Senior Building Physics Engineer

Stantec; Bristol; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive work environment

Equal employment opportunities

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the UK is recruiting a Senior Building Physics Engineer to lead complex projects focused on building performance and energy modelling. Candidates must have extensive experience in building physics and energy analysis, advanced skills with tools like IES-VE, and the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams. This role requires travel and a commitment to low-carbon design solutions, making it ideal for professionals passionate about sustainable architecture and engineering.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in building physics and energy modelling in consultancy.
• Advanced proficiency with IES-VE, including simulation and QA.
• Strong technical knowledge of passive design and low-carbon buildings.
• Proficiency with IES-VE or equivalent simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Support building physics workstreams on complex projects.
• Develop and optimize energy strategies and low-carbon design solutions.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to integrate building physics principles.
• Ensure compliance with UK regulations (Part L, TM52/TM59, EPC) and contribute to BREEAM, WELL or LEED credits.
• Produce high‑quality technical reports and clearly communicate findings to clients and design teams.

Skills

Building physics

Energy modelling

Performance analysis

Low-carbon design

Technical communication

Education

Degree in Building Physics, Environmental Engineering, or related field

Chartered Engineer (CEng) preferred

Tools

IES-VE

Job description

The Opportunity

We are recruiting a Senior Building Physics Engineer to help lead and grow our national capability across the Southwest. Working closely with the senior leadership team, the role will ideally require weekly travel to the Plymouth office.

About The Team

Our Building Physics specialists play a critical role in shaping our design strategy, influencing early‑stage decisions, driving energy performance, and ensuring our solutions stand up to technical scrutiny. We work across a broad portfolio that includes science & technology, healthcare, education, commercial, transport hubs, and regeneration projects throughout the UK and internationally.

At Stantec, we create the connections that get people and communities moving. Across our Buildings & Sustainability teams, we design high‑performing, low‑carbon, human‑centred environments. Our collaborative culture brings together engineers, designers, modellers and sustainability specialists to deliver buildings that are resilient, efficient, and ready for a net‑zero future.

When we say community, we mean everybody with a stake in the work we do from the clients we collaborate with across many sectors, to the populations we reach, to the thousands of us working together to serve them.

Our promise, our values, and our voice support our purpose and guide us in all that we do. We are defined by more than our services. We are defined by what we stand for, what we believe, and why we do what we do. We make a difference in the world by creating communities. This is our purpose: Purpose & Values | Stantec

Key Responsibilities

Technical Delivery

• Support building physics workstreams on complex projects, including thermal, energy, daylight, overheating, natural ventilation, and comfort analysis.
• Develop, review, and optimise energy strategies, operational energy assessments (TM54), and low‑carbon design solutions.
• Provide expert advice on façade performance, passive design strategies, solar control, and building fabric optimisation.
• Ensure compliance with UK regulations (Part L, TM52/TM59, EPC) and contribute to BREEAM, WELL, or LEED credits.
• Produce high‑quality technical reports and clearly communicate findings to clients and design teams.

Multi‑Disciplinary Collaboration

• Work closely with MEP, architecture, sustainability, and digital engineering teams to integrate building physics principles into design solutions.
• Influence early‑stage design decisions including massing, orientation, glazing ratios, shading, and ventilation feasibility.
• Support the development and adoption of digital modelling workflows and best practices.

Mentoring & Knowledge Sharing

• Provide technical guidance to graduate and early‑career engineers.
• Contribute to internal knowledge sharing, technical workshops, and thought leadership.

Essential

• Extensive experience in building physics, energy modelling, and performance analysis in a consultancy environment.
• Advanced proficiency with IES-VE (or equivalent) including complex simulation, calibration, and QA.
• Strong technical knowledge of passive design, low‑carbon buildings, façade performance, and dynamic environmental behaviour.
• Experience delivering multi‑disciplinary projects and presenting technical information clearly to clients and teams.

Desirable

• Experience supporting net‑zero carbon strategies, operational energy modelling, heat decarbonisation, or embodied carbon analysis.
• Familiarity with parametric modelling, digital workflows, or automation tools.
• Mentoring or supporting junior engineers within projects.

Qualifications

• Degree (ideally MSc/MEng) in Building Physics, Mechanical/Environmental Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or related field.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) via CIBSE, IMechE, or equivalent preferred.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world‑class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made, then please contact [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.