Sustainability Consultant

Sustainability Consultant

Help shape a more sustainable built environment

Join an award-winning sustainability team where you'll have the opportunity to contribute to some of the UK's most exciting development projects. Working alongside experienced sustainability professionals, you'll support the delivery of sustainability certifications and consultancy services that help clients improve environmental performance, achieve ambitious ESG objectives and create healthier, more sustainable buildings.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career sustainability professional looking to develop technical expertise, gain exposure to a broad range of projects and build a long-term career within a leading multidisciplinary consultancy.

As a Sustainability Consultant, you will support the delivery of sustainability certification and consultancy services across a diverse portfolio of projects. Working alongside experienced sustainability professionals, you will contribute to BREEAM, WELL and Home Quality Mark (HQM) assessments and help clients achieve their sustainability objectives.

This role is ideal for someone at the early stages of their sustainability career who is looking to develop technical expertise within the built environment sector. You will receive support and mentoring from senior colleagues while gaining exposure to a broad range of sustainability services and project types.

The team delivers services including BREEAM assessments, sustainability statements, Whole Life Carbon Assessments, daylight analysis, overheating assessments and circular economy strategies. This role provides an excellent opportunity to broaden your sustainability knowledge and develop your consultancy skills across multiple disciplines.

Working as part of a specialist sustainability team within the wider Building Services Group, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary design teams, clients and technical specialists to help deliver positive sustainability outcomes across a wide range of developments.

From day one, you will contribute to the successful delivery of sustainability projects that create measurable environmental and social value. You will support project teams with sustainability assessments, evidence reviews, technical reporting and client deliverables while developing your understanding of industry standards and best practice.

As your experience grows, you will take ownership of elements of project delivery, develop specialist expertise and build confidence in client-facing activities. The role offers a structured pathway for progression, technical development and professional accreditation.

Long term, you will gain exposure to nationally significant projects, develop your sustainability knowledge across multiple disciplines and have access to ongoing professional development opportunities, including support towards Chartered status and industry accreditations.

You will have a good understanding of sustainability principles within the built environment and some exposure to building certification schemes such as BREEAM. Working alongside experienced colleagues, you will assist with sustainability assessments, evidence gathering, technical reviews and reporting.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to build expertise in sustainability certification and develop a deeper understanding of environmental performance standards across a range of building types and sectors.

You will support the delivery of sustainability assessments and environmental studies, contributing to technical reports, sustainability statements and project documentation. You will develop an understanding of wider sustainability issues, including carbon reduction, resource efficiency, circular economy principles and Net Zero strategies.

Exposure to Whole Life Carbon Assessments and carbon assessment tools would be beneficial but is not essential, and you will have opportunities to develop knowledge in these areas as part of your professional growth.

You will work…