Senior / Principal Sustainability Consultant – BREEAM Assessor Full-time

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. We transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference because we recognise our responsibility to lead the creation of a better industry and the journey to Net Zero. We are driven to help build a world where opportunities are open to all, people can live healthy, safe lives and society has a positive impact on the natural world around it.

Our Sustainability team specialises in helping client organisations to measure, manage and reduce energy consumption, carbon emissions, and achieve wider sustainability aims. Our services include:

• Delivery of city/regional carbon reduction programmes;
• Development of carbon management strategies, including Net Zero strategies;
• Whole Life Carbon and greenhouse gas reporting, and associated ESG disclosures;
• Identification and assessment of energy saving opportunities and investment case support;
• Green building certification assurance on real estate capital projects;
• Estates decarbonisation plan and heat decarbonisation plans;
• Net Zero programme management and delivery.

We are seeking an experienced Senior or Principal Sustainability Consultant to play a key role in leading our growing UK building certification team. In this leadership role, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to design, analyse, model, report, and present sustainability strategies across a diverse project portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the delivery of building certification projects and competitive bids.
• Provide expert technical guidance on BREEAM, WELL and other certification schemes.
• Support clients in setting decarbonisation targets and defining practical pathways to achieve them.
• Assist senior colleagues in the successful delivery of projects.
• Coordinate with clients, project partners and key stakeholders.
• Deliver strategic sustainability advice during early project design stages.
• Produce concise technical summaries and detailed technical reports.
• Analyse large datasets and translate findings into clear, robust outputs.
• Mentor junior consultants and provide support to senior team members.
• Oversee internal quality assurance procedures.
• Recommend effective low carbon design measures to clients and designers.
• Present technical findings and project outcomes to clients.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Strong understanding of building design, construction processes, and material performance.
• Demonstrated leadership and team development capabilities.
• Deep knowledge of BREEAM, WELL, and other environmental performance standards.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to guide multidisciplinary teams through certification processes.
• Experience preparing and leading tenders and proposals.

Additional Information:

We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.