Sustainability Consultant & BREEAM Assessor

Job description

Are you passionate about sustainable building design and want to join a leading independent sustainability and engineering consultancy?

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Sustainability Consultant and BREEAM Assessor to join our growing Energy and Sustainability team. Based at either our new modern head office in central Swindon which has good travel links to London, Bristol and Bath, or one of our other offices in Oxford, Bristol or Cornwall, you will have the opportunity to expand your skillset and gain invaluable knowledge from other team members, whilst working closely with our other business groups.

Your role will include:

• Leading on projects to deliver BREEAM, HQM and other rating systems advice and assessment to clients and design teams
• Working on a wide variety of projects, with multiple clients, across industry sectors
• Delivering across various sustainability services including energy and sustainability statements for planning, master-planning sustainability advice, contractor support and energy/water analysis
• Project management responsibilities including managing multiple and cross-team workflows and team members, financial management of projects, invoicing and project performance reporting
• Business development responsibilities including bid development, fee proposals and work winning
• Building and maintaining new and existing client relationships at project and strategic levels
• Keeping abreast of industry/sector initiatives (e.g. LETI, net zero, Building Regulations) and feeding back to team members
• Potential for line management of other team members
• Potential for involvement in embodied carbon Life Cycle Assessments depending on experience and capacity

Benefits

• 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flex time and Flex Days
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Wellness Contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Parental Policies
• Private medical insurance including Dental and Optical
• Life assurance
• Purchase of up to 10 additional holidays each year taken out of your salary in equal monthly instalments over the year
• Method Bank Holiday (Friday before August bank holiday)
• Birthday Leave (after 3 years service)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• £500 voucher (after 5 years’ service)
• £1000 voucher (after 10 years’ service)
• £1500 voucher (after 15 years’ service)
• Long Service Benefits
• Career Development
• Unforgettable Social Events

What we are looking for

• A proven track record of leading on and delivering successful BREEAM assessments for clients, including BREEAM Excellent or better
• BREEAM licensed
• BREEAM AP licensed (beneficial)
• Knowledge and experience of any of the following schemes is beneficial; Home Quality Mark (HQM), BREEAM Communities, SKA, WELL, Fitwel, CEEQUAL and DREAM
• Awareness and knowledge of industry regulations and sector initiatives including net zero carbon, LETI, NABERS etc.
• Knowledge and experience of working on embodied carbon Life Cycle Assessments (beneficial)
• Leading/project managing delivery of energy and sustainability services on projects
• Team player capable of working in a multi-discipline environment
• Experience of working with multiple design teams and clients on a variety of projects
• Excellent at planning your own workload and dealing with competing deadlines
• Excellent communication skills- verbal and written
• A passion for sustainability
• We are unable to accept applications from anyone who requires sponsorship to live and work in the UK now or in the future - the successful candidate must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.
• Educated to degree level in Environmental Science, Geography, Sustainability, Engineering or a related discipline

Method Consulting is committed to ensuring that the most suitably qualified and experienced candidates are appointed to positions within the company on the basis of job-related criteria.

Accepted degree subjects

• environmental science and ecology
• physics
• electronic and electrical engineering
• architecture
• geology and geography
• mechanical engineering

Additional job details

How to apply

Please specify first and second choice of location when applying - we will try our best to accommodate location preferences where possible but, in some cases, you may not be allocated your first or second choice location for your initial training period.

Please send your CV and a chatty letter ensuring you quote the reference number telling us about your background, why you are interested in the role and how you found out about our vacancy, via the Apply button

We're proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer, and we’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. If you have a disability that might affect your performance at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know about any help or reasonable adjustments as soon possible before any interview or assessment. We’ll work with you to make sure any appropriate support is in place.

Regrettably at the moment, we are unable to reply to all speculative applications, but if you would like us to keep your details on file, you should include your permission with your CV and covering letter.

Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 7 February 2025

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Closing date:  Continuous recruitment