Graduate/Experienced Sustainability Consultant

To apply please send your CV and a chatty letter telling us about your background and why you are interested in the role. Please note we cannot accept applications without a chatty letter or cover letter.

Role Location: Bristol/ Swindon

Start Date: September 2026

Method operate a hybrid working policy so this will be a blend of either the Bristol or Swindon office and working remotely.

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

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Graduate Sustainability Consultant and BREEAM Assessor to join our growing Energy and Sustainability team.

Based at our new modern head office in central Swindon or Bristol which has good travel links to London and Bath, 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 career within Method Consulting will only be limited by your ability and aspirations and responsibility will be given to you at a level commensurate with your ability. We will support you to become a member of the CIBSE, IMechE or EI and eventually to become chartered engineer.

Graduate Training Programme:

Our Graduate programme last around 2-3 years however, this timescale is wholly dependent on the individual paths each person will take. The aim of the programme is to give all graduates a structured pathway for the start of their career.

All graduates at Method work on real live projects and learn on the job carrying out tasks for those projects – this programme gives you some insight into what to expect within those two years including the formalities of technical reviews, membership of professional institutions etc.

Technical and non technical education such as presentation skills and time management courses etc, will make up a significant part of the programme. Everyone's training is individual and tailored to their strengths and weaknesses enabling you to reach your full potential and gain both reward and satisfaction.

You will also be encouraged to develop your qualifications and become affiliated with an accredited institution such as CIBSE, IMechE, IET or the Energy Institute.

Included in Building Magazine's Top 150 Consultants & Top 50 Engineers list for the past three years, we have also been included in the Top 50 Employers in Building Magazine's annual survey for four of the last five years.

We are committed to providing the very best to our team and our workplace initiatives ensure that you will have the right resources and skills to achieve your goals.

Your role will include:

• Advising clients on how to reduce the environmental impact of buildings
• Providing 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
• Potential for conducting embodied carbon Life Cycle Assessment modelling to assess carbon impact of construction materials on projects using OneClick LCA
• Potential for development into various sustainability services including energy and sustainability statements for planning and energy/water analysis
• Becoming familiar with and keeping abreast of industry/sector initiatives (e.g. LETI, net zero, Building Regulations)

We provide a wide-ranging technical consultancy service with sustainability at the heart of the design process.

Experience/ skills required

• Team player capable of working in a multi-discipline team
• Excellent at planning your own workload and dealing with competing deadlines
• Good communication skills-verbal and written
• A passion for sustainability
• Educated to degree level in Environmental Science, Geography, Sustainability, Engineering or a related discipline
• Knowledge or awareness of BREEAM would be beneficial

Educated to degree level in Environmental Science, Geography, Sustainability, Engineering or a related discipline

We offer 24 days leave plus bank holidays, additional flexi-leave (up to 12 days flex, plus an additional 10 days' unpaid leave), flexible working hours, private healthcare, life assurance, company pension scheme and regular appraisals . Salary is highly competitive and will increase rapidly with experience.

The successful candidate must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK, however Unfortunately, we do not have the facility to provide working VISA's and consequently we cannot accept applications from overseas students on a student VISA.

Method Consulting is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably-qualified persons.

The application process will be open until the end of February 2026 with interviews being held in early March 2026.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Application question(s):

• Please confirm that you have included a chatty letter/cover letter and have also included all qualifications gained up to degree level.

Work Location: In person