Senior Sustainability Consultant

Senior Sustainability Consultant | London

A growing sustainability consultancy is looking to appoint a Senior Sustainability Consultant or Sustainability Consultant to join its London team.

This is an opportunity to work on a diverse range of built environment projects, with a particular focus on sustainability, whole life carbon, circular economy, biodiversity and nature-positive design.

The role offers the chance to work alongside specialists across sustainability, nature and ecology, helping clients move beyond minimum compliance and deliver more ambitious sustainability outcomes across a range of developments.

The role

Depending on experience, you'll take responsibility for delivering smaller projects independently or specific elements of larger sustainability and engineering projects.

Key responsibilities will include:

Undertaking whole life carbon assessments and options appraisals to inform design decisions.
Developing and applying circular economy strategies across a range of projects.
Producing sustainability reports, whole life carbon assessments, circular economy statements and planning documentation.
Managing BREEAM assessments, including pre-assessments, workshops and the certification process.
Managing smaller projects from start to finish, or supporting specific elements of larger projects.
Providing technical sustainability advice and developing practical solutions to complex challenges.
Communicating technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Attending client and project meetings and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
Working collaboratively with wider project teams and sustainability specialists.About you

The ideal candidate will have around 5 years' experience at Consultant level or 5+ years' experience at Senior Consultant level, with a background in sustainability within the built environment.

You'll ideally have experience with:

Whole life carbon assessments, with the ability to interpret results and inform design optioneering.
Circular economy principles and their application across different project types.
BREEAM, including assessments, workshops and certification.
Planning processes and associated sustainability documentation.
Wider sustainability standards and frameworks such as NABERS, Passivhaus and the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard.
Building sustainability, carbon assessment, net zero transition and sustainability advisory projects.Relevant professional accreditations such as BREEAM, WELL or other sustainability certifications would be advantageous, alongside a relevant degree or equivalent qualification in sustainability, architecture, engineering, consultancy or a related discipline.

What's on offer

Opportunity to work on varied and technically interesting built environment projects.
Exposure to sustainability, carbon, circular economy, nature and biodiversity.
Collaborative working alongside specialist sustainability and environmental teams.
Opportunity to take ownership of projects and develop client-facing experience.
London-based role with hybrid working and a minimum of three days per week in the office.The successful candidate will be highly organised, commercially aware and confident working autonomously, with strong communication skills and a genuine enthusiasm for improving sustainability across the built environment.

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