Associate or Senior Associate Director Sustainability Consultant

London

Competitive salary + benefits

We have an exciting opportunity for a creative and driven Associate Director to join our Sustainability Group. The role is based in our London office and will be part of our clients broader Sustainability group which has a presence in every office across the country.

Providing 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 great time to join them as they are focused on growth, both in the UK and overseas. Large enough to provide stability and opportunity, and small enough to recognise their people as individuals; this has led to a culture of flexibility, individualism and organic growth.

Whats in it for you?

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

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.

• Private medical scheme

• Life Assurance

• Income protection

• Electric car (salary sacrifice) scheme Travel Allowance - electric car scheme

• 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

• 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

Our client is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists who provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings. Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, they provide a full range of MEP, environmental and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look.

Why join them?

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

You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors.

You’ll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.

THE OPPORTUNITY

You will play a supporting role in the leadership of the London Sustainability team. You will share line management responsibilities with the team leader, managing individuals and accelerating the development of junior staff within the team through the implementation of mentoring and training.

As part of the role you will:

• Take ownership and deliver large scale projects with industry leading clients.

• Manage and prioritise the workload of a project team.

• Report resourcing requirements to the project lead team.

• Contribute to the development of junior team members.

• Effectively delegate, manage and review work undertaken by others.

• Support in production of fee proposals and invoicing.

• Lead workshops with the client and design team and communicate information in a clear and concise manor.

• Undertaking a range of modelling and analysis, which may include but not limited to: embodied carbon of materials, circular economy opportunities, building performance simulation, operational energy use, energy generation, overheating.

• Lead the development of sustainability and energy strategies.

• Lead the delivery of environmental assessments (such as BREEAM, WELL, HQM, etc) from early design stages through to completion.

• Supporting the drive towards realising net zero whole life carbon in our projects.

• Working with other members of the Sustainability Group on research and development initiatives to allow us to stay at the cutting edge of knowledge in our industry.

• As well as project-related work, the Group engages directly with industry undertaking research and development studies, and authoring industry guidance. The role also presents the opportunity for involvement in this aspect of the Group’s work to those keen to have a direct influence on the industry.

What we are looking for

You will have detailed knowledge, competence and qualifications in a selection of the following fields. It is not expected that applicants will have expertise in all of the below topics. Applicants will be expected to have focus areas and detailed knowledge within them and should demonstrate a willingness to gain expertise in other topic areas.

• Energy strategies

• Building Regulations Part L assessments using Elmhurst and IES

• NABERS UK modelling

• In-Use energy modelling and assessment

• Dynamic modelling for thermal comfort assessments and overheating risk assessments

• BREEAM and HQM assessments

• Bespoke sustainability charters

• Health and wellbeing strategies and certification

• Production of planning documents including sustainability statements, energy statements, whole life carbon reports and circular economy statements

• Net zero carbon strategies and embodied carbon calculations

• Circular economy strategies.

You will have

between 5 and 10 years’ experience working within sustainability 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 an applicable field) and a passion for creating sustainable solutions.

• You will be confident in leading sustainability workshops with design teams.

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

• You will have good communication skills and an enthusiasm for working within a team environment.

• Like us, you will be serious about sustainability.

Next Steps

Please forward a full CV along with availability to interview/start and salary expectations for initial feedback and a confidential chat. It is essential that your CV has a Mobile number and full Postcode, so that our systems can match you to live jobs!

At this time we can only consider applications from candidates that are already resident in the UK,with the necessary permission to accept permanent offers of employment.

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Job Type: Permanent

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