Sustainability Consultant & BREEAM Assessor

Job Description

Sustainability Consultant & BREEAM AssessorLocation: Swindon or Bristol office and working remotely (Hybrid)Salary: £30-40kOur client: is a specialist engineering and sustainability consultancy focusing on building services and sustainability in the built environment - our common goal is to reduce the environmental impact of buildings through better design, analysis and assessment.We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Sustainability Consultant and BREEAM Assessor to join our growing Energy and Sustainability team. Working closely with our M&E and Building Physics team, you will be based at either our head office in Swindonwhich has good travel links to London, Bristol and Bath, with easy access to surrounding towns and villages across Wiltshire and the beautiful countryside in adjoining counties such as the Cotswolds, or our Bristol office.Role and Responsibilities:

• Leading on projects to deliver 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
• Delivering across various sustainability services including energy and sustainability statements for planning, master-planning sustainability advice, contractor support and energy/water analysis
• Project management responsibilities including managing multiple and cross-team workflows and team members, financial management of projects, invoicing and project performance reporting
• Business development responsibilities including bid development, fee proposals and work winning
• Building and maintaining new and existing client relationships at project and strategic levels
• Keeping abreast of industry/sector initiatives (e.g. LETI, net zero, Building Regulations) and feeding back to team members
• Potential for line management of other team members
• Potential for involvement in embodied carbon Life Cycle Assessments depending on experience and capacity

Experience and Qualifications:

• A proven track record of leading on and delivering successful BREEAM assessments for clients, including BREEAM Excellent or better
• BREEAM licensed
• BREEAM AP licensed (beneficial)
• Knowledge and experience of any of the following schemes is beneficial; Home Quality Mark (HQM), BREEAM Communities, SKA, WELL, Fitwel, CEEQUAL and DREAM
• Awareness and knowledge of industry regulations and sector initiatives including net zero carbon, LETI, NABERS etc.
• Knowledge and experience of working on embodied carbon Life Cycle Assessments (beneficial)
• Leading/project managing delivery of energy and sustainability services on projects
• Team player capable of working in a multi-discipline environment
• Experience of working with multiple design teams and clients on a variety of projects
• Excellent at planning your own workload and dealing with competing deadlines
• Excellent communication skills- verbal and written
• Educated to degree level in any Sustainability / Energy/ Environmental Science/Engineering, Climate Change, Engineering, Architecture or related discipline

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