Job Title: Principal Consultant
Company: Carbon Limiting Technologies (CLT)
Location: Central London
Salary: Dependent on experience
Start Date: July 2026
About us
CLT is an innovation consultancy committed to identifying and solving the most complex carbon challenges across the most vital sectors of our economy. Working with Governments, Businesses, and Investors, our mission is to transform the economy by accelerating and scaling clean technologies.
Since 2006, CLT has worked with entrepreneurs, corporations and government to accelerate the adoption and scale-up of low-carbon technologies.
We help companies identify and capture value from the clean energy transition – whether through innovation scouting, startup partnerships, strategic decarbonisation programmes, or market entry support. Our work spans Renewables, Energy Networks, Buildings, DSR, Transport, Industry, CCUS, and Waste & Water, giving us deep cross-sector insight into the technologies reshaping industrial value chains.
As lead delivery partner for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Energy Entrepreneurs Fund acceleration support for nine years, we built an extensive network across the UK’s cleantech innovation ecosystem – connecting corporate clients with the emerging technologies, ventures and capabilities that can drive competitive advantage. We currently deliver regional and sector specific cleantech accelerators to support innovators to commercialise their innovations.
CLT has also been expanding its international presence, delivering energy innovation work in Brazil, Mexico, and India. We were also selected as the official innovation partner for the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.
More recently, CLT is leading several cross-sector programmes across the innovation ecosystem to explore a range of intervention mechanisms to unlock investment into scale-up of new clean technologies.
You can see who we have worked with here.
CLT works closely with the Clean Growth Fund, a £150 million venture capital fund that invests in early-stage, disruptive cleantech innovative, high-growth companies. CGF and CLT share an office, and CLT provides support to CGF, including pipeline, techno-market due diligence, and support to portfolio companies.
About the role
CLT has a small, high-impact core team, and this role offers a genuine opportunity to work at the intersection of climate innovation and corporate strategy – helping companies navigate the clean energy transition by identifying emerging technologies, building startup partnerships, and turning decarbonisation challenges into commercial opportunities. As we grow our corporate advisory offer both in the UK and internationally, a successful candidate will play a meaningful part in shaping how we take this to market. It’s work with environmental and economic purpose, and real scope to make it your own.
This role is a senior position within the CLT team. It is envisaged that you will:
- Lead consultancy projects and clean tech programmes for public and private sector clients and manage multi-disciplinary teams, including independent experts in the CLT Associate network
- Provide thought leadership and develop research and consulting methodologies, generating high-level recommendations and strategic insights to clients
- Design and implement approaches for delivery of complex support programmes
- Carry out the most complex analysis on our projects and provide guidance and oversight to junior team members
- Enhance and grow the CLT client ecosystem, bringing existing relationships and developing new client relationships, developing new business opportunities
- Lead business development proposals
- Be responsible for project budgets and high-quality project outcomes
- Provide line management and mentoring to more junior team members
- Lead internal activities of the company, including building CLT’s knowledge base, improving internal business processes and maintaining the marketing and contacts databases
- Have the right to work in the UK
CLT will support your development so that you can gain the experience you need to meet your career goals.
Requirements
We are open to applicants at various stages of their careers, but you must have a minimum of 8 years of relevant industry or consulting experience
We are specifically looking for individuals with experience of, and relationship in, at least one of the following areas:
- Supply chain decarbonisation
- Sustainability economics and market mechanisms
- Industrial heat decarbonisation
- Circularity and wastes (particularly sustainable packaging and plastic substitution)
- Grid reform / decarbonisation
- Green / sustainable finance
- Data centre decarbonisation
Alongside being a team player with a can-do attitude, at a minimum, we expect you to:
- Have a demonstrated passion for sustainability and clean technology
- Have a high degree of autonomy in the identification, conversion and delivery of projects.
- Have a demonstrable track record in managing complex multi-stakeholder projects and programmes
- Have a demonstrable track record in business development
- Have up-to-date and relevant experience of solving complex client problems using a range of recognised problem-solving and analytical techniques
- Have experience in leading multi-disciplinary project teams to successful outcomes
- Have presented at relevant industry events and nurture your network of senior professional relationships
- Have a good bachelor’s degree in science, engineering or economics
- Be fluent in spoken and written English, with strong writing and synthesis skills
- Have excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills
- Be proficient in the main Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
- Be proactive and willing to get involved in the variety of activities CLT has to offer
- Make a positive contribution to our working environment and culture
It is desirable for you to:
- Have experience working with clean technology and/or innovation
- Have experience with decarbonisation projects in the corporate market
- Be outward-looking and connected to industry groups
How to apply
Please email your CV with a short description of why you are interested in this role to Natalie Fredericks, natalie.fredericks@carbonlimitingtechnologies.com
For the short description, 5-10 sentences in your email will suffice, a full cover letter is not required.
Closing date for applications: May 15th, 2026