Sustainability Engineer

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Providing strategic low-energy design advice.
• Liaising with key client stakeholders to develop their sustainability strategies.
• Identifying sustainability risks and appropriate mitigation measures and highlighting any opportunities to increase the organisations sustainability credentials.
• Conducting Pre-Assessment and provide design advice.
• Creating models to illustrate your plans, processes and designs.
• Undertaking a gap analysis report should the desired rating not be achievable.
• Monitoring the design process to ensure that the scheme design objectives are being followed and the design meets the clients requirements.
• Preparing low and zero-carbon technology feasibility studies and energy statements for local authority approval as part of planning applications
• A range of additional ad hoc duties to support the wider team.
• Identify feasible sustainable design concepts.
• Manage projects and keep them up-to-date on progress.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest building assessments.
• Use CAD tools to create models.
• Use mapping technology such as GIS to assist with the creation of models.
• Collect and collate qualitative and quantitative data to help communicate and support your sustainable engineering designs.
• Build portfolios.
• Write bids and proposals.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

• Required to have at least a degree in a relevant engineering or sustainability subject. A master's degree and LEED certification is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years work experience in sustainability field required.
• Strong technical engineering knowledge.
• Good understanding of low-carbon building solutions.
• Design skills and product assessment skills.
• Good report writing skills.