Net Zero Sustainability Consultant

3 months ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom calfordseaden Full time

**calfordseaden is a leading multi-disciplined construction and property consultancy. We provide a definitive range of services to the UK building and construction industry covering civil & structural engineering, building & quantity surveying, clerk of works, project management, employers agent, architecture, mechanical & electrical engineering, sustainability, building information modelling, development monitoring, expert witness, rights of light, party wall and health & safety.
**Description**:
The role will provide you with an opportunity to become an integral part of our successful Sustainability team. You will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of projects including sustainability assessments, planning reports and client liaison.

The culture in our team is to be a trusted client advisor, selected for our professional quality service, enthusiasm and expertise in the built environment.

**Person Specification**:
**General**:
Basic hours: 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., five days per week.

Holidays: Between 24 and 30 days depending upon years of service.

**Location**:
Based at one of Kent, London or Cambridge offices but providing support to all other offices.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Work on a wide range of projects including residential, mixed-use, commercial, industrial and educational.
- Attend meetings alongside senior consultants to build relationships with the clients and multidisciplinary design teams as the Sustainability consultant.
- Develop and present project sustainability design proposals to the project team and client.
- Assist senior consultants in project assessments including Part L (SAP, SBEM), Part O, BREEAM, HQM and other industry assessments.
- Undertake Building Physics modelling and Overheating simulations and present report findings.
- Undertake energy surveys of buildings.
- Prepare high quality information including sustainability assessments, planning reports, presentations.
- Maintain regular contact with clients.
- Continue to improve your own technical knowledge.
- Report resource information to senior group managers.

**Competencies**:

- Hold an academic or industry qualification related to sustainability or design is desirable.
- Knowledge of low carbon and sustainable design and London Plan Energy Policy.
- A good understanding of Part L assessments (SAP/SBEM).
- A good understanding of Home Quality Mark and BREEAM Assessments, under both BREEAM New Construction 2018 and BREEAM Refurbishment & Fit-out 2014.
- Ability to use CAD and/or IESVE.
- Ability to use Microsoft packages (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.

**Performance Requirements/Objectives**:

- On a daily basis, provide support to the team, deal with client related issues and provide professional services as required.
- Each month ensure that project and team progress reports are completed and report to the senior team.
- Maintain high standards of professionalism at all times.
- Mange projects effectively and to the satisfaction of the client.
- Maintain high quality project records and information.
- Attend group meetings.
- Develop your own knowledge and technical expertise.

**Our Vision**:
To be identified as a trusted client advisor; national in reach, local in service and selected for our quality and expertise in the built environment

Our values, which are:
Collaboration - being one team and supporting each other to achieve the best results and maximise our potential

Being Yourself - being true to ourselves and other and celebrating differences

Social Value - recognizing and embracing the need for our work to have a positive social impact

Excellence - Striving to be up with the best and at the forefront of what we do

Support - providing investment, encouragement and support to bring out the best in our people

Integrity - being honest and doing the right thing

are integral to everything we do and are reflective of our interaction with each other, our clients, our wider stakeholders and how we approach our work and present ourselves.

Our brilliant team consists of individuals who are willing to go the extra mile to deliver the best results and are ultimately why our clients choose to work with us time and time again.

Wellbeing and Inclusion are at the forefront of our people strategy, and we are now happy to offer hybrid working on 95% of our roles and have recently committed to enhanced Family Leave schemes (after a qualifying period). We also invest heavily in Leadership and Management Development and Female Leadership Programmes. We are passionate about encouraging more diversity within the construction industry and are looking at apprenticeship and schools outreach programmes as part of our strategy.

If you are aligned to our values and are a talented and commercially minded** Net Zero Sustainability Consultant**, please apply, or if this job isn’t quite right for you but you would like to start or progress a career within construction



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