Sustainability Consultant

Building Design Partnership; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design practice seeks a passionate Sustainability Consultant to lead environmental certification efforts across multiple sectors in London. The role focuses on ensuring projects align with sustainability goals through standards like BREEAM and WELL, while fostering teamwork and innovation within an interdisciplinary setting.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration and benefits package

Flexible working environment

Stakeholder pension plan with company contributions

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Couple years minimum experience in WLC and Embodied Carbon analysis.
• Experience in BREEAM certifications across different RIBA stages.
• Confident understanding of environmental legislation in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of environmental certification across various projects.
• Support planning applications and conduct site monitoring.
• Develop targets for enhancing sustainable outcomes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Environmental knowledge

Education

Formal qualification in sustainability or environmental management

Tools

OneClick LCA

Adobe InDesign

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Sustainability Consultant

Vacancy type Current vacancies Profession Sustainability Location London Description

BDP is a major international interdisciplinary practice of architects, engineers and designers working together to create outstanding 'places for people'. Founded in Preston in the UK in 1961, we now have studios across the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, the MENA region, India, Singapore, USA, and Canada. BDP has a leading track record in all major sectors and has over 1000 awards for design quality. In 2016 BDP joined forces with the Japanese engineering consultancy Nippon Koei, providing us with further opportunities in the developing regions of Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America.

Our Sustainability Group provides a wide range of services across building design to both internal and external clients. Our current suite of services include:

Sustainability strategies and bespoke frameworks

Net zero carbon strategies (operational and embodied carbon)

Environmental assessments, including BREEAM, LEED, SKA and WELL

Production of planning documentation, including Sustainability and Energy Statements for Planning

Ecological assessment and consultancy

In-use and post-occupancy evaluation and building optimisation

Knowledge sharing and upskilling of the practice

BDP internal environmental management

The role

We are seeking a sustainability professional to lead and assist the delivery of environmental certification across a variety of projects. With demonstrable experience in BREEAM, WELL, Ska and LEED, the successful candidate will work with clients and design teams from early-stage design to project completion, across various sectors including workplace, healthcare, education, historic, and sci-tech.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading the delivery of environmental certification, with support from senior members of the team.

Reviewing project details and developing targets for environmental certification and opportunities to enhance sustainable outcomes.

Delivering workshops to communicate sustainability requirements to internal and external team members.

Providing support and guidance to design teams in developing compliant and robust design strategies and associated evidence.

LCA assessments

Supporting planning applications

Construction site monitoring

Reviewing evidence and completing validation statements and QA processes for submission to third party certification organisations.

The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to be involved in the following workstreams:

Net zero carbon strategies and assessments (both operational and embodied)

Material lifecycle assessments (embodied carbon assessments)

Circularity assessments

Post occupancy evaluations

Environmental management systems

The successful candidate will join a team of specialist consultants working across all areas of the built environment. They will have experience of the planning, design, and construction industries (and associated processes) and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, resulting in the ability to articulate complex ideas and concepts effectively to clients with interdisciplinary teams. They will be able to demonstrate an ability to multi-task and have exemplary organisational skills.

Their expertise should be borne from an enthusiasm for environmental sustainability, through the practical implementation of strategies that support environmental, social and economic sustainability at local, national and global levels. They will truly enjoy their work, maintaining a keen interest in the fast-paced agenda, and will be driven to develop the role and make a positive contribution to projects by advocating change.

Qualifications and previous experience:

Required:

A formal qualification in a sustainability/environmental management/built environment subject

Solid experience, couple years minimum, within WLC and Embodied Carbon analysis using materials life cycle tools and software such as OneClick LCA. Strong numerical and analytical skills required.

Experience working on BREEAM certifications across different RIBA stages with a confident understanding of how to assess various credits. A BREEAM Assessor or BREEAM AP qualification is desirable but not essential.

Working knowledge of environmental and sustainability legislation and its applicability to UK development.

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Confidence in preparing and delivering presentations to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders

Exemplary written and spoken English, with experience of technical report writing

Desirable:

Experience of LEED, Ska or WELL Building Standard assessments

Experience of using Adobe suite programmes including InDesign and working knowledge of Bluebeam.

Experience of carrying out circularity assessments and consultancy

Group Objectives:

To evolve and expand the knowledge of the organisation, raising the company’s profile for delivering consistently environmentally conscious places and buildings

To ensure that the company develops and expands its environmental and sustainability services internally and externally, working to influence design proposals and lift design quality

To become accepted as a resource for sustainable design advocacy and creativity, working closely with different teams to provide low impact, healthy and value-added design solutions

To work with the studios, profession heads and board of directors to ensure the sustainability agenda is communicated effectively throughout the practice

To work to reduce the environmental impact of our day-to-day operations in line with our ISO 14001 and 50001 certifications.

To be regarded as a thought leader for aspects of the sustainability agenda

BDP offers

In return, BDP can offer you a wide range of learning opportunities to encourage personal and professional career development. From sponsorship to profession-led events, we also offer annual appraisals and a mentoring program which is supported by our online internal learning platform.

We are committed to being an employer of choice and offer a competitive remuneration and benefits package as well as interesting work, a rewarding and friendly environment, excellent office space, and a respect for the work-life balance of our people through hybrid working. All permanent employees can participate in BDP's stakeholder pension arrangement to which the company contributes, the BDP Profit Share Scheme and tax-efficient Smart Benefits, Life Insurance, Long Term Sickness Insurance, Private Medical insurance and health screening, interest-free season ticket loans and enhanced maternity and paternity provision, plus many more.

We offer regular international and studio-based social, sporting, and charitable activities. Some recent events include themed month-end socials, a hiking club, weekly complimentary yoga, wellbeing webinars, and toolbox talks. Our variety of employee forums drives the development of new ideas, giving everyone the platform to have a voice and be heard. To find out in more detail about what BDP can offer you, please follow: https://www.bdp.com/en/careers-at-bdp/why-join-bdp