Associate Director Sustainability

Are you an experienced Associate or Associate Director Sustainability professional seeking an opportunity to join a leadership design team? Do you have a passion for sustainable design? Are you wanting to join a practice who continue to create lasting legacies as we drive positive change in the built environment? We are looking to enhance our design capacity for key clients within central government by appointing an Associate Director for Sustainability. Our multidisciplinary teams, working on these projects, include experts in architecture, civil and structural engineering, building services, sustainability, and BIM. The projects you'll be involved in will be diverse, covering both new builds and refurbishments. You will cover life cycle assessments, sustainable master planning, focus on energy strategies and carbon footprint, renewable energy feasibility studies and post occupancy evaluations. To support the execution of this work, we need a skilled leader who can oversee project delivery, ensuring smooth inter-disciplinary coordination. You will look to develop client relationships and be the first point of contact for all Sustainability & Energy workstreams. Principal Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the discipline's Senior Management Team, working with other senior colleagues to manage and direct the discipline.
• Undertake line management duties and provide pastoral care to the team assigned to you.
• Help to lead our sustainability team and support the business to keep sustainability at the forefront of everything we do.
• Support the Directors in providing strong leadership to manage and direct allocated teams.and
• Ensure work is carried out to the required standard, quality, and efficiency, and that it meets governance requirements to achieve and exceed business forecast targets.
• Oversee and co-ordinate activities to ensure that workload is properly managed across teams.
Joining a supportive network as part of a national team, you can expect to have a rewarding career with genuine scope for career progression. Find out what it is like to work at Pick Everard here: Life at PickEverard - Pick Everard

You will be committed to enhancing our positive working culture, by having a compassionate attitude and always treating others with respect. In order to be considered for this role, you must:
• Detailed understanding of embodied carbon, operational carbon and Net Zero carbon design.
• A relevant degree or MSc in Sustainability
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal with strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent leadership characteristics and people skills - ability to effectively communicate, understand and empathise with everyone you interact with.
• A passion for sustainability.
• Experience in managing people.
• Up to date knowledge of current sustainability and energy legislation.
• Excellent understanding of sustainable design solutions.
In order to stand out from the crowd, it is desirable for you to have:
• Excellent self-motivation, with a friendly, efficient, and enthusiastic attitude.
• To have developed leadership, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
  
  Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better.
We're committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues. We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:
• Agile working
• 26 days' annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days' additional leave
• Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
• Car allowance
• Professional subscriptions
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• Stakeholder pension