Sustainability Consultant

A position has arisen for a Sustainability Consultant to join our growing team and to be based in our Dubai Office. Our Sustainability Consultants work across a broad range of ambitious and highly technical projects in the Middle East and is proudly dynamic and digitally driven. We provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering innovative cross-sector sustainable solutions and are supported by a fun company culture. The AtkinsRéalis Sustainability Team is looking for an energetic and self-motivated young professional with recent experience in sustainability consulting, sustainability certification and leading the implementation of such programs to deliver effective solutions across the sustainability field within the built environment.

The success we are having as a business means there are significant opportunities to expand our services and delivery, so we are seeking to recruit an experienced consultant level to support us developing new client relationships across our Sustainability disciplines and improve our offerings in:

Carbon & energy management. Urban Analytics. Circular economy. Net Zero Key accountabilities. Climate Change Resilience.

The position requires a motivated self-starter with a technical background to support projects, ability to liaise with clients and support the team in developing innovative approaches to respond to sustainability challenges. The candidate should have a proven track record of delivering sustainability certification and strategy projects and have a strong understanding of the built environment, cities & communities and building systems.

Within a collaborative and supportive team of consultants, you will be responsible for winning and delivering projects across our sustainability disciplines. Client liaison, project management and technical delivery will be required from initial client engagement through to provision of final reports.

Responsibilities for this position:

• Advising teams (internal and external) on green building technology and ratings systems, primarily the Estidama and LEED ratings and tools.

• Working as part of multidisciplinary teams (including, but not limited to attending meetings with architects, planners, government agencies and clients

• Develop sustainability frameworks and strategies for multiple scales of projects, during the master planning and building design stages.

• Tracking rating system and building strategy processes, writing and editing reports, and presenting LEED or sustainability frameworks to clients, design teams, and contractors.

• Demonstrate research experience, as this job will likely demand both directed and individual research into architectural materials and technology, building services systems, green building and urban policy, and social and human comfort issues.

• Formulating external presentations for outreach and business development purposes

• Sketching digital illustrations of building concepts may be expected in order to visualize design strategies for client presentations and other external needs.

You'll also get the opportunity to work on exciting and significant projects, delivering quality work that has a positive and lasting influence on the community and the environment.

Requirements:

• Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sustainability, Architecture, Building Science, Engineering or a closely related field.

• Experience with LEED v4, LEED v4.1 Cities and Communities and Estidama rating systems during design and construction stages.

• Have a 4-6 years of relevant work experience post-graduation, in a similar consultancy role with a proven track record.

• Is LEED AP accredited.

• Have familiarity with analytic software (i.e., Rhino) and willing to expand their knowledge through hands-on training.  

• Strong writing skills and technical presentation ability.

• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple on-going activities.

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Rewards & Benefits

We offer an excellent package which includes:

• A competitive tax-free salary

• Accommodation allowance

• Transportation allowance

• Annual flight allowance to point of origin.

• 22 days annual leave over 5 days working week.

• Medical and life insurance cover

• Company gratuity scheme

• Discretionary bonus scheme

• Employee Well-Being Programme – 24-hour free advice on financial, legal, and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants.

About AtkinsRéalis 

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-leading professional services and project management company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and Capital. News and information are available at www.atkinsrealis.com or follow us on LinkedIn.