Our Career Opportunities

Our Career Opportunities

At GEP Environmental, we will always consider applications from the very best individuals who can bring technical excellence and the highest levels of professionalism to grow the business and enhance the quality of our services.

Senior Environmental Consultant

Salary: Competitive

Employment Type: Full-Time

Commencement: ASAP

We are looking for a Senior Environmental Consultant to support our clients to implement Net Zero Carbon strategies, set Science Based Targets (SBTs), disclose verified GHG emissions and support with the implementation of wider sustainability and environmental compliance projects. As a Senior Environmental Consultant, you will be responsible for leading on project delivery, managing key client accounts and working with the wider environmental consultancy team to support on project delivery. Therefore, good project management and organisational skills are essential.

The successful candidate will work in a client-facing role with key responsibilities for high quality project delivery, valued outcomes, and great customer service.

As a Senior Environmental Consultant, you will be responsible for the following:

  • Support clients to develop and implement robust and credible Net Zero Carbon and wider Sustainability Strategies. Working with Senior Leadership Teams and wider in-house stakeholders to achieve their Net Zero Carbon vision and objectives.
  • Support customers to set Net Zero Carbon and GHG Emissions Reduction Targets, including setting robust and credible Science Based Targets (SBTs). Practical experience with SBTs/SBTi is highly desirable.
  • Develop GHG Emissions Reports and Carbon Footprints to support clients with annual reporting and monitoring carbon performance. For example, Net Zero Carbon, SECR, Mandatory GHG Reporting and other sector specific reporting (such as Councils, Universities, NHS, Real Estate).
  • Undertake GHG Verification and Assurance audits and write technical reports in accordance with the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064.
  • Support with the development and delivery of training in support of the above.
  • Provide technical guidance to clients and our wider consultancy team on carbon management, Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions reporting, data management and alignment of carbon performance within wider sustainability or ESG strategies.

We are seeking someone who has demonstrable experience in a similar role, to support the following:

  • Be responsible for leading, managing and delivering client projects to a high-quality standard meeting our clients’ requirements,
  • Support the leadership team to achieve its continued growth through achievement of its business objectives and maintaining strong relationships with our clients.
  • Identify, develop and implement new sales and marketing initiatives to support the continued growth of the company and support our clients to achieve Net Zero Carbon..

The ideal candidate will have:

  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a relevant subject such as Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Carbon Management or related discipline.
  • At least 5+ years’ experience as an environmental consultant (or relatable role) within either a consultancy or as a dedicated environmental/carbon practitioner within an organisation (public or private).
  • Professional membership with a relevant organisation such as the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), Institute of Environmental Sciences (IES) or similar.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), particular Excel, is essential.

Benefits you will receive in this role are:

  • A competitive salary dependent on the candidate’s skill, qualifications and experience
  • A generous annual performance related bonus scheme
  • Company pension scheme
  • 33 days holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays
  • Flexible Working (with a mixture of home/office working possible) – this role will report into our office in Winchester.
  • Support with professional development and funded training in support of your role.

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Senior Project Engineer/Project Manager

Salary: Competitive

Employment Type: Full-Time

Commencement: ASAP

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Project Engineer/Managers to join an extremely reputable environmental and energy management consultancy. Our client has a team that consists of technical professionals which include Environmental Consultants, Energy Engineers and Project Managers who all specialise in Climate Change, Net Zero Carbon, Sustainability, Environmental Compliance, and Project Engineering & Project Management. The successful Senior Project Engineer/Manager will be working at the core of our clients established team of engineers and consultants identifying and developing energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects that will support your customers in their journey to Net Zero Carbon. As a Team Leader, you will have to provide technical input to a number of projects whilst also being responsible for your own projects. Therefore, excellent project management skills are essential.

We are looking for a passionate and motivated Senior Engineers / Project Managers with a strong technical background but who is aligned with the Net Zero / Decarbonisation agenda specifically around the built environments and who can work independently and as part of the Senior Management Team.

As a Senior Engineer, you will need to demonstrate a robust combination of the following:

  • Ability to be a member of the company Senior Management Team
  • Experienced energy / technical building services engineer with track record of supporting energy efficiency / decarbonisation capital projects / programmes
  • Take up Engineering team leader role with responsibilities for QA of technical feasibility outputs and engineering design processes
  • Mentoring and guidance of engineering team members
  • Experience in undertaking technical for built environment projects / programme of works
  • Project Management experience ideally supporting JCT / NEC design and build projects
  • Degree of design / design management experience around energy efficiency / renewables for the built environment
  • Experience of overseeing contractor activities to implement sustainable design solutions
  • Good experience of project compliance and health and safety of projects
  • Customer focused: can support clients across stakeholder engagement, project and design processes etc.
  • Attend site of works in progress to verify quality of installation, compliance with design and specifications and witness testing and commissioning.
  • Oversea client contractors to ensure that they provide adequate commissioning planning and programming & monitor progress to meet contract objectives.
  • Prepare accurate contract documentation as required
  • Good contract commercial awareness including supporting clients with sourcing and applying for project funding
  • Capable of working autonomously on supporting individual clients / combination of clients at any one time

Other Duties include:

Undertake Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Feasibility Assessments on a range of building types across the Public Sector (Councils, NHS, Higher/Further Education) and Private Sector (such as real estate, manufacturing, healthcare, SMEs).

  • Conceptual design of energy efficiency and low carbon solutions, typically for buildings, to identify and evaluate energy, carbon and cost savings potential.
  • Conduct feasibility studies for renewables (such as Solar PV, Solar Thermal) and low carbon technology solutions (such as Air/Ground/Water Source Heat Pumps).
  • Provide customers with ongoing technical support to evaluate the business case potential for energy efficiency and low carbon solutions.
  • Write high quality technical reports that provide detailed analysis of energy and decarbonisation projects and deliver meaningful recommendations for our customers.

Do you have a relevant combination of the following skills / experience?

  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a relevant subject such as Energy Engineering, Renewables, Building Surveying or Carbon Management
  • Previous experience as an energy engineer / project manager with either a practical engineering / building services background or consultancy background. This should ideally be a minimum of 5 years.
  • Experience of the last phase of ESOS in 2019, or similar experience of commercial energy auditing.
  • A thorough theoretical and practical understanding of energy efficiency and low carbon technologies, with a good knowledge of emerging technologies such as Heat Pumps and Battery Storage.
  • Professional membership with a relevant organisation such as the Energy Institute, IEMA, CIBSE, Institute of Energy Technologies or Energy Managers Association.
  • Relevant project management qualifications
  • Proficiency with Microsoft software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), Excel, is essential.
  • Experience with simulation software such as PVSol, DesignBuilder, Dialux and AutoCAD is beneficial but not essential.
  • A full UK driving licence is essential for this role. Travel is expected as we work with a range of customers across the UK, mainly in but not limited to Southern England, Wales and the Midlands
  • Preferably based in the South / South East / Midlands / Central or South Wales with good access to London

Benefits you will receive in this role are:

  • Competitive salary dependent on the candidate’s skill, qualifications and experience
  • A generous annual performance related bonus scheme
  • Company pension scheme: 3% employer contribution (matched by employee)
  • 33 days holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays
  • Flexible Working including office or home based

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