Principal Sustainability Consultant
Location: Manchester; West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Salary: £30k-£40K
To apply Quote Ref: BB27409
Our multidisciplinary client is looking for a Principal Sustainability Consultant to join one of their offices in the North West and be a self starter.
Overall Purpose of the post:
To help their clients improve the sustainability of their buildings and developments, including (but not limited to) providing advice and analysis of:
� Environmental impacts
� Cost and economic impacts, and
� Wider social and community benefits and impacts.
Summary of duties:
� 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
� Contributing to associated research, analysis and, where appropriate, the development of new tools and capabilities to support such assessments
Experience:
Minimum 5 years experience in sustainability, with a focus on advising in the infrastructure sector.
Knowledge of:
� Sustainability, with a particular focus on the environmental impact of infrastructure
� Government policy in relation to sustainability in the built environment
� Building services engineering technology; design strategies for environmentally benign buildings.
� Evaluation tools and strategies (BREEAM)
� Cost and economic implications of sustainability.
Qualifications:
Good first degree in a construction or environmental science discipline.
Master's degree in environmental science or related discipline would be preferred
