Climate17
Senior Sustainability Consultant
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Climate17 is pleased to be working with an award-winning, employee-owned building services and sustainability consultancy renowned for delivering innovative, low-carbon engineering solutions across the built environment.
With sustainability embedded at the heart of every project, our client is looking to appoint a Senior Sustainability Consultant to support the continued growth of its environmental assessment and sustainability advisory team (Manchester, Bristol or Edinburgh).
The Opportunity
As a Senior Sustainability Consultant, you'll lead the delivery of sustainability assessments across a diverse portfolio of projects, working closely with multidisciplinary design teams and trusted clients.
You'll manage projects from concept through to completion, provide expert advice across a range of environmental certification schemes, and play a key role in developing both people and processes. Alongside technical delivery, you'll also contribute to wider sustainability services including Net Zero strategies, ESG advisory, planning support, and sustainable design workshops.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of sustainability and environmental assessment projects across multiple sectors.
- Manage BREEAM, WELL, and other sustainability certification projects from inception to completion.
- Act as Lead Sustainability Consultant, coordinating sustainability advice across multidisciplinary design teams.
- Deliver sustainability strategies, planning advice, and client workshops.
- Mentor and develop junior consultants while helping improve technical standards and quality assurance.
- Build long-term client relationships and contribute to business growth through proposals, bids, and service development.
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About You
We're keen to speak with professionals who have:
- 6+ years' experience in sustainability consultancy within the built environment.
- Qualified BREEAM Assessor.
- WELL AP accreditation.
- Experience leading sustainability projects from concept through completion.
- Strong understanding of BREEAM, WELL, and wider environmental assessment methodologies.
- Excellent client-facing, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience mentoring or managing junior consultants.
Desirable experience includes: BREEAM AP, Fitwel Ambassador, LEED AP, HQM Assessor, Chartered Environmentalist status, Net Zero Carbon Building Standard knowledge, Life Cycle Carbon Assessment (LCA), Circular Economy, ESG advisory, and sustainability strategy development.
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Why Apply?
🌱 Join an award-winning, employee-owned consultancy where sustainability genuinely sits at the heart of every project.
You'll benefit from:
- High-profile, technically challenging projects.
- Genuine influence over technical standards and service development.
- Flexible hybrid working.
- Competitive salary and bonus.
- Six weeks annual leave (including bank holidays).
- Pension scheme and professional memberships.
- Ongoing mentoring and support towards further accreditation.
- Clear long-term career progression, including future leadership and partnership opportunities.
📩 Interested?
To apply or find out more, please contact:
Neeraj Ghale
Climate17 is a purpose-led international recruitment consultancy specialising in Renewable Energy and Sustainability. We partner with organisations driving the transition to a low-carbon economy by connecting them with exceptional talent.
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