Graduate Sustainability Consultant - Bristol, United Kingdom - TFT

Description

About the job

Job title:
Graduate / Consultant: Sustainability


Department:
Sustainability, Bristol


Job Type:
Permanent (full or part time can be discussed)


Job purpose

An excellent opportunity for a Graduate or Early Career Professional to become part of our friendly and collaborative environment within the Sustainability team.

Opportunities for growth and gaining new skills, working for high profile clients and working on exciting projects across various sectors, predominantly commercial, but also retail, residential, and industrial.

This role will suit someone keen to establish themselves in a leading consultancy practice and support the growth of our team.

Our Sustainability team is mainly based in our London office and works with predominantly commercial clients, via a wide range of disciplines to offer best in class sustainability advice.

You will be part of a supportive team providing specialist resources for current instructions in Bristol, the Southwest and regional locations.

We work across all the stages of a project life cycle offering sustainability services tailored to the needs of our clients, including strategic sustainability frameworks, sustainability co-ordination and specialist studies including net zero roadmaps, Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), circular economy studies and certification (BREEAM, LEED, WELL, NABERS UK).

TFT is passionate about people and providing individually focused career development.

Our Sustainability team will support your career and will work to tailor your role to suit your interests in sustainability including sponsoring training opportunities.

We encourage your engagement in CPD and knowledge development at industry events, working groups, and attendance at networking events.


Key relationships

You will work directly with the Associate & Associate Director in the Sustainability team but you will be part of the wider Sustainability and M&E team and work closely with colleagues in Project Management and other TFT Service Lines.

You will be working with clients such as The Crown Estate, Derwent London, Grosvenor Britain and Ireland and British Land delivering on a mix of project work and strategic development frameworks ranging across speculative CAT A fit-out, new build offices, refurb fit-out for commercial buildings and residential developments.

Key accountabilities

• To work with project teams (internal and external) to develop resource efficient/low carbon buildings with circular economy principles.
• Undertake sustainability appraisals of development projects and produce accompanying reports to be submitted for planning.
• Support the sustainability coordination of projects driving innovation and monitoring the integration of a broad range of sustainability aspects into design, construction and operation; including designing for performance, climate resilience, healthy/sustainable materials and circularity, whole life carbon and social value.
• Assist with BREEAM certification projects (or other certification as appropriate), including the pragmatic, cost effective development of design strategies with the project team, validation of evidence submitted, updating tracking record documents, monitoring design development, writing meeting minutes
• Assist with delivery of project specific Net Zero Carbon Roadmaps, decarbonisation strategies.
• Undertake Whole Life Carbon and Life Cycle Costing modelling to recommend Embodied Carbon solutions for new and existing buildings (if interested, experienced).

Essential skills and experience

• Previous relevant experience in sustainable design and/or undergraduate or postgraduate degree in related field. Previous experience within sustainability consultancy would be beneficial but not obligatory.
• General understanding of the construction and design process.
• Ability to communicate, influence, and embed sustainability within a project team.
• Passion for sustainability and general interest in design themes, and UK policy frameworks and benchmarks.

Experienced in two or more of the following areas would be an advantage:

• Sustainability assessments (BREEAM, HQM, LEED)
• Wellbeing (WELL, Fitwel)
• Circular economy & Embodied carbon (Life cycle assessments, Life cycle costing)
• Energy modelling (EPC, SAP)
• Operational carbon (DfP, NABERS)
• Supporting the sustainability coordination of projects, Net zero roadmaps, decarbonisation strategies

Your reward

Competitive salary offered plus benefits:

discretionary bonus scheme, mobile phone & laptop to support flexible working, Private Health Care (after 6 months), Personal Accident cover, Life Assurance, 25 days holiday and 1 day charity leave per year.

Cycle scheme and interest free season ticket loan and company contributory pension scheme on completion of probationary period.


About TFT
TFT is the leading independent firm of Development, Built Asset & Engineering and Sustainability consultants. We place the wellbeing of p