Associate Sustainability Consultant

A fantastic career opportunity has arisen for a creative and driven Senior Associate Sustainability Consultant to join our Sustainability Group. 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. Working alongside a range of specialist engineers and consultants, you will be joining a collaborative, knowledgeable, highly engaged team who love what they do, and offer a supportive, flexible, and high performing work culture.

Role expectations.

• Take ownership and deliver large scale projects with industry leading clients - Experience working in the London and Bristol markets preferred
• Monitoring project expenditure and reporting to team leader
• Actively contributes to sharing technical knowledge across the firm
• Effectively reports and openly communicates 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
• Takes responsibility for achieving design objectives
• Manage and motivate colleagues within the HL team.
• Reporting 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 manor.
• Undertaking 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, 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.
• Supporting the drive towards realising net zero whole life carbon in our projects.
• Working with other members of the Sustainability Group on research and development initiatives to allow us to stay at the cutting edge of knowledge in our industry.
• As well as project-related work, the Group engages directly with industry undertaking research and development studies, and authoring industry guidance. The role also presents the opportunity for involvement in this aspect of the Group's work to those keen to have a direct influence on the industry.

Project delivery and technical expertise You will have detailed knowledge, competence and qualifications in a selection of the following fields. It is not expected that applicants will have expertise in all of the below topics. Applicants will be expected to have focus areas and detailed knowledge within them and should demonstrate a willingness to gain expertise in other topic areas.

• 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

Experience working within sustainability consultancy, you will be looking for a new challenge within a practice at the very forefront of our field.

• Qualified and recognised in industry preferably with Chartered status
• You will bring expertise a passion for creating sustainable solutions.
• You will be confident in leading sustainability workshops with design teams.
• You will relish being part of dynamic team within a progressive and well-respected firm.
• You will have good communication skills and an…