UK Decarbonisation Services Lead (Existing Buildings)

Company Description

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

AECOM’s Sustainability & Decarbonisation Advisory (SDA) team are industry leaders in the field of low carbon design and sustainability in the built environment. Our projects range from working with national and local Government to support policy makers, to developing energy and sustainability strategies for the design and planning of new buildings and developments or to assisting clients to decarbonise their building portfolios.

We are looking for someone to be a UK lead for our consultancy services for decarbonisation of existing buildings and estates. You will also be the Energy Advisory lead for UK and Ireland for our Buildings & Places business line.

Your role will be to lead and grow our services and revenue in this area, reporting into the Head of SDA. You will be expected to be a seller/doer, able to win and deliver consultancy and strategic advisory work on the basis of your own expertise and knowledge, and by leveraging AECOM’s wider national and global pool of expertise and staff resources.

We expect you to work closely with our experts in our 130+ SDA team across the UK and Ireland as well as wider AECOM colleagues and external partners to deliver this work.

What you’ll do! 

• Service line leadership: responsible for developing and delivering an annual business plan for our consultancy services in this area
• Work winning: preparing bids and proposals and responding to tenders to win work
• Collaboration: working with other AECOM teams in SDA and beyond to develop winning bids and to deliver successful projects
• Recruitment and line management: you will be expected to line manage a number of net zero consultants and to recruit additional staff as required to meet growing demand for our services
• Project management and delivery of consultancy services, including the management of multi-disciplinary teams
• Client engagement: engaging directly with established, and new AECOM clients 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 in this area

Come grow with us:

And let’s not forget about the perks at AECOM. You’ll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. 

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Requirements:

• 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 energy advisory services to a range of private and public sector clients
• Experience of project managing consultancy assignments involving multiple disciplines and/or teams and stakeholders
• An understanding of the UK 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

Desirable Skills and Knowledge:

• Experience of working with key AECOM public clients in the UK (such as UK Government, Universities, Health Trusts, Network Rail, Local Authorities, etc.)
• Experience with energy and carbon related policy research and development of regulations and guidance
• Experience with preparing Heat Decarbonisation Plans and/or PSDS applications for public sector clients
• Experience of working with Ministry of Defence sites
• Experience of working with commercial real estate clients to develop GHG emissions baselines, science-based targets and net zero pathways

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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
• If not currently chartered, should be working towards chartership with a relevant institution (e.g., CIBSE, Energy Institute, IMechE, IEMA)

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com. At AECOM, we value everyone’s unique contributions and perspectives. 

Additional Information

Working Hours:

Full-Time Permanent Position

Application process:

• Position Closes – 17th January 2025
• Interviews – You will be required to provide a presentation.

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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