Graduate Sustainability Consultant & BREEAM Assessor

Are you passionate about sustainable building design and want to join a leading independent sustainability and engineering consultancy?

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Graduate Sustainability Consultant and BREEAM Assessor to join our growing Energy and Sustainability team.

Based at our new modern head office in central Swindon which has good travel links to London, Bristol and Bath, you will have the opportunity to expand your skillset and gain invaluable knowledge from other team members, whilst working closely with our other business groups.

Our Graduate programme lasts around 2-3 years however, this timescale is wholly dependent on the individual paths each person will take. The aim of the programme is to give all graduates a structured pathway for the start of their career.

All graduates at Method work on real live projects and learn on the job carrying out tasks for those projects – this programme gives you some insight into what to expect within those two years including the formalities of technical reviews and membership of professional institutions.

Technical and non-technical education such as presentation skills and time management courses, will make up a significant part of the programme. Everyone’s training is individual and tailored to their strengths and weaknesses enabling you to reach your full potential and gain both reward and satisfaction.

You will also be encouraged to develop your qualifications and become affiliated with an accredited institution such as CIBSE, IMechE, IET or the Energy Institute.

Your role will include:

• Advising clients on how to reduce the environmental impact of buildings
• Providing BREEAM, HQM and other rating systems advice and assessment to clients and design teams
• Working on a wide variety of projects, with multiple clients, across industry sectors
• Potential for conducting embodied carbon Life Cycle Assessment modelling to assess carbon impact of construction materials on projects using OneClick LCA
• Potential for development into various sustainability services including energy and sustainability statements for planning and energy/water analysis
• Becoming familiar with and keeping abreast of industry/sector initiatives (e.g. LETI, net zero, Building Regulations)
• 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flex time and Flex Days
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Wellness Contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Parental Policies
• Private medical insurance including Dental and Optical
• Life assurance
• Purchase of up to 10 additional holidays each year taken out of your salary in equal monthly instalments over the year
• Method Bank Holiday (Friday before August bank holiday)
• Birthday Leave (after 3 years service)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• £500 voucher (after 5 years’ service)
• £1000 voucher (after 10 years’ service)
• £1500 voucher (after 15 years’ service)

What we are looking for

• Must have the right to work in the UK by the commencement of employment. We are unable to accept applications from anyone who requires sponsorship to live and work in the UK now or in the future.
• 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
• Educated to degree level in Environmental Science, Geography, Sustainability, Engineering or a related discipline
• Knowledge or awareness of BREEAM would be beneficial
• Educated to degree level in Environmental Science, Geography, Sustainability, Engineering or a related discipline

Method Consulting is committed to ensuring that the most suitably qualified and experienced candidates are appointed to positions within the company on the basis of job-related criteria.

• environmental science and ecology
• physics
• electronic and electrical engineering
• geology and geography
• mechanical engineering

Additional job details

Workplace Hybrid, or partially remote

Location Swindon

Contract, dates and working times Permanent

Full-time

How to apply

Please send your CV and a chatty letter ensuring you quote the reference number telling us about your background, why you are interested in the role and how you found out about our vacancy

We're proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer, and we’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. If you have a disability that might affect your performance at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know about any help or reasonable adjustments as soon possible before any interview or assessment. We’ll work with you to make sure any appropriate support is in place.

Regrettably at the moment, we are unable to reply to all speculative applications, but if you would like us to keep your details on file, you should include your permission with your CV and covering letter.

Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 31 August 2025

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Method Consulting is a specialist engineering and sustainability consultancy focusing on building services and sustainability in the built environment – our common goal is to reduce the environmental impact of buildings through better design, analysis and assessment.

Since our business began, we have grown organically, opened new offices and expanded our business to cover a whole range of specialist services.

Intelligent, imaginative M&E engineering services and sustainability are still at our core but we now have a much wider spread of in-house specialist expertise to draw upon. Everything we do has a very strong focus on sustainability with sustainability and low-carbon design embedded into the design of all our projects.

Common to all our team is a detailed understanding of the fundamentals of building engineering, energy and sustainability, as well as experience and a pragmatic approach to ensure we provide the best possible service for our clients.

Careers in Engineering and Sustainability Consultancy

We are recruiting for a number of roles across all business groups. If you are a graduate with a keen interest in stem and are looking for a position, we would love to hear from you!

• Graduate Sustainable Mechanical & Electrical Services Engineer
• Graduate BREEAM and Sustainability Consultant

Roles will be based at either our new modern head office in central Swindon which has good travel links to London, Bristol and Bath, or one of our other offices in Oxford, Bristol or Cornwall.

Method operates a hybrid working policy, so most roles are a blend of office and working remotely.

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