Retrofit Consultant

Carbon Futures is hiring a Retrofit Consultant in Glasgow to lead retrofit projects across Scotland, supporting over 600 homes. The role requires expertise in building physics, energy modelling, and project management, along with a strong understanding of quality standards like PAS 2035 & PAS 2038. Candidates should have at least 10 years of experience in the construction sector and relevant qualifications. This is a full-time, on-site position.
Carbon Futures is seeking a highly motivated and passionate individual to lead our growing Retrofit offering in Scotland, which is currently supporting more than 600 homes across over 50 projects throughout the country. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and manage retrofit delivery at scale within a forward-thinking company committed to collaboration, innovation, and professional development.

The role demands a strong blend of deep building-physics knowledge, familiarity with rigorous quality standards (particularly PAS 2035 & PAS 2038), excellent energy and performance-modelling skills, and robust project-management capability.

Role Profile

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Retrofit Consultant to join our Glasgow team. This Associate-level role is well suited to an individual with extensive experience delivering retrofit projects across both domestic and non-domestic buildings in Scotland or throughout the wider UK.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong building physics expertise, including a sound understanding of heat transfer, moisture behaviour, ventilation strategies, overheating risk, and thermal bridging. Experience working with older, traditional, or solid-wall construction is advantageous.

Key Responsibilities
• Coordinate, and where required, conduct detailed building surveys for all forms of building typologies
• Review energy assessments for domestic and non-domestic buildings
• Review energy modelling using PHPP and designPH
• Review hygrothermal risk of design proposals
• Analyse the energy performance of buildings
• Promote the principles of Passivhaus
• Promote collaboration within the company and project design teams
• Understand and support the delivery of client requirements and project briefs
• Coordinate the production of presentation material and lead design team workshops
• Coordinate the production of high-quality reports and communicate effectively
• Manage and support the programming of workload to team members
• Support the growth and development of less experienced team members
• Help to maintain and improve the technical knowledge of the team
• Client-facing role with business development responsibilities
• Clear and effective communication with clients and stakeholders

Experience
• Proven experience performing within an Associate or Senior Level role, ideally with a minimum of 10 years’ experience within industry
• Extensive knowledge of the construction sector in Scotland
• Bachelor’s degree within an architectural or building surveying discipline

Professional Qualifications
• Architect, Architectural Technology or Building Surveying qualification
• Retrofit Coordinator and/or Retrofit Designer
• Certified Passivhaus Designer/Consultant
• Domestic and/or Non-Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA / NDEA)

Direct applicants only, we are not accepting agency assistance for this role.