Associate Lighting Consultant - Manchester or Birmingham

Pegasus Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile working

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Generous annual leave entitlement

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Training and development

Job summary

Pegasus Group’s Climate, Air & Noise team in Manchester (or Birmingham) is seeking an Associate Lighting Consultant to lead lighting consultancy across development, infrastructure and environmental projects. You will provide technical oversight, quality assurance and guidance, advising clients and project teams on lighting design, planning requirements and regulatory compliance.

You will oversee a broad range of assessments and designs, contribute to business development, manage bids and

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Lighting Design, Engineering, Environmental Design, Architecture, Building Services, Physics or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in lighting consultancy, engineering consultancy or a multidisciplinary development consultancy.
• Membership of the Institution of Lighting Professionals, or working towards a senior professional grade.
• Strong technical expertise in lighting assessment, modelling and design.
• Excellent knowledge of UK planning requirements, ILP guidance, British Standards and relevant legislation.
• Experience delivering lighting assessments and designs across a range of sectors.
• Proven client-facing consultancy experience, with the confidence to build trusted relationships and identify new opportunities.
• Commercial awareness, including experience managing budgets, resources, programmes and project performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of lighting consultancy services across development, infrastructure and environmental projects.
• Provide technical oversight, quality assurance and best practice guidance, advising clients and project teams on lighting design and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee a broad range of lighting assessments and designs, including Lighting Impact Assessments and Lighting Strategies.
• Support business development—identifying opportunities, building client relationships, and promoting the lighting discipline.
• Promote thought leadership and marketing activity to raise profile internally and externally.

Skills

Lighting design degree

Industry experience

ILP membership

Technical lighting modelling

UK planning knowledge

Client-facing

Budget management

Education

Degree in Lighting Design or related discipline

Tools

Dialux/Relux

AutoCAD

Job description

Manchester Climate, Air and Noise Full Time, Permanent

Are you an experienced lighting consultant ready to shape something from the ground up? This is an exciting opportunity to take the lead in establishing, developing and growing Pegasus Group’s lighting service offering across the UK. This role can be located in our Manchester or Birmingham office.

Working within our Climate, Air & Noise team, you’ll provide technical leadership, commercial direction and strategic oversight for lighting-related services, collaborating with colleagues across planning, design, environmental, infrastructure and ecology disciplines to deliver high-quality, integrated solutions for our clients.

This is a standout role for someone who combines strong technical expertise with an entrepreneurial mindset. You will raise the profile of the discipline internally and externally, and help drive long-term growth across a diverse client base.

What We Are Looking For

As our Associate Lighting Consultant, you’ll lead the delivery of lighting consultancy services across development, infrastructure and environmental projects. You’ll provide technical oversight, quality assurance and best practice guidance, while advising clients and project teams on lighting design, planning requirements and regulatory compliance.

You’ll oversee a broad range of assessments and designs, including Lighting Impact Assessments, Lighting Strategies, Dark Sky Assessments, Ecological Lighting Strategies, Glint and Glare Assessments, Shadow Flicker Assessments, highway and public realm lighting designs, and Section 38 and Section 278 lighting designs.

Alongside technical delivery, you’ll play a key role in business development — identifying opportunities, building client relationships, supporting bids and tenders, and promoting the lighting discipline through networking, presentations, thought leadership and marketing activity.

Your areas of knowledge and expertise:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Lighting Design, Engineering, Environmental Design, Architecture, Building Services, Physics or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in lighting consultancy, engineering consultancy or a multidisciplinary development consultancy.
• Membership of the Institution of Lighting Professionals, or working towards a senior professional grade.
• Strong technical expertise in lighting assessment, modelling and design.
• Excellent knowledge of UK planning requirements, ILP guidance, British Standards and relevant legislation.
• Experience delivering lighting assessments and designs across a range of sectors.
• Proven client-facing consultancy experience, with the confidence to build trusted relationships and identify new opportunities.
• Commercial awareness, including experience managing budgets, resources, programmes and project performance.

Further details can be found on the attached Job Description

You can expect to be part of a proactive and vibrant team that encourages individual autonomy and initiative. We feel this helps to facilitate a better work life balance that suits individual’s needs, whilst still being assured of a supportive and collaborative working environment.

You will be working on a diverse set of interesting and challenging projects; no one day will be the same! The Team itself is on a trajectory of growth and diversification, making this an incredibly exciting time to join the team.

Benefits

We offer an excellent remuneration and overall benefits package when you join Pegasus Group, including:

• Agile working
• Private healthcare
• Life insurance
• Generous annual leave entitlement, with the option to buy and sell holidays
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Training and development

Our full benefits can be viewed here: http://www.pegasusgroup.co.uk/careers/

Why join us?

We are a vibrant and dynamic development consultancy that thrives on enhancing the built and natural environment in a way that positively affects people’s lives.

When you join Pegasus you become part of a people-focused business, where your industry knowledge and expertise will help inform critical decisions across local and nationally significant projects. As a proudly independent company since 2003, we have grown to become one of the UK’s leading multidisciplinary development consultancies.

Our commitment to supporting your career goals and ambitions continues throughout your learning and development. With opportunities that enable you to progress to be the very best in our industry!

Diversity, inclusion and recognition

At Pegasus Group, we appreciate diverse minds and unique thinking styles. We believe that every individual brings inimitable ideas and perspectives to enhance our dynamic team. We foster an environment where everyone’s voice is heard and respected, nurturing the growth of our people, communities, and clients. In April 2025 we received accreditation as a 'Great Place to Work,' emphasising the supportive and dynamic work environment we provide.

Pegasus Group is proud to promote equal opportunities and inclusion for al

To make the recruitment process more accessible and inclusive, we offer flexibility in our application and interview processes. If you require certain accommodations or adjustments, please feel free to let us know so that we can offer you an accessible interview process.