Sustainability Consultant

Penguin Recruitment; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design firm in the UK is seeking a passionate Sustainability Consultant to join their team. In this role, you will work on high-profile projects across various sectors like healthcare and education, developing sustainability strategies, and delivering assessments related to BREEAM and LEED. Applicants should have formal qualifications in sustainability and experience in consultancy. This is a permanent opportunity offering competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday package

Comprehensive benefits scheme

Opportunities for professional development

Supportive environment

Qualifications

• Experience working within sustainability consultancy.
• Confidence delivering presentations to stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of sustainability legislation.

Responsibilities

• Work on high-profile projects across various sectors.
• Develop sustainability strategies and frameworks.
• Create net zero carbon strategies and assessments.
• Deliver material lifecycle and circularity assessments.
• Support post-occupancy evaluation and building optimisation.

Skills

BREEAM assessments

UK environmental legislation

Technical report writing

Presentation skills

Circularity assessment

OneClick LCA

IES VE

LEED

Ska

WELL Building Standard

Education

Formal qualification in sustainability or environmental management

Job description

Sustainability Consultant
Darlington
Peguin Recruitment are proud to represent a leading multi-disciplinary design practice renowned for delivering environmentally conscious and people-centred solutions across the built environment. They are looking to hire a passionate and experienced Sustainability Consultant to join their growing specialist team!

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday package
• Comprehensive benefits scheme
• Opportunities for professional development and progression
• Supportive, collaborative, inter-disciplinary environment

Requirements for applicants

• A formal qualification in sustainability, environmental management, or a built-environment subject
• Previous experience working within sustainability consultancy
• Experience delivering BREEAM assessments
• Working knowledge of UK environmental and sustainability legislation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical report writing
• Confidence delivering presentations to internal and external stakeholders
• Experience with LEED, Ska or the WELL Building Standard
• Experience using materials life cycle tools (e.g., OneClick LCA)
• Experience delivering circularity assessment
• Experience with IES VE
• Experience with overheating assessments

Duties and responsibilities

• You will have the opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of high-profile projects across sectors such as workplace, healthcare, education, heritage, sport, leisure, and residential.
• Developing sustainability strategies and monitoring frameworks
• Creating net zero carbon strategies and assessments (operational and embodied)
• Delivering material lifecycle assessments
• Conducting circularity assessments
• Completing environmental and wellbeing assessments including BREEAM, LEED, Ska and WELL
• Supporting post-occupancy evaluation and building optimisation
• Contributing to ESG consultancy
• Preparing planning documentation including Sustainability and Energy Statements
• Working collaboratively with architects, engineers and designers to influence proposals and promote low-impact design solutions

Interested in this or other roles in Sustainability? Please do not hesitate to contact Caitlin Richards at (url removed) or call (phone number removed). We have many more vacancies available on our website.

This is a permanent role.

Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.