Senior Sustainability Consultant

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Senior Sustainability Consultant helping AECOM, a global infrastructure consulting firm, deliver carbon reduction and sustainable building strategies. Supporting UK Defence, healthcare, education and commercial-sector projects from design through construction.

Responsibilities:

  • Support clients in developing and understanding sustainability and decarbonisation requirements
  • Develop, deliver and review whole life carbon reduction strategies using frameworks such as GLA, LETI, RIBA, RICS and BREEAM
  • Liaise with clients and designers to develop sustainability and decarbonisation strategies from early design through construction
  • Deliver assessment certification schemes including BREEAM and DREAM
  • Deliver sustainability appraisals such as SAW and SEEAM
  • Support project management and programming
  • Support work winning through bidding processes and tender responses
  • Mentor junior staff where appropriate
  • Deliver sustainability and carbon services for public and private sector clients, especially UK Defence and National Security projects
  • Help clients design and deliver low-carbon, resilient and sustainable estates

Requirements:

  • Good knowledge of the building design and construction process
  • Experience undertaking whole life carbon assessments using OneClick LCA
  • Experience with assessment certification schemes, especially BREEAM and DREAM
  • LEED and/or WELL experience is advantageous
  • Experience delivering sustainability appraisals
  • Strong numerical and analytical skills
  • Ability to interpret data and apply it to practical sustainability solutions
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to clearly present technical information
  • High attention to detail and methodical problem-solving approach
  • Flexible and adaptable, with ability to manage varied workloads across multiple projects
  • Demonstrated experience of sustainable buildings, low-carbon design and environmental performance
  • Understanding of broader sustainability issues and project mitigation approaches
  • Understanding of current and future sustainability and decarbonisation policies and best-practice guidance
  • Willingness to work on Defence and National Security projects
  • Active UK SC Clearance or ability to gain UK SC Clearance
  • Ideally a single UK nationality

Benefits:

  • Hybrid work options and work flexibility
  • In-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office
  • Access to industry-leading technology and thinking
  • Transformational work with big impact
  • Compensation, benefits and well-being programs for employees and their families
  • Culture of equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Disability Confident Employer and Disability Confident Interview Scheme
  • Growth and success opportunities
  • Safe and respectful workplace
  • Professional development through mentoring and upskilling opportunities