Associate Director Sustainability and Energy

Here at Pick Everard, we are passionate about creating a prosperous and sustainable future, taking a fresh perspective on the built environment. Our core values of professionalism, compassion, drive and positivity are at the heart of everything we do.

Do you thrive in a collaborative workplace where your ideas and voice are valued? Would you enjoy working on diverse projects that make a real difference to communities across the UK? Are you driven to deliver high-quality work and continuously develop your professional skills?

If you answered yes to the above questions, we want to hear from you!

We're looking for an Associate Director who is motivated by the opportunity to deliver meaningful sustainability and energy outcomes. Joining our Sustainability and Energy department, you'll bring technical expertise, project leadership and client-facing skills primarily to our Custodial and Justice division.

You'll join a growing and evolving division, leading a range of design and sustainability projects. This will include our work with the Ministry of Justice on the Future Prisons Programme - a sole supplier framework expected to continue over several years.

The projects you'll be involved in will be diverse, covering both new builds and refurbishments. You'll manage a broad range of workstreams including climate change risk assessments, life cycle assessments, 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 and passionate 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 and Energy workstreams.

• Contribute to the Senior Management Team, working with other senior colleagues to manage and direct the department.
• Provide strong leadership to manage and direct allocated teams and ensure work is carried out to the required standard, quality, and efficiency, that it meets governance requirements to achieve and exceed business forecast targets.
• Undertake line management duties and provide pastoral care to the team assigned to you.
• Champion sustainability best-practice and ensure the business keeps sustainability at the forefront of everything we do.
• 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.
• Be the daily point of contact for the MoJ's Climate Change and Sustainability Unit.

Find out what it is like to work at Pick Everard here.