Principal or Associate Sustainability Consultant – Energy Focus
£55,000 – £68,000
CTJ77
Location: Bournemouth or Reading
A leading UK engineering consultancy is seeking a Principal or Associate Sustainability Consultant (Energy) to join its thriving team in Bournemouth or Reading. This consultancy is known for its human-centric and environmentally conscious approach, delivering intelligent, sustainable design solutions across a wide range of projects in the built environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and deliver complex sustainability and energy projects across multiple sectors
- Manage project teams, set priorities, and report on resourcing needs
- Mentor junior consultants and review technical outputs
- Support fee proposal preparation, budgeting, and invoicing
- Conduct modelling and analysis, including:
- Operational energy use
- Embodied carbon and circular economy strategies
- Building performance simulation
- On-site energy generation
- Overheating and thermal comfort assessments
- Oversee the development of sustainability and energy strategies
- Lead delivery of environmental assessments such as BREEAM, WELL, and HQM
The ideal Principal/Associate Consultant will have experience in:
- Energy strategies and low-carbon building design
- Building Regulations Part L assessments (e.g., using Elmhurst, IES)
- Thermal modelling and overheating risk analysis
- In-use energy modelling and performance gap analysis
- Support for planning applications with environmental input
- Net-zero carbon strategy development
Benefits:
- Hybrid working options (office and home-based flexibility)
- Flexible working hours
- Up to 30 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Additional leave purchase scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
- Private medical insurance
- Mental health support and employee assistance programme (EAP)
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Wellbeing initiatives and resources
- Competitive salary with regular reviews
- Electric Vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance and income protection
- Discretionary bonus schemes (dependent on role/level)
- Share options (or equity participation for senior positions)
- Structured career development pathways
- Access to in-house training, CPD events, and technical development
- Sponsorship for professional qualifications (e.g., CEng, BREEAM, WELL AP)
- Recognition and long-service awards
If you are interested in this role, please send your CV to callum.jones@penguinrecruitment.co.uk or call Callum 01792 963078.
