Senior Sustainability Engineer

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 57th largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2023 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, mentoring and coaching programs and extensive in‑house on‑demand learning courses.

Our newest opportunity is for a Senior Sustainability Engineer to join our award‑winning team based in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, UAE
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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:

• Organizing and delivering sustainable real‑estate certification during conceptual design and delivery.
• Delivering technical workshops and training courses in relation to a newly launched sustainability programme and other various topics in the built environment.
• 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.
• Understanding of green certification systems: LEED & Estidama. WELL & Envision are mandatory.
• Ensuring that the sustainability requirements of green certification systems in GCC 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.
• Subject to the background of the individual, supporting/leading LCA services.
• Ensuring existing quality control, quality assurance, submittal protocols, and document flow procedures are followed and successfully implemented.
• Lead the technical discussions about various sustainability topics with clients and provide necessary advice to secure compliance with the applicable green building rating systems.

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 5 to 7 years’ experience partnered with a Masters or Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Architecture or in Sustainability Relevant Discipline.

Preferential consideration will also be given to candidates who possess additional qualification such as LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) or WELL AP or Equivalent.

High level of proficiency in AutoCAD/Revit, MS Office, InDesign and other presentation digitalised tools.

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.