Principal Energy Consultant
Job description
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Principal Energy Consultant
Remote
Salary: Negotiable depending on experience
Our client, an established multi-disciplinary environmental consultancy has an urgent requirement for a Principal Energy Consultant to join their team on a remote basis. This is a fantastic opportunity for the successful candidate to lead a team of consultants, delivering energy solutions for predominantly large scale residential clients.
Qualifications: Ideally candidates will have a BEng / BSc in an appropriate building services / energy / sustainability related discipline. Applicants who have achieved Chartered Engineer / Environmentalist status will be at an advantage.
Experience:
- Proven experience managing teams within a consultancy environment
- Strong background in quality control and project delivery
- Experience mentoring and developing junior team members
- Good commercial awareness, including financial management of projects
- Advanced knowledge of IES software
- Hands-on experience with overheating analysis (IES DSM)
- Understanding of planning-led sustainability strategies
- Experience or strong interest in residential new build projects
Benefits:
- Joining a growing consultancy with excellent career development opportunities on a remote basis
- Full benefits package
- Competitive salary
Interested? To discuss this vacancy and other positions within the sustainability sector, please do not hesitate to contact HARRIET ROIGE on or email your CV to and we will get back to you.
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⭐ Highlight your IES software expertise prominently as this is specifically mentioned as essential for the role
📊 Quantify your team leadership experience: 'Led 8-person energy team delivering 15 residential projects worth £2.3M'
🌐 Emphasise your Chartered Engineer or Chartered Environmentalist status if you have it, as this gives you an advantage
🎯 Showcase specific overheating analysis projects using IES DSM with measurable outcomes
🤝 Detail your mentoring experience with junior consultants and career development achievements
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- •Led 12-person energy consulting team delivering IES DSM overheating analysis for 25 residential developments worth £4.2M annually
- •Implemented quality control processes reducing project delivery errors by 35% while mentoring 6 junior consultants to Chartered status
- •Managed financial oversight of 18 sustainability projects totalling £1.8M, delivering all within budget and 15% under timeline
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Your Principal Energy Consultant role perfectly aligns with my expertise in IES software and team leadership within environmental consultancy. Having managed energy teams delivering sustainability solutions for residential developments, I understand the technical depth and commercial awareness required for this position.
My background in building services engineering and proven track record of mentoring junior consultants while maintaining quality control across multiple projects positions me well for this remote leadership role.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you approach overheating analysis for a large residential development using IES DSM?
- ›What are the key considerations when developing planning-led sustainability strategies?
- ›How do you ensure quality control across multiple energy consulting projects?
- ›Describe your experience with IES software and its application in building services design
- ›What methodologies do you use for energy modelling in residential new build projects?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to mentor a junior team member who was struggling with a complex project
- ›Describe a situation where you had to manage the financial aspects of a project that was going over budget
- ›Give an example of how you've led a team through a challenging consultancy project
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to deliver difficult feedback to ensure project quality
- ›Describe a situation where your commercial awareness helped secure or retain a client
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to mentor a junior team member who was struggling with a complex project
Describe a situation where you had to manage the financial aspects of a project that was going over budget