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Sustainability & Energy Analyst / Consultant
Longevity Partners is a multidisciplinary energy and sustainability consulting company. Established in 2015 to support the transition to a low carbon economy in the UK and Europe, we are now a global advisory firm with clients in over 40 countries served by offices in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Munich, Milan, New York, Seattle, Austin, and Tokyo.
Our clients are among the world’s largest real estate investors in their sectors seeking excellence in carbon neutrality. Longevity Partners assists its clients with European and global portfolios with services ranging from ESG strategy definition, assistance and advisory in international reporting, green building certification and large-scale carbon reduction implementation. We are uniquely positioned to partner with our clients wherever they are on their ESG journey.
We are recruiting Sustainability & Energy Analysts or Consultants to join our fast-growing business in Southern Europe and provide technical support in the areas of strategy, data management, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. This role will in Madrid, reporting into our Southern Europe office in Milan.
Responsibilities include:
In this role, you will be responsible for:
- Undertaking a range of environmental assessments using third-party assessment methodologies such as BREEAM, DGNB or equivalent, BREEAM In-Use (both international and US schemes), LEED, SKA and WELL;
- Liaising with client stakeholders to develop the criteria for the delivery of the desired environmental assessment rating;
- Conducting BREEAM Pre-Assessment and providing design advice;
- Producing evidence requirements for BREEAM credits;
- Attending site visits to review progress against sustainability targets;
- Collecting, verifying, and managing granular building utility consumption data to help clients meet reporting requirements and drive improvements in ESG performance.
- Supporting the development of ESG strategy services to clients using our internal methodology to create bespoke programs.
- Producing reports and providing advice and guidance to clients and project teams;
- Producing due diligence reports and energy audits that provide asset-level evaluations and advice on building optimization.
- Completing relevant training to become certified as an assessor against one (or more) of the core assessment methodologies;
- Assisting with ESG policy and strategy assignments for our clients;
- Assisting the Business Development team with pitches and tenders.
At a senior level, you may also be responsible for:
- Analyse energy consumption data, identify trends, benchmark, and correlation to degree days.
- Support on developing road maps at asset level.
- Conduct energy audits leading to the identification of energy conservation measures (ECM) and deep-retrofit energy interventions and structuring a financial investment business case.
- Preparing and presenting Energy and Sustainability strategies to clients.
- Conduct waste, water, and sustainability audits, and support the team for ESG assessments.
- Work as an active team member to deliver ambitious projects such as global Net Positive or Science Based Targets implementation roadmaps.
- Ability to undertake research and evaluation of new technologies, policies, and services in the energy sector.
- Manage analysts delivering Building Optimisation projects in the UK and Europe.
- Creation of thought leadership pieces for communication, to enhance client offerings, and ensure the team remain at the forefront of emerging thinking.
- Flexibility, including the ability to travel throughout the UK and internationally.
- Dynamic simulation modelling with IES-VE software.
Required experience:
- The ability to manage multiple on-going assignments simultaneously;
- Knowledge of various ESG topics relevant to the real estate investment sector at the European and global level;
- Excellent numerical ability, and thorough experience of data analysis;
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative;
- Ability to produce structured, concise, and meaningful reports, summarising results and justifying conclusions, containing very technical information
- Excellent IT skills, including a good knowledge of Excel;
- Qualified as LEED, WELL or BREEAM AP (desirable but not essential).
- Fluency in English and Spanish
Desirable experience:
- Master’s degree in engineering or equivalent work experience
- 1-4 years in the energy efficiency sector, energy auditing, energy performance contracting, building optimisation, low carbon building design
- Analytical skills to developing a consistent and scalable approach to ESG data collection, validation, and reporting.
- Ability to speak fluently and communicate effectively in written reports and oral presentations
- Proven project management experience and excellent communication skills
- Passionate about tackling climate change and about the wider sustainability agenda
- Being able to challenge, provide insights, forecast future trends, and articulate the value of sustainability to businesses, with an understanding of future value creation.