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Method Consulting’s stimulating and challenging workload provides a varied career, while supporting your professional and personal development. You will also have the opportunity to take part in a variety of social activities from sporting events to cultural visits and lectures.
The role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Graduate Sustainability Consultant to join our growing Energy and Sustainability team in our Swindon office. Method operates a hybrid working policy so this will be a blend of the office and working remotely.
With a focus on LCA modelling (life cycle assessment), you will be using software to model all types of buildings and projects including full new builds and refurbishments (we use OneClick LCA), reading technical information and Architect’s drawings, analysing data, report writing, and attending meetings where appropriate, as well as working with our engineers as we develop our mechanisms for measuring embodied carbon of building services designs. The role will also include helping to develop our internal databases of embodied carbon data including Environmental Product Declarations and industry guidance as well as liaising with product manufacturers to obtain materials information and carbon data.
Working closely with our M&E and Building Physics team, you will be based at our head office in Swindon which has good travel links to London, Bristol and Bath, with easy access to surrounding towns and Villages across Wiltshire and the beautiful countryside in adjoining counties such as the Cotswolds.
Included in Building Magazine’s Top 150 Consultants & Top 50 Engineers list 2021, we have also been included in the Top 50 Employers in Building Magazine’s annual survey for four of the last five years. We are committed to providing the very best to our team and our workplace initiatives ensure that you will have the right resources and skills to achieve your goals.
Full training will be provided.
Role and responsibilities
- materials life cycle assessments using online software
- working with project teams to obtain necessary information such as material data
- developing our internal documentation to streamline our embodied carbon processes
- writing reports to present embodied carbon results
- presenting results and participating in carbon workshops with project teams
- researching the field of embodied carbon to increase our knowledge and sharing this with the team
Experience and qualifications
- Numerically accurate and proficient in Excel
- Team player capable of working in a multi-discipline team
- Excellent at planning your own workload and dealing with competing deadlines
- Good communication skills- verbal and written
- A passion for sustainability
- Experience with modelling software and LCA tools desired but not essential
- Educated to degree level in maths, physics, geography, environmental studies or a related discipline
- A passion for sustainability
- Educated to degree level in maths, physics, geography, environmental studies or a related discipline
To meet with current legislation, rights to work checks will be carried out to ensure candidates are eligible to work within the UK. We are currently unable to support candidates with a Tier 2 Visa or those requiring sponsorship to work here.
Method Consulting is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably-qualified persons.
