2025 Graduate Sustainability Consultant

Cooper & Hall Limited; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Graduate Sustainability Consultant to join their dynamic team. This role offers a chance to develop energy strategies and engage with innovative sustainability practices across various projects. Candidates should possess relevant degrees and a passion for sustainability, with opportunities for career advancement and participation in influential industry research.

Benefits

Core and flexible benefits

Competitive salary

Industry-leading training and development

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in Engineering, Architecture or Built Environment.
• Knowledge of BREEAM, WELL, and Energy Modelling is desirable.
• Experience in built environment sector and sustainability consultancy preferred.

Responsibilities

• Undertake building performance simulation and energy related workstreams.
• Support development of Sustainability Strategies and environmental assessments.
• Communicate with clients and design teams on projects.

Skills

Energy Modelling

Sustainability Governance

Communication

Education

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Architecture

Degree in Built Environment

Tools

BREEAM

WELL

Job description

About Us

A fantastic career opportunity has arisen for a creative and driven Sustainability professional to join our Sustainability Group. The role is based in our London office and will be part of our broader Sustainability group which has a presence in every Hoare Lea office across the country.

We provide 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 rare opportunity to grow not only your own career, but the industry approach to your field of expertise as a whole.

Why work for us?

Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings.

• You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists
• 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 role

As a Graduate Sustainability Consultant you’ll have the opportunity to learn a wide range of energy and sustainability skills whilst helping internal teams to deliver sustainability tasks for a variety of projects.

As part of the role you will have the opportunity to:

• Undertake building performance simulation and energy related workstreams, using a range of modelling approaches, tools, and techniques.
• Develop energy strategies with our clients to lead sustainability innovation on a series of developments.
• Support the development of holistic Sustainability Strategies, where necessary.
• Assist in the delivery of environmental assessments (such as BREEAM, WELL, HQM, etc) from early design stages through to completion.
• Develop an understanding and knowledge of whole life carbon reporting to support clients' Net Zero Carbon strategies.
• Communicate and engage with clients, design teams and contractors on projects, with opportunities to visit sites during construction phases.
• In addition to project-related work, the Group engages directly with industry undertaking research and development studies, and authoring industry guidance. We hold key positions on national design commissions and influential industry bodies. 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

Key Skills & Knowledge:

• Educated to degree level in Engineering, Architecture or the Built Environment.
• Knowledge or awareness of one or more of the following is desirable: BREEAM, WELL, Whole Life Carbon, Energy Modelling
• Appreciation of broader sustainability issues, such as; sustainability governance and reporting, sustainability strategies, climate change adaptation, behaviour change, etc.

About You

• Experience working within the built environment sector.
• Already working within a sustainability or engineering 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 engineering/science, and experience in the field) and a passion for creating sustainable solutions.
• You will relish being part of a 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'll be serious about sustainability.

Our 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.

How To Apply

To apply, simply complete a CV profile and submit your application. We are unlikely to progress applications where sponsorship is required to obtain a Tier 2 (general) visa, as we expect to be able to fill all our roles with candidates who have the right to work in place.

Adjustments and accommodations

If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to ensure you can participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know.

Flexible working

We are committed to enabling a healthy work-life balance for all employees. So, we welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements to suit their particular needs and lifestyle, including part-time, term-time-only, and remote working.