Senior Sustainability Engineer (Green Certification)

KEO International; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

KEO International invites applications for a Senior Sustainability Engineer (Green Certification) based in Riyadh, KSA. The role leads sustainability consultancy projects and guides green building certification efforts for major clients.

You will coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior staff, and drive certification submissions, scorecards, and technical reports to achieve targeted ratings like LEED, Mostadam and WELL.

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years of relevant experience in sustainability consulting.
• Experience leading sustainability consultancy projects and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of green building rating systems (LEED, Mostadam, WELL) and certification submissions.

Responsibilities

• Lead sustainability consultancy projects from pre-concept through design completion.
• Manage green building certification processes (LEED, Mostadam, WELL).
• Lead technical workshops, design coordination meetings, and client discussions.
• Coordinate and mentor a team of sustainability professionals for timely, high‑quality deliverables.
• Prepare and review sustainability deliverables, including scorecards, gap assessments and reports.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, resources and communication with clients and authorities.
• Ensure compliance with QA/QC, documentation standards and submission protocols.
• Provide technical advice on sustainability requirements and rating systems to project teams.

Skills

Sustainability leadership

Project leadership

Green certification

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, or a related discipline

Tools

LEED

Mostadam

WELL

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 51st largest 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 Senior Sustainability Engineer (Green Certification) to join our award-winning team based in Riyadh, KSA.

This role is responsible for leading sustainability consultancy projects and green building certification processes, supporting clients and project teams in achieving their sustainability objectives and targeted green certification ratings.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Leading and managing sustainability consultancy and green building certification projects from the pre-concept stage through to the completion of the design stages.

• Managing green building certification processes, including LEED, Mostadam, WELL, and other relevant rating systems, ensuring compliance with applicable sustainability requirements and targeted certification ratings.

• Leading technical workshops, design coordination meetings, and discussions with clients, design consultants, and project stakeholders to establish sustainability requirements and compliance strategies.

• Leading and coordinating a team of sustainability consultants and engineers, ensuring effective resource allocation, collaboration, and timely delivery of high‑quality project deliverables.

• Mentoring and developing junior team members by providing technical guidance, reviewing deliverables, and supporting their professional growth.

• Preparing and reviewing sustainability deliverables, including certification scorecards, gap assessments, technical reports, compliance calculations, and design‑stage certification submissions.

• Managing project schedules, budgets, resources, and deliverables while maintaining effective communication with clients, design consultants, and certification authorities.

• Ensuring compliance with established quality assurance and quality control procedures, documentation standards, submission protocols, and document management processes.

• Providing technical advice on sustainability requirements and green building rating systems to help project teams achieve compliance and targeted certification levels.

• Supporting or leading carbon credit services, depending on the individual's experience and technical background.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience, partnered with a Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Strong experience in green building certification processes, particularly LEED, Mostadam, and WELL, including certification submissions, design‑stage coordination, and compliance assessments, is essential.

Experience in leading sustainability consultancy projects, managing project teams, coordinating with multidisciplinary stakeholders, and reviewing technical deliverables is highly desirable.

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.