Senior Energy Consultant/Building Physicist
CivicManchester, England, United Kingdom
Added 3 Aug · still live
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Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 3114 is an eligible occupation, but we classified this role with low confidence (42% match). If the code is right — and Civic is a licensed sponsor — it should qualify, but double-check the occupation eligibility rules against the actual role.
About the role
Civic is a team of system thinkers in the built environment, creating positive impact for people, places and the planet.
We want our work to have a positive impact on the environment — helping people to live healthier, happier lives while respecting natural limits. We build without destroying, explore without exploiting, and seek to reuse rather than just consume. Above all, we listen, learn, and aim to create a lasting legacy.
Thriving together, today we have a team of over 200 members working across the UK, all united by our creative belief, bringing art and science together to solve problems. Our award-winning practice has studios in Manchester, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin
Requirements
As a Senior Energy Consultant / Building Physicist, you will take responsibility for defined workstreams and smaller projects, while supporting senior colleagues on larger or more complex commissions. You will be expected to understand the wider design context, not simply produce modelling outputs, and to translate technical findings into clear recommendations that influence the architectural and engineering design.
The role will suit someone who enjoys combining analytical work with consultancy, is comfortable presenting findings to clients and design teams, and wants to develop further expertise in operational energy, advanced HVAC modelling and performance-led design.
Day-to-day task and expectations
We want our work to have a positive impact on the environment — helping people to live healthier, happier lives while respecting natural limits. We build without destroying, explore without exploiting, and seek to reuse rather than just consume. Above all, we listen, learn, and aim to create a lasting legacy.
Thriving together, today we have a team of over 200 members working across the UK, all united by our creative belief, bringing art and science together to solve problems. Our award-winning practice has studios in Manchester, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin
Requirements
As a Senior Energy Consultant / Building Physicist, you will take responsibility for defined workstreams and smaller projects, while supporting senior colleagues on larger or more complex commissions. You will be expected to understand the wider design context, not simply produce modelling outputs, and to translate technical findings into clear recommendations that influence the architectural and engineering design.
The role will suit someone who enjoys combining analytical work with consultancy, is comfortable presenting findings to clients and design teams, and wants to develop further expertise in operational energy, advanced HVAC modelling and performance-led design.
Day-to-day task and expectations
- Lead and deliver dynamic thermal modelling using IES VE across concept, planning, detailed design and post-completion stages
- Undertake whole-building energy, comfort, overheating, natural ventilation and passive-design assessments for residential and commercial developments
- Use relevant IES VE applications such as ApacheSim, MacroFlo, SunCast and VistaPro to test design options and interpret performance
- Develop robust models from architectural, structural and MEP information, clearly recording assumptions, limitations and inputs
- Proactive and solutions-focused, with the judgement to identify what matters most to a project
- Able to turn complex modelling results into clear design actions rather than presenting data without interpretation
- Commercially aware and mindful of scope, programme, budget and the level of detail appropriate to each project stage
- Collaborative and approachable, with the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively when evidence supports it
- Committed to high technical standards, continuous learning and the professional development of colleagues
- Practical in outlook, recommending solutions that are deliverable, proportionate and aligned with the client brief
- Typically 3-5 years of relevant professional experience in building physics, energy and sustainability consultancy, environmental design or building services engineering
💰A fair and competitive salary, taking into consideration market rates and your experience level
🫶Flexibility. Our core hours are between 10:30am-4:30pm, with an early Friday finish!
⚖️Hybrid working. Most of our full-time employees come into the studio 3 days a week
🌴Generous holidays! 26 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time employees). An extra day when you reach 3 years' service, and another at 5 years!
🌞Holiday options. Buy or sell a week of holiday each year, or create a sabbatical pot by banking a week's holiday for 3 years to take a month off on year 4!
👪 Enhanced Family Leave. Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and neonatal care leave pay, plus 2 days paid dependency leave and 1 weeks paid carers leave
🌱Wellbeing support. Mental health first aider support, mindfulness sessions and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
🩹Health benefits. Life Assurance, Health Care Cash Plan, Gym discounts and free Eye tests
🤒Si
ck Pay. 4 weeks enhanced sick leave, plus 2 mental wellness days
⭐DEI network. An established Equity, Diversity and Inclusion network with regular team activities, plus 2 days of paid volunteering leave each year to support causes close to your heart
💡 Professional Development. Paid professional memberships, 2 days paid study leave (+ extra for exams), Chartership Preparation Courses, Chartership completion bonus, in-house ‘Civic Academy' training, Management Development Programmes and a Mentorship programme for all employees
💷Financial benefits. Access to our HMRC friendly Workplace Nursery scheme, plus enrolment to our workplace pension scheme
🚆Sustainable travel. Season Ticket Loans & National Rail Cards, plus two salary sacrifice cycle to work schemes and cycling facilities at all our studios (showers, bike racks etc).
⭐DEI network. An established Equity, Diversity and Inclusion network with regular team activities, plus 2 days of paid volunteering leave each year to support causes close to your heart
💡 Professional Development. Paid professional memberships, 2 days paid study leave (+ extra for exams), Chartership Preparation Courses, Chartership completion bonus, in-house ‘Civic Academy' training, Management Development Programmes and a Mentorship programme for all employees
💷Financial benefits. Access to our HMRC friendly Workplace Nursery scheme, plus enrolment to our workplace pension scheme
🚆Sustainable travel. Season Ticket Loans & National Rail Cards, plus two salary sacrifice cycle to work schemes and cycling facilities at all our studios (showers, bike racks etc).
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 3114 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~9k in sampleP25 £31k~P75 £43k
£31kmedian £37kgoing rate £42k£43k
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