Energy Consultant - Senior Consultant in Manchester

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AECOM is seeking a Senior Sustainability Consultant to join our established Sustainability & Decarbonisation Advisory team, part of our Building Engineering Business Line, which is recognised as a leader in sustainable development.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering Sustainability & Carbon services for major public and private sector clients, helping them to design and deliver low-carbon, resilient, and sustainable estates. This role will span a wide range of sectors including healthcare, education and commercial, but most specifically UK Defence & National Security.

• Supporting clients to develop and understand their sustainability & decarbonisation requirements.
• Liaising directly with clients and designers to develop sustainability & decarbonisation strategies at the outset, implementing these from early design through to construction.
• Delivery of sustainability appraisals such as SAW and SEEAM.
• Supporting project management and programming.
• Mentoring of junior staff where suitable to help upskilling.

Qualifications Requirements:

• Good knowledge of the building design and construction process.
• Experience of undertaking WLCAs using OneClick LCA, assessment certification schemes especially BREEAM and DREAM, and sustainability appraisals.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and apply it to practical sustainability solutions.
• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to manage a varied workload across multiple projects.
• Demonstrated experience of sustainable buildings, low-carbon design, and environmental performance.
• An understanding of broader sustainability issues and how these can be mitigated on project.
• An understanding of current & future policies and best practice guidance on sustainability and decarbonisation.
• Willingness to work on Defence and National Security projects.

Important Details:

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, successful applicants will need to have active UK SC Clearance or the ability to gain UK SC clearance, and ideally have a single UK nationality.

AECOM is committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and takes any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.