With increasing pressure on ensuring the provision of building stock which has a minimal to positive impact on the environment and its users, sustainable design has never been more important. For Deerns, sustainability is an integral part of the building design, operation, and optimisation process. Our sustainability professionals develop and implement best practice design principles to ensure buildings meet necessary sustainability targets and use state-of-the-art technology (and where necessary, the lack thereof), in order to do so. Two key skillsets necessary to ensure said targets are met are (1) building physics, and (2) building assessment / appraisal expertise.
This is a full-time hybrid role located in our London office (3 days working from our office, 2 days from home or 50% of the time in the office).
The Role
As an intermediate sustainability engineer, you will work for various market-oriented consultancy teams. Our projects are across a broad range of sectors which include hospitals, commercial buildings, airports, laboratories, clean rooms, and data centres etc. Your contribution will be expected in all phases of the project including design, execution, and in-use. You will be expected to handle multiple projects concurrently. In this dynamic environment, you will be required to be self-driven and responsible for your own time management, performance, learning, sharing of knowledge, and achievement of results.
You will participate in design teams where your contribution will be expected to provide building physics consultancy services (energy and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling), and building sustainability assessment services e.g. via BREEAM, LEED, and WELL. As a design team member, you will hold regular meetings to inform and advise clients. This will require excellent interpersonal and conversational skills, making the complex simple. Keeping up with new developments in your field of expertise is a must for this role, and it is expected that you will gain knowledge through research, contacts with suppliers, etc.
