Graduate Sustainability Consultant

Description:

Graduate Sustainability Consultant

Edinburgh or Glasgow

About Us

Hoare Lea is a human-centric and planet-conscious engineering consultancy. We offer intelligent and sustainable solutions to complex design challenges for the built environment throughout the UK and further afield.

We provide a wide range of engineering and consultancy services, including acoustics, air quality, building services (MEP), fire, lighting, security and sustainability to name but a few. Together, our highly skilled teams use technical expertise and problem-solving skills to bring buildings to life. We ensure that whatever the building, its design is outstanding, and its operations meet the needs of the communities it serves.

Whatever your ambitions or circumstances, our aim is to enable everyone to develop their knowledge, give their best, and enjoy what they do.

Why Join Us?
 

• You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists.
• You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects from day one, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors.
• You’ll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.
• You’ll be encouraged through our accredited training and development scheme with a dedicated mentor and supervisor, supporting you to Chartership, if you wish.
   

The Role

Being part of one of the UK’s largest building engineering consultancies, we benefit from collaborating with some of the best engineers in the business, with access to state-of-the-art technical support, and have the opportunity to work on some of the largest and most high-profile projects as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Canolfan Pentre Awel in Carmarthen, Multi-Megawatt Data Centre Campus , Oxford North in Oxford, One Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester, Gwynfaen in Swansea, and the nature-based net-zero neighbourhood of Earls Court in London, are examples of some of the amazing projects where we have led the design with other Hoare Lea disciplines.

As a Graduate Sustainability Consultant, your day-to-day tasks will vary, as we’ll expose you to all aspects of our work so you can discover what suits you. You could be;
 

• Working on live projects from day one – our exciting projects
• In a variety of sectors from healthcare to hotels, retail to residential
• Undertaking building performance simulation and energy related workstreams, using a range of modelling approaches, tools, and techniques
• Developing energy strategies with our clients to lead sustainability innovation on a series of developments
• Assisting in the delivery of environmental assessments (such as BREEAM, WELL, HQM, etc) from early design stages through to completion
• Developing an understanding and knowledge of whole life carbon reporting to support clients Net Zero Carbon strategies
• Undertaking site surveys
• Researching ground-breaking technologies
• Continuous CPD and learning opportunities
• Supporting the development of holistic Sustainability Strategies, where necessary