Senior / Principal Sustainability Consultant

London, United Kingdom

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WSP have an excellent new role for a Senior/Principal Sustainability Consultant to support the delivery of sustainable building solutions on high profile projects, as part of a growing national team.

The Building Performance team primarily supports the UK business in terms of Zero Carbon and wider sustainability advice within the Built Environment. The team covers a central role in P&B multi-disciplinary projects coordinating all WSP disciplines towards the delivery of Zero Carbon designs. While the team works on single building projects it also provides sustainability & energy master planning advice for both urban and semi-rural developments, as well as BREEAM, LEED, WELL and NABERS consulting services.

We have experience of a comprehensive range of different building types including commercial offices, residential, education, healthcare and retail and are looking to grow our capacity and capability through further recruitment.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Sustainability Specialist to support the delivery of sustainable building solutions, supporting the UK Properties & Buildings business delivering sustainability and Net Zero strategies, WELL, LEED, Ska Certifications, Lifecycle Assessment and Circular Economy advice.

Your role will involve developing sustainability strategies for a diverse portfolio and will require independent management of your own projects and leading sustainability certifications. You will also be responsible for the following;

• Leading a wide variety of assessment projects, including LEED, WELL, and other sustainability certifications
• Understand and support Client's brief in matters of sustainability and wellbeing aspirations
• Prepare Sustainability, Whole Life Carbon and Circular Economy Statements for developments to complement planning submissions. This will include coordination and managing sustainability contributions from many different design team stakeholders.?
• Prepare high quality reports that clearly and concisely communicate the issues involved and the conclusions. The preparation of sustainability strategies will be a core part of the job role.
• Understand & apply the range of current and proposed UK sustainability related legislation to project solutions at all levels of governance.

Qualifications and Experience

• A passion for Zero, Low Carbon Design and materials. Strong experience in leading sustainability assessments and ideally qualified as LEED AP and WELL AP.
• Experience as a sustainability consultant. We are seeking for people at various levels.
• Proven track record of driving design teams to maximize sustainability including sound assessment skills including proven experience in delivering multiple assessments to certification.
• Knowledge of the construction process and the associated implications of sustainable design.
• Champion sustainability and lead and encourage behavioural change throughout the business.
• Drive innovation and best practice, clearly communicating benefits to colleagues and clients.
• Bid support – support work winning/bidding with strong business and commercial acumen.
• An understanding of BREEAM and other environmental assessment methodologies
• An understanding of thermal modelling and low carbon energy strategies
• An understanding of current planning policies across the UK – in relation to sustainability and Net Zero Targets
• Be able to effectively communicate to clients both inside and outside the business.
• Excellent presentation skills and time management.
• Able to coordinate and provide training to junior consultants

Qualifications:

• WELL AP and/or LEED AP qualified.
• Degree in engineering/environmental/architectural or sustainability related subject
• Membership of a related professional institution and on the way or already "Chartered" either engineer, scientist or environmentalist.

• Job Identification 57056
• Locations 70 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1AF, GB

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We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees),CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP's Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities)help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

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For improved work life balance, WSP offers the "WSP Hour" which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that's why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that's chartership, training or mentoring.

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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.