Senior Sustainability Consultant or Sustainability Consultant

Senior Sustainability Consultant or Sustainability Consultant

About us

BDP is a major international interdisciplinary practice of architects, engineers and designers working together to create outstanding 'places for people'. Founded in Preston in the UK in 1961, we now have studios across the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, the MENA region, India, Singapore, USA, and Canada. BDP has a leading track record in all major sectors and has over 1000 awards for design quality. In 2016 BDP joined forces with the Japanese engineering consultancy Nippon Koei, providing us with further opportunities in the developing regions of Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. Explore some of BDP’s previous and current projects on our website here.

Our Sustainability Group provides a wide range of services across building design to both internal and external clients. Our current suite of services include:

• Sustainability strategies and bespoke frameworks
• Net zero carbon strategies (operational and embodied carbon)
• Environmental assessments, including BREEAM, LEED, SKA and WELL
• Production of planning documentation, including Sustainability and Energy Statements for Planning
• Ecological assessment and consultancy
• In-use and post-occupancy evaluation and building optimisation
• Knowledge sharing and upskilling of the practice
• BDP internal environmental management

The role

We are seeking people who revel in the opportunity to work on challenging, high profile projects in our stimulating, inter-disciplinary design studios. You will have a unique opportunity to work on a diverse range of challenging projects in sectors including workplace, healthcare, education, historic buildings, sport, leisure and residential.

We are seeking a professional to join our growing sustainability team. The successful candidate will have previous experience of providing built-environment related consultancy and environmental assessments and will possess an understanding of the environmental policy and legislative landscape and future trajectory.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in, or lead on, the following workstreams:

• Net zero carbon strategies and assessments (both operational and embodied)
• Material lifecycle assessments (embodied carbon assessments)
• Circularity assessments
• Environmental and wellbeing consultancy and assessments such as BREEAM, LEED, Ska and the WELL Building Standard
• Post occupancy evaluations
• Environmental management systems
• NABERS (desirable, but not essential)

The successful candidate will join a team of specialist consultants working across all areas of the built environment. They will have experience of the planning, design, and construction industries (and associated processes) and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, resulting in the ability to articulate complex ideas and concepts effectively to clients with interdisciplinary teams. They will be able to demonstrate an ability to multi-task and have exemplary organisational skills.

Their expertise should be borne from an enthusiasm for environmental sustainability, through the practical implementation of strategies that support environmental, social and economic sustainability at local, national and global levels. They will truly enjoy their work, maintaining a keen interest in the fast-paced agenda, and will be driven to develop the role and make a positive contribution to projects by advocating change.

Qualifications and previous experience:

Required:

• A formal qualification in a sustainability/environmental management/built environment subject
• Previous relevant experience working in the field of sustainability
• Experience of BREEAM and the successful delivery of BREEAM assessments
• Working knowledge of environmental and sustainability legislation and its applicability to UK development.
• The drive to explore new or emerging themes and dissemination as appropriate
• Confidence in preparing and delivering presentations to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Exemplary written and spoken English, with experience of technical report writing

• Experience of delivering LEED, Ska or WELL Building Standard assessments
• Experience of using materials life cycle tools and software such as OneClick LCA
• A background in energy or building physics
• NABERS accreditation
• Experience of carrying out circularity assessments and consultancy

Group Objectives

• To evolve and expand the knowledge of the organisation, raising the company’s profile for delivering consistently environmentally conscious places and buildings
• To ensure that the company develops and expands its environmental and sustainability services internally and externally, working to influence design proposals and lift design quality
• To become accepted as a resource for sustainable design advocacy and creativity, working closely with different teams to provide low impact, healthy and value added design solutions
• To work with the studios, profession heads and board of directors to ensure the sustainability agenda is communicated effectively throughout the practice
• To work to reduce the environmental impact of our day-to-day operations in line with our ISO 14001 and 50001 certification.
• To be regarded as a thought leader for aspects of the sustainability agenda

BDP offers

Our studios are vibrant. We offer thought leadership and inspirational solutions, and we use our engineering ideas to shape design rather than simply implement solutions. We aspire to deliver projects with maximum value for our clients and minimum impact on the planet.

BDP offers a great opportunity for your personal career development with exposure to the full range of our skills and expertise. BDP offers an attractive remuneration package that includes:

• Flexible Pension Allowance
• Private Medical Insurance
• All Employee Profit Share
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Income Protection/Prolonged Disability Insurance
• Buying Additional Holidays (winter and summer windows)
• Contribution towards Professional Subscriptions
• BUPA Health Screening
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Give as You Earn
• SMART Drive and Cycle
• Season Ticket Loans
  
  

We have a Social Life committee which organises a wide range of social, sporting and charitable activities and a communication committee for improvement and development ideas. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion network defines and drives forward cultural change. Some recent events we have held include and are not excluded to, themed month end socials, hiking club, weekly complimentary yoga, wellbeing webinars and toolbox talks.

Our studio location by the waterside at Piccadilly Basin is near the vibrant northern quarter and close to Piccadilly station and central Manchester transport links. Find out more about our Manchester studio here: https://www.bdp.com/en/locations/uk/manchester/

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To apply

To apply for the role please click on the ‘Apply’ button below the vacancy. You will then need to complete the online application form and attach an up-to-date CV with a cover letter (<400 words) outlining how your skills and experience match the requirements for the above job description. Your application will then be passed onto our recruiting directors for review. If successful, you will be notified by our system inviting you in for an interview, either being held in person or via Microsoft Teams. Please state your salary expectations as part of your application.

BDP is actively fostering an inclusive organisation where people can be themselves and everyone has a sense of belonging. We want our teams to be diverse at every level, reflecting the communities we design for. As designers, we will create spaces for all that promote equity, wellbeing and participation within the built environment. We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different skills, professional and life experiences, to join us and help us to achieve our aspirations. We also welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly. BDP also operates a hybrid working policy.