation, so your work will also help anchor and spread LCA practice more broadly. You'll collaborate closely with an LCA lead who holds the group-level responsibility for the area, giving you both a sparring partner and a pathway to deepen your specialist expertise. Over the longer term, the role is about embedding life-cycle thinking into how HOFOR plans and executes projects, from material choices to infrastructure design. Success means that LCA results are not just produced but genuinely used in decision-making, which requires relationship-building and clear communication as much as technical rigour.

You can expect to deepen your practical LCA skills significantly, moving from academic or project-based experience to applying methods, databases and tools in a large, real-world utility context. Working across HOFOR's water, heat and gas supply areas will expose you to a diverse range of products, processes and infrastructure systems, which broadens your understanding of where environmental impacts actually arise in essential urban services. The close collaboration with an LCA lead who has group-level responsibility is a notable learning opportunity, offering structured sparring and likely informal mentorship in methodological choices and quality standards. Because the role sits in Strategic Sustainability & Innovation, you'll also gain exposure to how sustainability strategy is developed and operationalised in a large organisation, including how targets and frameworks translate into concrete projects. The emphasis on developing shared methods, standards and tools means you'll build skills in systematising LCA work rather than only executing one-off studies. Communicating with engineers and project managers will sharpen your ability to explain technical findings to non-specialists, a competency that is increasingly valuable as LCA becomes embedded in infrastructure and construction decision-making.

HOFOR is looking for someone with a relevant master's degree in environment, sustainability, engineering or a related field, such as a civil engineering or cand.scient.techn. qualification. The key requirement is hands-on LCA experience acquired through a student job, projects or professional work, along with familiarity with relevant methods, databases and tools. You can be newly graduated or have a few years of experience; what matters is that you have a genuine foundation to build on. On the personal side, the ideal candidate works in a structured way with calculations, data quality and documentation, and is analytical enough to get to grips with new technical problems. You should take ownership of your tasks and proactively seek out data or sparring when something is missing, rather than waiting. Since you'll collaborate with different professional groups, being able to absorb their knowledge and translate it into usable analyses is important. Clear, professional communication in Danish is required. Experience from the construction, civil works, infrastructure or utility sectors is an advantage but not a requirement. Given HOFOR's emphasis on collaboration, informality and shared learning, someone who enjoys knowledge-sharing and is comfortable both challenging and being challenged by colleagues is likely to thrive. The application process itself is deliberately low-friction, asking only for a CV with a few words on your motivation rather than a full cover letter.

HOFOR explicitly asks for a CV rather than a traditional cover letter, with a short motivational statement woven in. This is a signal to be concise and evidence-based: lead with your concrete LCA experience, naming the methods, databases and tools you've used, and where you applied them. If your LCA work came through a student job, thesis or project, describe the scope and your specific contribution rather than just listing the topic, because the hiring team is assessing whether you can actually run screenings and calculations. Because the role involves translating results for non-specialists, use your CV to show that you can communicate complexity clearly. This could mean highlighting presentations, reports or interdisciplinary collaborations. Mentioning any exposure to construction, infrastructure or utility systems, even if brief, will resonate given the preference for sector familiarity. If you have worked with Danish data sources or standards, make that visible, as the role requires professional Danish and sector-specific data work. For interview preparation, expect questions about how you scope an LCA when data is incomplete, how you ensure data quality, and how you'd explain a result to a project manager who needs to decide quickly. Researching HOFOR's sustainability strategy and the supply areas it covers will help you frame your answers around real utility challenges. The recruitment process includes a first interview on 29 October and a second on 6 November, so preparing thoughtful questions about the LCA lead collaboration and the team's growing demand pipeline would demonstrate genuine interest.

The role sits squarely at the analytical core of HOFOR's environmental sustainability work. Life-cycle assessment is described as a central tool in the utility's effort to reduce the climate and environmental impact of its activities, so your work will directly feed into how HOFOR evaluates projects, materials and alternative solutions. This is not sustainability communications; it is quantitative impact assessment that informs real engineering and investment decisions. Given HOFOR's portfolio of water, district heating, gas and wastewater services, the LCA work likely touches on infrastructure construction and maintenance, pipe materials, energy use in treatment and distribution, and choices between competing technical solutions. By making climate and environmental impacts comparable across options, the analyses support more sustainable procurement and design decisions. There may also be a governance dimension, as consistent methods and data quality underpin credible reporting and target-setting. Because demand for LCA screenings is growing across the organisation, this role also contributes to embedding sustainability thinking more systematically into operational and project workflows. The strategic home of the position, within Strategic Sustainability & Innovation, suggests the work connects to broader efforts around future-proofing the utility's supply systems and supporting sustainable urban development in the Copenhagen area.

One likely challenge is the tension between analytical rigour and the pace of business decisions. Project managers and engineers need answers that are timely enough to influence choices, while LCA work demands careful scoping, data collection and quality assurance. Finding the right level of detail for each screening, and knowing when a result is strong enough to act on, will be a recurring judgement call. Data availability and quality represent another hurdle. LCA calculations depend on reliable input data, and in a large utility with diverse supply areas, relevant data may be scattered, inconsistent or incomplete. The job description explicitly values someone who is proactive about seeking out data and sparring, which hints that you will sometimes need to chase information across organisational boundaries and make reasoned assumptions where gaps exist. Communication is a third challenge. Translating life-cycle impacts into clear conclusions for colleagues from different technical backgrounds requires both precision and simplicity. There could also be a change-management element, since growing demand means scaling a practice that is still being anchored across HOFOR. Balancing hands-on calculations with method development and knowledge-sharing will demand good prioritisation.

A typical day might begin with a scoping conversation with a project manager or engineer, clarifying what decision the LCA needs to support and which system boundaries make sense. You'd then spend focused time gathering and structuring data, checking its quality and running calculations in your LCA tool. Between those deep-work blocks, you might respond to questions from colleagues who need a quick screening or an interpretation of earlier results. Collaboration is woven through the role. You could have a sparring session with the LCA lead on methodological choices, a team meeting in Strategic Sustainability & Innovation, or a working session with specialists to understand a technical process well enough to model it credibly. Some days will be heavier on documentation and method development, contributing to shared standards, templates or data foundations that make future analyses faster and more consistent. There is likely variability depending on project phases. When a major investment decision is approaching, the pace may intensify around delivering a clear conclusion; at other times, the focus shifts to improving tools or supporting colleagues in applying LCA themselves. The informal tone HOFOR describes suggests regular, open exchanges rather than rigid formality.

The most immediate growth path is deepening your specialist expertise. Working closely with an LCA lead who holds group-level responsibility provides a strong platform to refine your methodological skills and take on more complex assessments over time. As demand for LCA grows across HOFOR, there may be opportunities to lead screenings for larger or more strategic projects, raising your visibility within the organisation. Because you contribute to shared methods, standards, data foundations and tools, you can also build a profile in systematising and scaling LCA practice, which is valuable both inside and beyond the utility sector. Exposure to Strategic Sustainability & Innovation means you'll see how sustainability strategy connects to operations, potentially opening lateral moves into strategy, innovation or project development roles. The team's emphasis on knowledge-sharing and mutual challenge suggests a culture where taking initiative is rewarded. Over time, success in embedding LCA into decision-making could position you for broader responsibilities, whether as a senior specialist, a lead on cross-organisational sustainability initiatives, or a bridge between technical analysis and strategic planning.

Your closest working relationship will be with the LCA lead, who holds group-level responsibility for the area and serves as your professional sparring partner. You'll also be part of the Strategic Sustainability & Innovation team, interacting regularly with colleagues who work on strategy, analyses, projects and development processes. Your direct manager is section head Maja Yhde, to whom you'll report. Across the organisation, you'll collaborate with project managers, engineers and specialists from HOFOR's various supply areas, who are both the users of your analyses and important sources of technical knowledge and data. These interactions are central to the role: you'll help them scope assessments, and they'll help you understand processes and materials well enough to model them accurately. The nature of these exchanges is collaborative and consultative rather than directive. You may also engage with colleagues responsible for data, procurement or reporting, depending on how LCA results feed into wider decisions and governance. The job description notes that demand for LCA screenings is increasing organisation-wide, so you can expect a broad internal network and a steady flow of requests and partnerships. The informal, knowledge-sharing culture suggests these relationships are built on mutual support rather than formal hierarchy.