Retrofit Coordinator

January 6, 2025 | Comments Off on Retrofit Coordinator

Title: Retrofit Coordinator
Location: Manchester
Type: Hybrid, Permanent, Full-Time.

We're looking for a Retrofit Coordinator in Manchester!

The Company: Are is a multidisciplinary construction consultancy, helping their clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment. Their people are the foundation of their success. They believe in commitment and the value of a stable, flexible, long-term career path. They challenge their people to be the best they can be and help them grow with the right development.

What's in it for you?
Their vision is to be ever progressive, expanding their expertise and nurturing their talent.
Your reward is focused on your total wellbeing, with a package to support all aspects of life. In addition to your salary, you can expect:

  • A healthy holiday balance of 25 days, plus bank holidays & the ability to buy / sell to suit you
  • 3 days a year to give your time to others, volunteering for great causes

An inclusive wellbeing offer:

  • Financial: Life Assurance, Pension Scheme (3% Employee, 6% Employer), Income Protection, Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme, flexible choice of Critical Illness Insurance
  • Physical: Free Private Medical Insurance, Doctor at Hand Private GP, Best Doctors, flexible choice of Dental Plan, Cycle to Work Scheme, GymFlex & Healthcare Cash Plan
  • Mental: Mental Health First Aiders
  • A flexible approach to hybrid working to suit both you & your team
  • Tailored career development-focused on professional, personal, and/or educational


Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding Retrofit department. As a built environment consultancy with a standalone retrofit department, they specialise in providing full Retrofit services to a plethora of clientele in the industry.

You will be working on large-scale social housing regeneration projects, consisting of the implementation of multiple energy efficiency measures. Some of the projects the team has been involved in consist of upwards of 500+ properties at a time and the installation of fabric measures, building appliances, & renewable energy.

You will join a cross-collaborative practice and be able to expand your knowledge of the built environment, with the Retrofit team closely working with other in-house disciplines such as architecture, sustainability, engineering, building surveying, and more.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the retrofit process from start to finish working closely with Ridge's in house or external retrofit assessors, retrofit designers and the installer / contractor.
  • Protect the client's and the public's interest, ensuring that projects are safe, high quality and performing to their maximum potential.
  • Ensure appropriate integration and communication between teams throughout all stages of the project life cycle and ensuring PAS2035 compliance throughout.
  • Carry out energy modelling and produce Improvement Option Evaluation & Medium Term Plans for multiple properties across several projects.
  • Ensure projects remain compliant with PAS2035, PAS2030 as well as the necessary DESNZ funding requirements.
  • Collate important documentation such as retrofit assessment data, technical surveys, insurance guarantees, and more in line with PAS2035 & PAS2030 compliance.
  • Assist Retrofit designers with compiling PAS2035 property-compliant property design packs.

Requirements:

  • Must: Level 5 Retrofit Coordination & Risk Management qualification
  • Must: UK Vehicle License
  • Experience of retrofit coordination under SHDF schemes
  • Preferable, but not essential - Level 3 EEM in Older & Traditional Buildings and/or Level 3 Domestic Energy Assessor qualifications
  • Consultancy experience and/or a background in retrofit-related projects
  • Experience of using energy efficiency modelling software such as Elmhurst Design SAP 2012
  • An understanding and/or experience of PAS2035 processes, including producing Improvement Option Evaluations and Medium Term Plans & lodging work with Trustmark

Don't miss out! Apply with your CV now if you're interested, or call George Banks on 07787 736270 for an informal discussion.

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.