Graduate Consultant - Smart, Energy & Sustainability - Leeds

Key Info

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  Location: Leeds
• Anticipated start: Immediate
• Deadline for applications: Friday 31 March 2023

We are not able to provide a Skilled Worker visa for this position. You will need to be eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship to be considered for this role. Please do not apply if you have limited leave to enter or remain in the UK e.g. a visitor visa, a student/graduate visa or an employer-sponsored visa from a previous employer.

Looking to kickstart your career or wanting a career change?

Here’s a fantastic opportunity to join our highly influential Smart, Energy and Sustainability Division.

We are looking to recruit graduates who are enthusiastic about driving a sustainable, net-zero future, with a focus on developing strategies to reduce carbon emissions and optimize operational energy consumption of infrastructure, encompassing its construction, utilization and end of life phases, through effective carbon management and decarbonisation plans.

You will be developing your technical skills through taking on a variety of complex projects as well as being supported in the development of your softer skills through our early careers learning and development program: ‘The Learning Curve’. We are looking for graduates who

What you will learn with us

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  Assisting in the delivery of BREEAM projects, with support from a senior member of the team.
• Part L, Energy Strategies and LCA assessment
• Managing own workload to meet project deadlines.
• Reviewing project details and developing targets for sustainability.
• Reviewing documentation provided by project teams, assess this against the project’s targets and provide feedback or follow-up.
• Setup and maintain projects via the project evidence tracker.
• Communicating sustainability requirements to internal and external team members.
• Producing reports providing advice and guidance to clients and project teams.
• Attending site visits to review progress against sustainability targets.
• Reviewing the performance of designated projects on a monthly basis and update the team’s project tracker with progress information.
• Assisting in preparing bids and proposals for new work.
• Engaging with skills networks to exchange best practice and processes.
• Arranging and attending meetings, taking minutes and distributing actions.
• Completing relevant training to become certified as a BREEAM assessor / AP.

What you will need to succeed?

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  Hold a relevant degree, BEng (Hons) or BSc (Hons) or equivalent/higher.

• A passion for innovation and problem solving.
• Humility, self-motivation and enthusiasm.
• Excellent communication, presentation and writing skills.
• An understanding of the construction industry and built environment.

We are also keen to know if you can offer any of these attributes

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  Part L modelling experience (TAS preferable) and LCA experience (Oneclick preferable)

• Additional languages that you are fluent or able to apply professionally, as well as English.
• Full UK Driving Licence

Also, any academic knowledge of:

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  Building physics/environmental design, environmental science or sustainability-related disciplines.

• Building performance modelling techniques
• Planning, environmental impact assessments or wider sustainability legislation.
• or technical ability in building services related disciplines.

What's great about Hydrock 'in a nutshell'

We are a British-owned integrated multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy of over 900 staff in 21 offices across the UK. Our driving motivation is to be a ‘force for good’, as it is our aim to positively contribute to people’s lives including our employees, communities we work in, clients we work with and our planet as a whole.

From the buildings that surround you, the roads and bridges you cross, all related to the infrastructure that we create, we aim to offer the most sustainable possibilities to shape the places, communities and society that we live in through meeting our client’s needs. Through the path we are on to delivering a green future, the result is something that everyone can be proud of.

Our welcoming and friendly culture is something we are proud of and has gained us recognition with 9 years in the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Check out some of our incredible projects which have been awarded: 2022 Net Zero Award for Bay Technology Centre, Integration and Collaborative Working Award for YGG Tan-y-Lan primary school, The Deaf Academy awarded for its Universal Design at the 2022 Civic Trust Awards and Bristol’s iconic waterfront Wapping Wharf Living making a double win at the Bristol Property Awards!

To top off, here’s our 2022 wrap up video!

What we can offer

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  Inspiring and supportive colleagues
• Reward for progression and hard work
• An opportunity to develop your soft skills on “The Learning Curve” program
• Competitive starting salary
• Excellent health benefits
• 25 days of holiday (buy/sell up to five days)
• An earlier finish on Friday (4pm!)
• An opportunity to give back: “Day off for good cause” (on a workday)
• A huge range of flexible benefits
• Our biggest event of the year: Annual Challenge Day!

A place to feel included

We champion diversity, equity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we commit to supporting our employees and ensure we create a safe environment that nurtures you to perform at your best. Offering our people flexibility is an important factor in achieving this aim!

We consider all applications individually with the required qualifications and knowledge without regard to any of the protected characteristics. We would like to provide everyone with a fair selection, assessment and employment experience so we ask that we are made aware of any physical or neurodiverse condition within your application, for which appropriate reasonable adjustments can be made by us.

Looking for the next steps?

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  Once you have completed your application through our careers site, we will be in touch with you as soon as we’ve considered your application alongside others for this role.
• Typically, this can take several weeks so if you haven't heard back from us, not to worry, your application is still actively being considered!
• With the high volume of applications, we are unable to provide ad hoc updates on the progress of applications. However, we will contact you when decisions have been made.

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