Director of Energy & Environment

City Science; Highgate; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sustainability consultancy in the UK is seeking a Director of Energy & Environment to lead their division and contribute to growth. The ideal candidate will have a strong business acumen, leadership experience, and a passion for sustainability. Responsibilities include driving business development, managing teams, and delivering high-quality projects. This role offers competitive salary with performance-related bonuses and flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance-related bonus

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Strategic and delivery experience with a proven record of securing new business.
• At least £3m annual revenue turnover and profitable project delivery.
• Director-level commercial knowledge including contracts, budgeting, and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Drive business development strategy and maintain a healthy pipeline.
• Manage a team to deliver high-quality work and foster innovation.
• Oversee project delivery ensuring quality and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Business acumen

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Project delivery

Education

Degree in a technical or scientific field

Job description

Location

Remote with flexible working arrangements. All UK based locations considered. Flexible office collaboration spaces in Birmingham, Bristol, London and Exeter.

Role Overview

Director of Energy & Environment to lead the division and contribute to City Science's next phase of growth. The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen, people management skills, and a passion for sustainability and engineering with a deep understanding of the intersection between technology, data science and regional planning.

Role Responsibilities

• Business Growth & Profitability
  • Drive business development strategy and delivery, maintaining a healthy and growing pipeline.
  • Own the Energy & Environment P&L, accountable to the CEO.
  • Systematically track progress, provide transparency and take remedial action.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key clients, partners and stakeholders.
  • Represent the company externally.
• Leadership
  • Manage a team of engineers and consultants to deliver high‑quality deliverables.
  • Foster collaboration, innovation and an impact‑oriented culture.
  • Communicate mission, objectives, targets and personal development plans.
  • Mentor second‑tier management through the People Team.
  • Collaborate with the Senior Management Team to exceed organisational goals.
• Project Delivery
  • Oversee successful delivery, ensuring monitoring against milestones, budget and quality.
  • Plan resourcing needs proactively.
  • Ensure highest levels of customer satisfaction.
  • Initiate remedial action to keep projects on schedule and profitable.
  • Identify, assess and mitigate business risks.
  • Implement quality control across all projects.
• Thought‑Leadership & Quality Assurance
  • Lead as Project Director on high‑profile projects within Energy & Environment.
  • Provide technical oversight, advisory and analysis.
  • Use advanced simulation software and data analytics to model scenarios and forecast trends.
  • Stay current with industry trends, technologies and best practices to drive improvement.
  • Maintain leadership in Net Zero technical and policy developments.

Job Requirements

• Strategic and delivery experience; a proven record of securing and managing a growing pipeline and winning new business.
• At least £3m annual revenue turnover, profitable project delivery, P&L and pipeline ownership.
• Director‑level commercial knowledge (contracts, legal compliance, budgeting, planning and profitability).
• Growth mindset and proven expertise in Energy & Environmental engineering / Net Zero.
• Leadership experience: managing teams, mentoring, and driving a high‑performance environment.
• Experience monitoring and driving success, developing and maintaining client relationships.
• Degree in a technical or scientific field.
• Strong understanding of urban planning, smart city technologies or related fields.
• Exceptional analytical, problem‑solving, communication and presentation skills.
• Desirable: experience with software development teams and projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and develop staff within a high‑performance culture.

Further Information

• Employment type: Full‑time
• Term: Permanent – 32–40 hours per week with flexibility over working pattern.
• Salary: Competitive with performance‑related bonus.
• We are building a team motivated by collaboration, ownership and pro‑activity. Our experts include prize‑winning consultants, experienced technologists and distinguished academics.
• City Science is an industry‑leading sustainability engineering research and planning consultancy committed to supporting regions and organisations to reach Net Zero. We partner with local authorities, developers and organisations to deliver sustainable change.