Sustainability Consultant

Your next role

• Exuding passion and enthusiasm for the built environment to support human outcomes and fair distribution of value
• Sustainability project and service support
• Task leadership and direction / mentorship of more junior team members
• Production of technical guidance and analysis to influence policy, corporate strategies and urban planning.
• Providing written comments and producing reports and presentations with excellent visual and grammatical quality.
• Working as part of multidisciplinary teams (including, but not limited to attending meetings with architects, planners, government agencies and clients)
• Formulating external presentations for outreach and business development purposes.

Your skills & experience

You will be a passionate sustainability practitioner with experience in the construction/built environment sector; you will ideally be able to demonstrate the following...

• Experience in a comparable sustainability consulting role with a focus on the built environment;
• Ideally some specialist knowledge in one or more of the following areas; Energy and Carbon; Building Performance; Natural Capital; Climate Resilience; External Environments; Health & Wellbeing; Social Value; Circular economy.
• Ability to communicate in an effective and confident manner
• Working knowledge of wellbeing and sustainable design techniques, analysis or modelling relevant to the construction industry or corporate strategies
• Experience of undertaking technical analysis, and the development of suitable responsive strategies
• Working knowledge of relevant UK policy and regulation (or equivalent)
• Experience producing high quality graphical and written outputs
• Experience in sustainability strategy development (buildings and/or masterplans)
• Assessment system qualifications (e.g. LEED, BREEAM, WELL) and evidence of practical competence of their application.

It would also be advantageous if you could demonstrate the following...

• Strong facilitation and team working skills and a drive to deliver outstanding results

What we offer you

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance and income protection.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

Our inclusive team welcomes applications from those seeking flexible or part-time working.

Ready for something a little less ordinary?

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A place for everyone

Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.