Sustainability Consultant Apprentice
Method Consulting Llp
Swindon (SN1 1BY)
Closes on Saturday 30 January 2027
Posted on 4 November 2026
Contents
Summary
Help shape environmentally responsible buildings from the groud up. Assess sustainability performance and model embodied carbon to support Net Zero goals. With experience, you can work toward becoming a Chartered Environmentalist, progressing into senior sustainability roles.
- Wage
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£15,600 to £24,784.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Salary is based on government apprenticeship age guidelines.
- Training course
- Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday.
4 Days in Swindon office.
1 Day at UWE for study.
Shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 6 September 2027
- Duration
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4 years 5 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Assess the sustainability performance of buildings using recognised frameworks (e.g. BREEAM, LEED, WELL).
- Model and calculate embodied carbon across building life cycles.
- Support Net Zero strategies through whole-life carbon analysis.
- Advise on low-carbon materials and environmentally responsible design solutions.
- Analyse energy performance and identify efficiency improvements.
- Contribute to climate resilience and circular economy initiatives.
- Prepare sustainability reports and communicate findings to project teams and clients.
- Stay up to date with environmental legislation, standards, and best practice guidance.
- Work towards professional accreditation, such as Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv).
- Develop expertise to progress into senior sustainability and environmental leadership roles.
Where you'll work
3 New Bridge Square
Swindon
SN1 1BY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL
Training course
Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply complex environmental principles and methods to projects that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Design, develop or manage safe and sustainable environmental solutions, be able to identify challenges these solutions pose, and assess the opportunities to deliver practical solutions that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Balance views of potentially conflicting drivers related to environmental, social and financial constraints, and demonstrate critical analysis in the design, development or management of environmental projects.
- Apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to the environment, health and safety, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.
- Determine and manage the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data used in the development or delivery of environmental solutions drawing appropriate conclusions and making practical recommendations.
- Apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of environmental methods (utilising appropriate software and digital solutions), to inform and enable decision making within the development or delivery of environmental solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
- Effectively and safely manage tasks or projects, within environmental, legal, contractual and statutory requirements, to agreed time and resource budgets, and to agreed quality standards, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.
- Deliver high quality accurate, well-structured documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and are appropriate to those for whom they are intended.
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support and guide team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts, and with a variety of stakeholders. Listen actively to ensure the views of others are considered appropriately.
- Manage their own work independently within the limits of their ability, authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Seek feedback on their performance, looking for ways to improve it.
- Develop their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD records and develop an extended network to support their professional development and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with the environmental profession.
- Apply complex environmental principles and methods to projects that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Design, develop or manage safe and sustainable environmental solutions, be able to identify challenges these solutions pose, and assess the opportunities to deliver practical solutions that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Balance views of potentially conflicting drivers related to environmental, social and financial constraints, and demonstrate critical analysis in the design, development or management of environmental projects.
- Apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to the environment, health and safety, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.
- Determine and manage the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data used in the development or delivery of environmental solutions drawing appropriate conclusions and making practical recommendations.
- Apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of environmental methods (utilising appropriate software and digital solutions), to inform and enable decision making within the development or delivery of environmental solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
- Effectively and safely manage tasks or projects, within environmental, legal, contractual and statutory requirements, to agreed time and resource budgets, and to agreed quality standards, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.
- Deliver high quality accurate, well-structured documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and are appropriate to those for whom they are intended.
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support and guide team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts, and with a variety of stakeholders. Listen actively to ensure the views of others are considered appropriately.
- Manage their own work independently within the limits of their ability, authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Seek feedback on their performance, looking for ways to improve it.
- Develop their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD records and develop an extended network to support their professional development and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with the environmental profession.
Training schedule
- Five-year fully funded programme
- Full-time role: 37.5 hours per week
- 4 days in the Swindon office at 3 Newbridge Square, Swindon, SN1 1BY
- 1 day at the University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY for study
- Reasonable travel expenses to and from UWE once a week
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 5 or 6 (B))
- Maths (grade 5 or 6 (B))
A Level in:
- Any other subject (grade B)
- Any other subject (grade B)
- Geography (grade B)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Enthusiastic
- Strong Work Ethic
- Interest in climate change
- Interest in Sustainability
Other requirements
Please ensure that you apply via the Method Consulting website and not on the government website. Making sure to include your CV (which shows all educational grades and work experience) and a chatty cover letter in PDF format.
About this employer
Method Consulting is a specialist engineering and sustainability consultancy focusing on mechanical & electrical services and sustainability in the built environment.
Using a holistic approach, our common goal is to reduce the environmental impact of buildings through intelligent engineering, expert technical analysis, and sustainable design.
Unfortunately, we are unable to support anyone on a student or temporary visa.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Once graduated with your degree, you will be supported to achieve chartership status with the relevant organisation.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Method Consulting Llp
Sam Winter
Sam.Winter@methodllp.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000062504.
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Closes on Saturday 30 January 2027