Senior Sustainability Consultant - Decarbonisation and Energy Auditing

Turner & Townsend; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A professional services company based in Manchester is seeking a Senior Consultant to join their Sustainable Cities & Workplaces team. The role involves delivering sustainability advice, auditing buildings, and developing decarbonisation roadmaps. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical skills, experience in energy audits, and a proactive approach to sustainability initiatives. This position offers opportunities for career progression and impact within various sectors.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Opportunities for career progression

Inclusive team culture

Qualifications

• Experience in conducting non-domestic building energy audits.
• Ability to scope retrofit projects.
• Experience in creating decarbonisation plans.
• Understanding of low and zero carbon technologies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality sustainability consultancy advice.
• Audit existing buildings and identify potential solutions.
• Create costed decarbonisation roadmaps.
• Support business case development.

Skills

Energy performance analysis

Technical solutions identification

Decarbonisation roadmap creation

Client relationship management

Team coordination

Data management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Qualification in related subject

Professional membership (CIBSE, IEMA)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Overview

We are seeking experienced and highly motivated professionals in Net Zero and sustainability to fulfil the role of Senior Consultant in our Sustainable Cities & Workplaces team, a friendly, inclusive and fast-growing team of sustainability consultants that supports clients with their transition to low-carbon, sustainable future models.

If you have experience in Real Estate Sustainability, are an innovative thinker with a proactive approach and have worked in or around Net Zero / Sustainability projects and programmes then we want to talk to you.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to work with high-profile clients from various sectors, while developing and delivering a broad range of sustainability services.

You will join a talented team with real breadth to make a positive impact on society. We have a friendly and inclusive team culture and strong support to help shape Turner & Townsend’s wider response to climate and ecological emergencies.

This is an opportunity for real impact and career progression, joining a global professional services company and take a leading role in the transition to a Net Zero world.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will deliver high-quality sustainability, Net Zero, and energy efficiency consultancy advice. For this you will need experience and understanding of some of the following:

• Review, analyse, and benchmark energy performance data;
• Audit existing buildings and identify potential technical solutions;
• Create costed decarbonisation roadmaps for buildings/estates/cities;
• Review plans for new/retrofit projects and guide the team to achieve a more sustainable outcome;
• Support the development of business cases;
• Play a key role in managing projects, including client liaison, team resource coordination, and budget oversight;
• Develop corporate Net Zero programmes and strategy;

Qualifications

We are looking to add a range of skills and experience to the team, not necessarily all in the same individual, including:

Essential

• Suitably qualified in a related subject or appropriate industry experience;
• Experience in conducting non-domestic building energy audits to an approved standard;
• Ability to scope retrofit projects and identify potential technical solutions;
• Experience in creating decarbonisation plans for buildings, estates, or cities;
• Good understanding of low and zero carbon technologies and strategies to reduce emissions in buildings (e.g. Renewable energy, heat pumps and fabric measures);
• Ability to review, analyse and benchmark energy performance in the built environment;
• Competent user of data management software (for example Excel) and systems for data cleansing, management, analytics, and quality assurance;
• Attention to detail in service delivery, communications, and working with others;
• Effective client and stakeholder relationship management experience;
• Excellent analytical and communication skills - we believe in the use of quality data to drive objective decision making;
• Experience in carbon emission calculations; and
• Understanding on how to collate an organisational carbon footprint of scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions;
• Ability to take a key role to improve service delivery on commissions, supporting clients and colleagues to understand and maximise sustainability in projects and programmes;
• Enthusiasm for growing a team and business in a fast-moving environment;
• Good commercial awareness including the ability to articulate business decisions within the wider context and market trends;

Desirable

• Experience of line management;
• Experience of business development including preparing proposals and inputting into competitive tenders;
• Experience in a consulting or advisory role;
• Knowledge of embodied or whole life carbon calculation or strategy on refurbishment and new build projects
• Climate risk assessment and / or climate resilience strategy
• Reporting and disclosure in relation to corporate climate reporting, ESG and TCFD’s
• Strategy/project delivery experience in the built environment
• Relevant chartership or professional membership (e.g. CIBSE, IEMA, IEE) EPC, ESOS and DEC certified;
• Experience of working with corporate clients, FTSE companies or global businesses.
• Experience with the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, and working with public sector clients

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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