Senior Associate - Sustainability

About the role

A fantastic career opportunity has arisen for a creative and driven Senior Associate Sustainability Consultant. The role could be based in our Bristol or Cardiff office and will be part of our broader Sustainability Discipline group, which has a presence in every Hoare Lea office across the country. You will join a collaborative, knowledgeable, highly engaged team who love what they do, and who enjoy a supportive, flexible, high‑performing work culture.

• Take ownership and deliver large‑scale projects with industry‑leading clients.
• Experience working in the London and Bristol markets preferred.
• Monitor project expenditure and report to team leader.
• Actively contribute to sharing technical knowledge across the firm.
• Effectively report and openly communicate at all levels internally and externally.
• Contribute to finding new opportunities for business growth and negotiate scope of Hoare Lea services and fee levels.
• Actively participate in regional work‑winning initiatives and contribute to senior engagement in recognised industry organisations.
• Take responsibility for achieving design objectives.
• Manage and motivate colleagues within the HL team.
• Report cost and resource requirements to the team leader on a regular basis.
• Contribute to the development of junior team members.
• Effectively delegate, manage and review work undertaken by others.
• Support in production of fee proposals and invoicing.
• Lead workshops with the client and design team and communicate information in a clear and concise manner.
• Undertake a range of modelling and analysis, which may include but not limited to embodied carbon of materials, circular economy opportunities, building performance simulation, operational energy use, energy generation and overheating.
• Lead the development of sustainability and energy strategies.
• Lead the delivery of environmental assessments (such as BREEAM, WELL, HQM, etc.) from early design stages through to completion.
• Support the drive towards realising net zero whole‑life carbon in our projects.
• Work with other members of the Sustainability Group on research and development initiatives to stay at the cutting edge of knowledge in our industry.
• Engage directly with industry, undertaking research and development studies and authoring industry guidance; opportunity for involvement in this aspect of the group’s work for those keen to have a direct influence on the industry.

• Experience working within sustainability consultancy, looking for a new challenge within a practice at the forefront of the field.
• Qualified and recognized in industry, preferably with Chartered status.
• Expertise and passion for creating sustainable solutions.
• Confidence in leading sustainability workshops with design teams.
• Enthusiastic, dynamic, and part of a progressive and well‑respected firm.
• Good communication skills and enthusiasm for working within a team environment.
• Demonstrable experience working with clients, contractors or architects in a design‑oriented consultant role.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Self‑awareness, open mind and spirit of generosity.
• Experience supporting others to develop knowledge, skills and confidence.
• Ability to develop effective client and fellow professional relationships for future business growth.
• Commitment to personal and continuing professional development.
• Active contribution to the wider engineering and construction industry.

• Energy strategies.
• Building Regulations Part L assessments using Elmhurst and IES.
• BREEAM and HQM assessments.
• Bespoke sustainability charters.
• Production of planning documents including sustainability statements, energy statements, whole‑life carbon reports and circular economy statements.
• Circular economy strategies.

• NABERS UK modelling.
• In‑Use energy modelling and assessment.
• Dynamic modelling for thermal comfort assessments and overheating risk assessments.
• Health and wellbeing strategies and certification.
• Net zero carbon strategies and embodied carbon calculations.

Benefits include private medical cover, an electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, stock options, up to 30 days of annual leave and a 9‑day fortnight scheme.