Senior Sustainability consultant

Senior Sustainability Consultant

Immediate and key position within leading cost, project, asset and sustainability consultancy in central London.

Due to expansion and increased focus on developing their sustainability services, my client has several excellent opportunities to supplement and strengthen their existing teams.  This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual to play a key role in service development.

The position will focus on providing clients with advice on how to improve the sustainability of their buildings and developments, including (but not limited to) providing advice and analysis of:

• Environmental impacts
• The cost and economic impacts, and
• Wider social and community benefits and impacts

Summary of Duties:

To help develop and deliver sustainability services in the company, focused on providing advice and support to clients and design teams about how to improve the sustainability of buildings and development. 

• Providing strategic advice on sustainability, with a particular focus on buildings and development
• Providing practical, project-focused advice and assessments on improving the sustainability of buildings and development (covering such impacts as carbon emissions, energy efficiency, waste and recycled content, etc), and with a particular focus on the cost and economic implications of these impacts
• Taking responsibility for associated research, analysis and, where appropriate, the development of new tools and capabilities to support such assessments
• Helping to co-ordinate contributions from other key service lines within Davis Langdon (eg Tax, Spec Writing, Consulting) to the sustainability service. 
• Helping to raise awareness, and to improve the capability of  company personnel generally in relation to sustainability and the environmental impact of construction and buildings. 
• Sharing responsibility for day to day management of others in the sustainability team.

Experience Required:

5-10 years experience in construction, with a focus on advising on the environmental impact of construction and development.

Knowledge of:

• Sustainability, with a particular focus on the environmental impact of construction
• Government policy in relation to sustainability in the built environment
• Building services engineering technology; design strategies for environmentally benign buildings
• Evaluation tools (BREEAM, LEED, GB Tool, CEEQUAL, etc) and strategies
• Cost and economic implications of sustainability.

If possible, candidates should also have knowledge of the following:

• Energy/Carbon policy issues  *** this is of particular importance
• Resource policy issues
• Low energy/low carbon technology
• Renewable energy sources
• Key developments in new technology

Qualifications:

Good first degree in a construction or environmental science discipline. 

Master’s degree in environmental science or related discipline would be preferred

Membership of a recognised professional institution (RICS/RIBA/ICE/CIBSE or equivalent).   Candidates with good compensating experience would also be considered.