Sustainability Manager

KEO International Consultants; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative firm dedicated to sustainability as a Sustainability Manager. This role offers the chance to lead projects that enhance sustainability performance and achieve high green certification ratings. You'll work closely with clients and senior management, ensuring compliance with international standards while managing project budgets and timelines. With a supportive environment that prioritizes professional development and well-being, this position is ideal for someone passionate about making a difference in the built environment. Embrace the opportunity to be part of an award-winning team and contribute to impactful projects across the Middle East.

Benefits

Hybrid Working Arrangements

Study Assistance Sponsorship

Employee Referral Rewards

On-Demand Counselling Services

Regular Workplace Clinics

Community Events Participation

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in sustainability and green certifications.
• Proficient in preparing sustainability reports and compliance documents.

Responsibilities

• Develop sustainability reports and ensure compliance with green certification systems.
• Manage project timelines and budgets while communicating with clients.
• Conduct audits and represent the firm at public speaking events.

Skills

Sustainability Reporting

Green Certification Systems (LEED, Mostadam, WELL, Envision)

Project Management

Client Communication

Auditing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or Engineering

Job description

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51stlargest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a Sustainability Manager to join our award-winning team based Across the Middle East.

This role is responsible for supporting projects and clients to improve their sustainability performance and achieve high green certification ratings.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Develops (but not limited to) excellent quality sustainability reports, calculators, develop rating system support kits, standards documents and sustainability code compliance documents as required by clients and director.
• Maintaining direct control of timelines and budgets for different projects assigned to the consultant.
• Attending Client meetings as needed on behalf of the wider sustainability and environmental team.
• Working directly on design and consultancy deliverables including technical reports and supporting calculations.
• Communicates closely with senior management regarding the project’s financial performance, status and profitability.
• Understanding of green certification systems: LEED & Mostadam. WELL & Envision is mandatory.
• Ensuring that the sustainability requirements of green certification systems are complied with. Support the review of submissions by other parties and the undertaking of audits.
• Experience in auditing, reporting and providing reports to clients and green certification authorities.
• Communicates with other KEO Divisions about sustainability relating to projects, regulatory issues, education and new developments
• Ensuring existing quality control, quality assurance, submittal protocols, and document flow procedures are followed and successfully implemented.
• Implements sustainability international best practice in all areas of work. Takes responsibility for maintaining knowledge of changes in market and where needed, undertakes relevant new accreditations or accreditation requirements.
• Prepares and responds to RFPs for both technical and commercial components of both compliance level and complex project bids.
• Represents KEO at public speaking events or conduct education seminar on sustainability topics to groups.
• May perform other duties.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 8+ years' work experience partnered with a Bachelor degree in Architectural or Engineering. Knowledge of working on green certifications and submission procedures as per US Green Building Council and BRE requirements will be considered beneficial.

Understanding of green certification systems: LEED & Mostadam. WELL & Envision is mandatory.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.