Senior Environmental Designer

• Delivering environmental and sustainability advice on projects for both internal and external clients
• Consulting on environmental design, sustainability benchmarking/implementation, daylight & shading design, sustainable systems, materials and waste, with emphasis on building energy optimisation
• Leading and maintaining a range of projects, leading and maintaining environmental design inputs on a range of projects for internal clients and/or providing specialist knowledge to other projects/teams
• Ensuring the timely delivery of considered and accurate project information
• Providing a point of contact between Atelier Ten and our clients/collaborators
• Leading and co-ordinating the internal efforts of junior staff across Atelier Ten, providing appropriate frameworks and tools, agreeing appropriate standards and co-ordinating delivery against these standards
• Liaise with client, architect and other members of the internal & external design team
• Organise junior staff to achieve solutions within agreed time scales
• Maintain project overview
• Mentor junior staff
• Report any feedback or issues concerning the project
• Foster positive relationships with clients and other members of the design team

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in a field related to building engineering, environmental building design, architectural engineering, building services engineering or building science
• 5+ years’ professional experience in an engineering or sustainability consulting firm
• Proven track record of leading and executing dynamic thermal modelling and energy modelling analysis
• Experience in daylight modelling, computational fluid dynamic (CFD), parametric modelling and programming
• Proficiency in IES VE, Radiance and Microsoft Excel
• Skills with softwares such as Grasshopper, eQuest, EnergyPlus, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign) and Rhino or general programming or data visualization skill
• Proven track record of successfully co-ordinating and delivering sustainable & environmental design input to projects within the public and private sector, with special focus on building energy performance
• Proven track record of engaging and negotiating with senior management and peers on projects
• Proven track record of engaging with and influencing peers outside of formal management relationships
• Practical knowledge of managing small project teams
• Applicants should have demonstrated skills in computer and hand drafting, have proficiency in written and spoken English, and good verbal, inter-personal and writing skills are required
• Ability to work under limited supervision
• Ability to prioritise work loads
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong ability to multitask
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to prioritise and to think strategically about the timing and delivery of project information
• Ability to structure the delivery of project information against evolving client brief
• Strong writing skills for producing written reports
• Effective IT skills for producing relevant material, including knowledge and application of building physics packages
• Effective IT skills to develop new and bespoke assessment methods

Candidates who are Chartered or working towards Chartership are highly desired