Graduate Energy Engineer / Junior Sustainability Consultant

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Full time
Location: Bristol
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Job offered by: Verco Global
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Category:
Graduate Energy Engineer / Junior Sustainability Consultant

(Real estate - Deliver for Zero team. Start dates April, June or September 2025)

Location:

South west, North west or London Reports to:

Head of Deliver for Zero (Real Estate) Join our Deliver for Zero team

About Verco

Verco, a Bip company, is an award-winning energy consultancy. We’re a powerful blend of technical consultants, engineers and software developers who share a common vision: to provide solutions for a zero carbon world. We help our clients reduce their environmental impact and save money through data driven analysis, grounded advice and real-world solutions. With over 30 years’ experience at the cutting edge of the low carbon economy, we contribute to world-leading thinking around energy management and policy. Our clients are among the largest real estate investors, manufacturers, retailers as well as central government. We're a B Corp with a unique set of values which you will help bring to life. We look for high achievers who have the confidence, skill and outlook to enable them to perform well and play an active part in the collaborative culture of the company. About this role

This role sits within our Real Estate team which works with market leaders in commercial real estate to develop innovative global zero carbon strategies. Our clients are building owners, real estate investors and developers, and our services are shaped to help them transition to a net zero economy. As Junior Consultant in the Deliver for Zero team, your focus is on the delivery of our Building energy management consultancy services to Verco’s Real Estate clients. You provide excellent technical capability and input to complex projects, working alongside different teams across the business. You visit our clients’ building portfolios, providing optimisation advice and completing onsite energy audits, group programme support and the development of net zero carbon strategies for clients’ assets. Project Management:

You deliver necessary project inputs to time, quality and budget requirements. As you grow in the role and with training, you begin to take responsibility for your own project work streams and small-scale consulting projects. Technical input:

You provide technical input and high-quality insightful data analysis to projects in support of the ongoing sustainability/energy management challenges faced by our clients. You work with clients using Verco’s in-house energy management software and other third party systems to provide remote analytical support, reviewing energy consumption trends, identifying unexpected usage and suggesting potential causes/solutions. Business development and proposal writing:

You assist in proposal creation through the collation of required information and provide support to the team. Client management:

You maintain strong relationships with existing clients through the quality of professional interactions. Operational:

You provide timely responses to operational needs including invoicing, reviews, project management information, time-sheeting, health & safety, etc. Environmental:

You contribute to Verco’s sustainability plans and outcomes and our internal CSR team objectives as required. Minimum Requirements

Essential:

Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering preferred) or Physics, with a minimum 2:1 classification. Desirable:

Masters or relevant post-graduate qualification (energy in buildings or sustainability in buildings related). Employment Experience Essential:

Understanding of energy use in buildings, energy balances, HVAC systems (basic understanding). Desirable:

Knowledge of: Energy & water reduction audits Renewable energy technology design & implementation Energy consumption of HVAC systems Heat Recovery Systems Essential:

High level competence in the use of IT, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Proactive and inquisitive approach. Desirable:

Working knowledge of Microsoft Power BI and language skills in particular German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Other requirements & attributes

Essential:

Willingness to travel nationally/internationally. Able to present a professional appearance. Desirable:

Clean UK driving licence. The focus on your continuing professional development is key for us. It ensures we offer client service excellence based on professional knowledge, skill and expertise that’s not only current, it’s forefront. We’re committed to helping everyone across the business develop, with annual learning days set aside as standard in line with your own needs, along with an enabling environment for building your knowledge and skill base as you develop in the role. You can benefit from our annual performance-based bonus, a 5% pension contribution, BUPA medical insurance, life assurance, travel insurance (both personal and work - and winter sports!), your annual professional association membership fees, interest free travel loans, our Cycle to work and Give as you earn schemes, along with the option to buy additional holidays to your standard entitlement. We put a large emphasis on your wellbeing and provide regular check-ins and awareness sessions to support you in achieving the balance that’s right for you. We aim to be as flexible as possible. We’re a sociable bunch with shared interests so you can expect an ongoing supply of events, trips, activities and STEM-related volunteering. Submit your CV and a covering letter to

careers@vercoglobal.com

confirming the role you’re applying for in the subject line of your email and we’ll be in touch. Our mission isn’t just about what we do, it’s also how we do it. So diversity matters to us at Verco. We value and respect unique contribution and hire the best people, whatever their background, offering a working environment that enables you to thrive and achieve your potential. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. You must be eligible to work in the UK. We regret we’re unable to provide Skilled Worker visas for our graduate entry positions. To be considered, candidates will need eligibility to work in the UK without sponsorship, so please do not apply if you have limited leave to enter or remain in the UK. This includes student and graduate visas.

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