Energy and Climate Change Consultant

Wardell Armstrong is a successful multi-disciplinary consultancy with 13 offices throughout the UK employing approximately 500 staff. At the heart of our business lies a group of outstanding people. Working together with clients, we deliver solutions to challenging problems in Mining & Minerals, Infrastructure & Energy, and Property & Development.

The Opportunity:

 The Wardell Armstrong Energy & Climate Change Team is diverse and located across several of our UK offices. We have a number of exciting new projects on the horizon and so are keen to expand our team to enable us to continue to support existing and new clients in delivering against energy and climate change targets and objectives.

We are looking to employ a technically focussed consultant with approximately Graduate level up to three years’ experience to assist the energy team with a variety of projects and to assist in the delivery of our expanding climate change related services, with a focus in the South West. The ideal candidates will be highly numerically and IT literate, comfortable with modelling using a wide variety of software and knowledgeable in the impacts of climate change on the built environment. We are looking for candidates with relevant professional knowledge, experience and skills, as outlined below. Where gaps exist, on the job training will be provided and we are primarily looking for candidates with a positive and inquisitive mind set, a desire to learn and to grow and to support the development of the service area.

 The workload is likely to be diverse and will range from working on the technical elements of planning applications for renewable energy projects through to modelling of complex off-grid energy systems and using Computational Fluid Dynamics for wind flow modelling. The workload will largely entail the following:

• building assessments for new and existing housing, commercial and industrial property,
• climate change and sustainability assessments for Environmental Impact Assessments,
• carbon accounting for corporate audits in line with legislation and industry standards,
• carbon management and climate resilience strategies for business.

As the successful applicant, you will ideally have some experience / competency in the majority of the   below attributes, alongside a strong report writing capability:

• An undergraduate or Masters degree in a Maths, Engineering or related Science subject
• Knowledge of renewable energy systems
• Knowledge of energy management in buildings
• Knowledge of SAP/SBEM assessment
• GIS / AutoCAD capability
• Understanding of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• Knowledge of basic economics and financial analysis
• Knowledge of the UK planning system.
• Strong modelling capability
• Competent with Excel
• Strong grounding in IT, ideally with some Linux experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to undertake client facing roles
• Connections within client organisations and the wider business community
• Interest and/or capability in associated service lines such as Waste and EIA projects
• Keen to progress to Chartership with a relevant professional institute

We offer:

We offer excellent career prospects in a supportive working environment with no restrictions on how far you can progress. We encourage all of our employees to contribute to their professional institution.

•  Membership of the Firm’s Group Personal Pension Plan, with Employer’s contribution of up to 5%;

• Payment of relevant professional subscriptions;
• 24 days annual leave per year;
• Membership to the Firm’s Private Health Care Scheme currently provided by AVIVA;
• Inclusion in the Firm’s Permanent Health Insurance Policy;
• Inclusion in the Firm’s Life Assurance Policy given as 3 times annual salary;
• Mobile Phone with inclusive tariff including personal usage;
• Flexi-Time Working Schedule;
• Long service awards;
• Cycle to Work Scheme;
• Travel Loans; and
• Recruitment Bounty Scheme.