Sustainability Team Leader - Ireland
AECOM
- Dublin
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work winning: preparing bids and proposals and responding to tenders to win work (supported by our local and national Pursuits Team and Sector leads)
- Collaboration: working with other AECOM teams and the UK Sustainability group to develop winning bids and to deliver successful projects
- Recruitment and line management: you will have the opportunity to recruit staff (supported by our Talent Acquisition team) to grow a team in Dublin.
- Project management and delivery of consultancy services, including the management of multi-disciplinary teams
- Client engagement: engaging directly with established AECOM clients in Ireland to understand their sustainability challenges and to present and showcase our sustainability and net zero offering
- Thought leadership: preparing thought leadership articles and presenting at key external events to showcase AECOM's expertise and contribute to the Net Zero debate in Ireland.
- Proven track record of winning work to provide sustainability and net zero consultancy services for the built environment.
- Significant experience of delivering energy, carbon and sustainability consultancy and strategic advisory services to a range of private and public sector clients.
- Experience with line management.
- Experience of project managing consultancy assignments involving multiple disciplines and/or teams and stakeholders.
- An ability to communicate effectively, be client-facing and write concise and clear reports.
- An understanding of the EU and Ireland specific policy and regulatory framework relating to energy use, carbon emissions from and sustainability of buildings.
- A detailed knowledge of the measures and systems for reducing carbon emissions within the built environment, including energy demand reduction, renewable energy generation, and low carbon energy supply and demand management options.
- Experience of team working in a consultancy environment, to deadlines and a fixed budget.
- Experience of working with key clients in Ireland (such as Government, Universities, Health Trusts, Rail, Local Authorities, etc.)
- Knowledge of low carbon district heating networks.
- Experience with energy and carbon related policy research and development of regulations and guidance.
- Experience of working with commercial real estate clients to develop GHG emissions baselines, science-based targets and net zero pathways.
- A good Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics or mathematics related discipline (building services and/or energy related qualifications are highly desirable), although strong candidates with other science backgrounds will be considered.
- A building sustainability/energy related MSc is desirable.