Senior Principal Sustainability Consultant London
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Job Summary
NSB Recruitment are currently working with an established and forward-thinking multidisciplinary consultancy is seeking a Senior or Principal Sustainability Consultant to join its growing Sustainability & Energy team in London.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within a progressive practice delivering innovative low-carbon and sustainability-led solutions across the built environment. Youll work alongside engineers designers and environmental specialists in a highly collaborative setting contributing to projects that genuinely shape more responsible resilient places.
The organisation promotes a culture built around trust flexibility and technical excellence offering the chance to grow your influence while helping to develop others.
The Role
This is a varied and influential position suited to an experienced sustainability professional ready to take on greater responsibility within a dynamic consultancy environment.
You will be involved in the delivery and leadership of sustainability services across a diverse portfolio of projects from early concept through to completion.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing and delivering small to medium-scale sustainability commissions
- Supporting and leading workstreams on larger complex projects
- Facilitating sustainability and energy workshops with clients and design teams
- Reviewing coordinating and delegating work across project teams
- Mentoring and supporting the development of junior consultants
- Undertaking technical modelling and analysis including:
- Whole life and embodied carbon
- Circular economy strategies
- Building performance simulation
- Operational energy and renewables
- Thermal comfort and overheating assessments
- Developing project sustainability carbon and energy strategies
- Delivering environmental certifications such as BREEAM WELL and HQM
- Supporting the delivery of net zero whole life carbon outcomes
- Contributing to internal research innovation and thought leadership
- Producing technical reports specifications and planning documentation
- Managing client relationships and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams
- Overseeing commercial aspects of your projects including programme resourcing and invoicing
About You
Youll be a motivated sustainability consultant with strong technical foundations and a passion for driving meaningful change in the built environment.
While no candidate is expected to cover every area you should bring depth in several of the following:
- Energy and carbon strategies
- Part L compliance (Elmhurst IES or similar)
- NABERS UK modelling
- In-use energy assessments
- Dynamic thermal modelling and overheating analysis
- BREEAM HQM and related certifications
- Net zero and embodied carbon calculations
- Circular economy approaches
- Planning-stage sustainability and energy statements
- Health and wellbeing strategies
Requirements
To be successful you are likely to have:
- A relevant degree (engineering environmental science sustainability or similar)
- Proven experience within a sustainability or environmental consultancy environment
- Confidence leading technical discussions and workshops with clients and design teams
- Strong communication and report-writing skills
- A collaborative proactive and solutions-driven approach
- A genuine commitment to sustainability and low-carbon design
- The ambition to progress within a respected and growing consultancy
Why Apply
This role offers the chance to join a consultancy at the forefront of sustainability and energy in the built environment with clear routes for career progression exposure to high-profile projects and a supportive flexible working culture.
If youre looking to elevate your career while making a tangible impact on climate and resource challenges this is a compelling next step.
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Key Skills
- Tomcat
- Risk Management
- ICD Coding
- Solaris
- Solution Architecture
- PaaS
- Middleware
- Perl
- Weblogic
- Jboss
- NetSuite
- Oracle
About Company
NSB Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Sustainability Specialist (Whole Life Carbon/LCA/BREEAM) to join this award-winning, B
