Sustainable Designer

Veritas Design Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Veritas Design Group is seeking a Sustainability Consultant in Kuala Lumpur to lead climate, energy, water and materials assessments, develop project sustainability strategies, and coordinate with the client, architects and engineers to meet green-building targets.

You will prepare sustainability reports and certification submissions, monitor performance across design, procurement, construction and handover, and ensure as-built records and documentation reflect the project’s sustainability

Qualifications

• Experience developing sustainability strategies aligned with client objectives and rating systems.
• Ability to conduct climate, energy, water, material, and waste assessments.
• Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to meet certification criteria.

Responsibilities

• Follow the company’s sustainability policies, procedures and commitments.
• Conduct climate, site, energy, water, material, waste, transport and indoor environmental quality assessments.
• Prepare sustainability reports, scorecards and certification submissions.

Job description

• Follow the company’s policies, procedures, sustainability commitments, environmental standards, and quality management system.
• Develop project sustainability strategies that align with the client’s objectives, project brief, budget, programme, statutory requirements, and applicable green-building rating systems.
• Conduct climate, site, energy, water, material, waste, transport, indoor environmental quality, carbon, and resilience assessments.
• Establish sustainability targets, performance indicators, design criteria, and certification requirements for each project.
• Advise the project team on passive design, energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, sustainable materials, waste reduction, biodiversity, climate resilience, and occupant wellbeing.
• Coordinate sustainability requirements with the client, architect, engineers, landscape architects, quantity surveyors, contractors, suppliers, facility managers, and specialist consultants.
• Carry out or coordinate energy modelling, daylight analysis, thermal comfort analysis, carbon assessments, life-cycle assessments, water calculations, and other environmental simulations.
• Prepare sustainability reports, scorecards, compliance matrices, certification submissions, design recommendations, and supporting documentation.
• Manage applications for relevant green-building certifications and sustainability ratings.
• Review architectural, engineering, landscape, and interior design proposals to verify compliance with sustainability targets and certification criteria.
• Prepare sustainability specifications, schedules, tender requirements, and contractor obligations.
• Review contractor material submissions, environmental product declarations, product certifications, method statements, waste-management plans, commissioning plans, and sustainability evidence.
• Attend client, consultant, authority, certification, coordination, and site meetings.
• Conduct site inspections and audits to verify compliance with sustainability requirements, approved materials, environmental controls, and certification criteria.
• Monitor sustainability performance during design, procurement, construction, commissioning, handover, and post-occupancy stages.
• Identify sustainability risks, non-compliance, performance gaps, and opportunities for improvement, and recommend corrective action.
• Coordinate testing, commissioning, measurement and verification, building tuning, and post-occupancy evaluation where required.
• Ensure that sustainability-related as-built records, certificates, calculations, commissioning reports, operation manuals, and handover documents are complete.
• Maintain current knowledge of sustainability legislation, standards, rating tools, technologies, materials, and industry best practices.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Management.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Prepare and submit accurate sustainability reports, calculations, assessments, and certification documentation.
• Verify that sustainability requirements are incorporated into the project drawings, specifications, procurement documents, and construction activities.
• Provide formal sustainability comments, recommendations, and compliance reviews within the authorized scope.
• Monitor and report the project’s performance against approved sustainability targets and certification requirements.
• Immediately report any material non-compliance that may affect certification, statutory obligations, environmental performance, operational efficiency, or the client’s sustainability commitments.