Senior Building Physics Consultant

Buildings Physics – Senior or Principal Consultant.

London.

About us

A career opportunity has arisen for a creative and driven Senior or Principal Building Physics Consultant to join our Sustainability Group. The role is based in London and will be part of our broader Sustainability group which has a presence in every Hoare Lea office across the country.

We provide a diverse sustainability consultancy service promoting sustainable development for a range of projects, across all sectors. Our Sustainability Group is an industry leader in its approach to sustainability design, construction and building operation. Focused on achieving ever greater standards of environmental sustainability, the Group thrives on its dynamic, innovative, and ambitious working culture.

This is a rare opportunity to grow not only your own career, but the industry approach to your field of expertise as a whole.

Why work for us?

Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings.

Hoare Lea were an early adopter of Design for Performance (DfP), taking our pioneer project (Timber Square) to become the UK’s first NABERSUK Design for Performance project to complete the Independent Design Review and score 5* design reviewed target rating.

With a focus on human-centred, environmentally sustainable design, Hoare Lea delivered the world’s first workplace fit-out to achieve both BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Certified Gold. Our clients are industry leading, always striving to achieve the best and to push the boundaries of sustainability.

At Hoare Lea you’ll have the opportunity to not just work on exciting projects but to also engage with the industry. Hoare Lea regularly collaborate with UKGBC, CIBSE and were one of the first to sign up to support the Building Services Engineers Declare initiative.

You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes and gain knowledge across all sectors. With a structured Career Paths Framework, you’ll have a clear understanding of the pathway for advancing your career.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working in the UK’s largest service engineering firm with a range of specialist groups.

Work on a diverse range of projects in sectors including workplace, science & research, healthcare, mission critical, culture, education, sport, and residential.

As a Building Physics Senior/Principal Consultant, you will play a crucial role in helping designing energy efficient buildings by delivering complex simulations.

You will:

• Provide technical leadership in your area of expertise.
• Provide project leadership and supporting the operations of the team.
• Have Excellent organisational skills and capable of prioritise tasks and deadlines efficiently.
• Good interpersonal skills and able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Self-motivated and able to take responsibility.
• Be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Undertake research and development.
• Have the opportunity for involvement in national design commissions and influential industry bodies; this aspect of the role will allow those keen to have a direct influence on the industry to contributing to their career development and to grow the team’s capabilities.

What We Are Looking For

You will be expected to perform at a senior or principal level and be competent in most of the following fields:

• Indoor CFD modelling for thermal comfort and design optimisation of mechanical ventilation systems.
• Wind Microclimate modelling and external Thermal Comfort studies.
• Odour and chemical pollution dispersion analysis.
• Natural ventilation in buildings.
• Indoor thermal and airflow analysis.
• Data Centre CFD studies.
• Dynamic Thermal Modelling (e.g., IES, TAS, etc.).
• Parametric analysis (e.g., grasshopper and ladybug tools, etc).
• 3D modelling for simulations (ideally Rhino3D or SpaceClaim).
• Programming and scripting.
• Thermal bridging calculations.

Skills

Familiar with CFD packages such as ANSYS CFX, FLUENT, Star-CCM, Open Foam, Helyx, or other CFD packages including Reality DC Design Advanced software (ex 6Sigma data centre tool).

Competent in the use of DTM software packages such as IESve or TAS.

Some experience incorporating programming languages such as Visual Basic and/or Python to make work-streams more efficient.

Excellent communication skills and able to convey complex building physics concepts in a simple, effective, and elegant way both graphically and orally.

About You

You will have a Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or a Science-related field.

You will have experience working within the built environment sector and looking to grow as a leader in the building performance simulation field.

Already working within a sustainability or engineering consultancy, you will be looking for a new challenge within a practice at the very forefront of our field.

You will bring expertise (with a degree in engineering / science, and experience in the field) and a passion for creating sustainable solutions).

You will relish being part of dynamic team within a progressive and well-respected firm.

We require good communication skills and an enthusiasm for working within a team environment.

You will be in the process of being affiliated to a chartered institution or already affiliated.

We are as serious about sustainability as we are about valuing talents.

Our benefits

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary and industry-leading training and development to support you throughout your career.

Core benefits

Private medical scheme

Life Assurance

Income protection

Travel Allowance (principal) – electric car scheme (senior)

25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with length of service

Contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave

Season Ticket Loans

Professional membership subscription

Flexitime

Flexible benefits

• 9-day fortnight – the firm offers all employees the option to work a 9-day fortnight
• Hybrid Working – activity-based approach
• Employee stock purchase plan – a voluntary program which allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a 15% discount
• Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days
• Study Assistance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Sabbatical Leave
• Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance and GAYE (Give as you Earn)
• Flexible working - We’re happy to discuss flexible working. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage

How to apply

To apply simply complete a CV profile and submit your application, or for further information please contact aureliacherradi@hoarelea.com

Diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to being a place where underrepresented individuals and communities are not just included, but where marginalised knowledge and experience is valued, amplified, and harnessed. So, we strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including women, people of the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ individuals, disabled people, neurodivergent people, and those from all other underrepresented or marginalised groups. To learn more about our approach to diversity, equity and inclusion, see our DEI strategy.

Adjustments and accommodations

If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to ensure you can participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process (whether relating to disability, neurodivergence, or anything else) please let us know.

Flexible working

We are committed to enabling a healthy work-life balance for all employees. So, we welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements to suit their particular needs and lifestyle, including part-time, term-time-only, and remote working.

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