Sustainability Consultant

3 weeks ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Hydrock Full time
Unlock Your Potential as a Senior Sustainability Consultant

This is an exceptional opportunity to join our pioneering Smart Energy and Sustainability team, where you will play a key role in shaping the UK's response to the climate emergency.

About the Role

We are seeking an ambitious and experienced Senior Sustainability Consultant to lead and grow our BREEAM services and team locally, based in our city centre office in Leeds.

As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for:

  • Leading the delivery of BREEAM projects, with support from a senior member of the team.
  • Part L, Energy Strategies, and LCA assessment.
  • Managing your own workload to meet project deadlines.
  • Reviewing project details and developing targets for sustainability.
  • Reviewing documentation provided by project teams, assessing it against the project's targets, and providing feedback or follow-up.
  • Setting up and maintaining projects via the project evidence tracker.
  • Communicating sustainability requirements to internal and external team members.
  • Producing reports providing advice and guidance to clients and project teams.
  • Attending site visits to review progress against sustainability targets.
  • Reviewing the performance of designated projects on a monthly basis and updating the team's project tracker with progress information.
  • Assisting in preparing bids and proposals for new work.
  • Engaging with skills networks to exchange best practices and processes.
  • Attending and contributing to team meetings.
  • Completing relevant training to become certified as a BREEAM assessor/AP.
Requirements

To succeed in this role, you will need:

  • Ambitious, self-motivated, and enthusiastic.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills.
  • A thorough understanding of the construction industry and built environment.
  • Ability to manage projects.
  • Client relationship management skills.
  • Proven track record of project delivery.
  • Part L modelling experience (TAS preferable) and LCA experience (Oneclick preferable).
  • Experience developing and managing others (Principal/Associate grades only).
  • Emerging business development and sales skills.
  • Strong business development experience (Associate grade only).
Desirable Attributes

We are also keen to know if you can offer any of the following attributes:

  • Working knowledge of building performance modelling techniques and experience with software such as IES Virtual Environment, Spacemaker AI, etc.
  • Knowledge of or technical ability in energy/renewables/built environment/environmental science-related disciplines.
  • An ability to apply analytical skills across a range of scales, i.e., buildings, campuses, cities.
  • Experience in presenting analytical information in a clear and concise manner.
  • Knowledge of planning, environmental impact assessments, or wider sustainability policy and legislation.
  • Understanding of structural engineering, architectural design, and materials specification and supply chains.
  • Experience in producing Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
  • Qualifications within PAS 2050/2060/2080 standards.
  • Experience in using CIBSE TM65 embodied carbon calculation methodology.
  • Capability to lead a team and develop new products in an ever-expanding market.
  • Graphic design capabilities, including the ability to use software packages such as Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and BlueBeam.
  • Ability to develop digital toolkits for use internally and by clients.
  • Hold a relevant degree, BEng (Hons), or BSc (Hons), or equivalent/higher.
  • Qualified BREEAM Assessor.
  • Background in building physics/environmental design, environmental science, or sustainability-related disciplines.
  • Working knowledge of building performance modelling techniques.
  • Knowledge of planning, environmental impact assessments, or wider sustainability legislation.
  • Knowledge of or technical ability in building services-related disciplines.
About Hydrock

Hydrock is a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy of over 900 staff in 21 offices across the UK. Our driving motivation is to be a 'Force for Good', as it is our aim to improve the quality of people's lives from our employees to our clients, through to the communities we work in and our planet as a whole through the work we do.

We are passionate about our subject matter and shaping the UK's response to the climate emergency. Our team is a unique blend of engineers and consultants, and this means we can deliver a wide range of project inputs for our clients from the earliest inception stages and onwards.

We champion diversity, equity, and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we commit to supporting our employees and ensure we create a safe environment that nurtures you to perform at your best. Offering our people flexibility is an important factor in achieving this aim.

We consider all applications individually with the required qualifications and knowledge without regard to any of the protected characteristics. We would like to provide everyone with a fair selection, assessment, and employment experience, so we ask that you are made aware of any physical or neurodiverse condition within your application for which appropriate reasonable adjustments can be made by us.

Once you have completed your application through our careers site, we aim to review and respond to you as soon as your application's been reviewed.

If shortlisted, a member of our Talent Acquisition Team will call you for an initial pre-screen by phone (typically 30 minutes) to help us assess your motivations and interest in the position and Hydrock.

If you progress following this telephone pre-screen, you will be invited to attend a formal interview by video conference (Microsoft Teams) or in our offices.

For the latest updates and news, connect with us on our website.



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