AECOM
Senior Sustainability Consultant
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# Senior Sustainability Consultant
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Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work ensures people and communities thrive. We're the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve complex challenges—designing legacies for future generations.
There's never been a better time to join AECOM as global infrastructure investment accelerates. Bring bright ideas and unshakable determination to a global team of 50,000+ planners, designers, engineers, scientists, innovators and programme managers working on projects with measurable positive impact worldwide.
We're one global team with a shared purpose: to deliver a better world.
About the Role
About the Team
AECOM is seeking a Senior Sustainability Consultant to join our Sustainability & Decarbonisation Advisory team, part of the Building Engineering Business Line. The team is a recognized leader in sustainable development.
The Opportunity
You'll play a pivotal role in delivering Sustainability & Carbon consulting, assisting public and private sector clients in designing and implementing low-carbon, resilient, and sustainable estates. Your area of focus will span sectors like healthcare, education and commercial, with special emphasis on the UK Defence & National Security industry.
Key Responsibilities
With the support of our team, you will:
- Support clients in understanding and defining sustainability & decarbonisation requirements
- Develop, deliver, and review whole-life carbon reduction strategies and methods across various frameworks (e.g., Greater London Authority guidelines, LETI, RIBA Plan of Work, RICS, BREEAM)
- Work closely with clients and design teams to align sustainability & decarbonisation strategies from early design stages through construction
- Provide support for assessment certification schemes like BREEAM, DREAM, and LEED (having LEED/Well experience is desirable)
- Conduct Sustainability Appraisals using frameworks like Social Assessment and Sustainability Audit Worksheets (SAW & SEEAM+)
- Support project management tasks and planning
- Contribute to work winning by crafting compelling bids and tender responses
- Mentor junior staff in sustainability practices
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Requirements
- A strong grasp of the building design & construction process
- Experience in whole-life carbon analysis, especially using OneClick LCA, as well as:
- BREEAM and DREAM assessment certification schemes
- Sustainability appraisals and social assessment frameworks
- Numerical and analytical skills: Ability to interpret data and apply it to innovative sustainability solutions
- Strong communication skills: Experience translating and presenting technical sustainability concepts clearly and concisely
- Attention to detail: Methodical approach to problem-solving in complex technical areas
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About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering specialised expert advice across the project lifecycle: from advisory, analysis, planning, and design to engineering and construction. With operations spanning transport, buildings, water and environmental services, energy, and technology infrastructure, we empower our public- and private-sector clients to tackle complex problems. Our teams combine technical mastery, digital innovation, and a deep commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion alongside environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities. As a Fortune 500 member, AECOM's Professional Services business reported revenue of $16.1 billion for fiscal year 2025.
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Why Join AECOM?
Freedom to Grow in Purposeful Work
- Enjoy flexible hybrid work options, ensuring you contribute from our offices, remote locations, or client sites with an environment that rewards integrity, entrepreneurship, and pioneering thinking.
- Work with your full self: Bring unique perspectives, talents and expertise to deliver impactful, client-focused transformational outcomes.
Supportive Workplace Culture
- Work alongside a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion-led team that values open communication and embraces sustainability goals
Extensive Benefits
We offer compelling compensation packages, plus:
- A broad range of benefits and well-being programs tailored for diverse individual needs and families
- Industry-leading tools and methodologies to help you excel
- Transformational projects impacting global communities
- Unmatched work flexibility and growth opportunities
Equal Opportunities & Domicile of Fairness
AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring policy is inclusive and non-discriminatory — we welcome all diverse backgrounds and abilities. Join us as we champion your potential!
Interview Opportunities: As a Disability Confident Employer, we commit to fairness by offering interviews to applicants with disabilities that meet essential criteria. Send an email to ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com if you wish to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All data will be handled respectfully as per our EEO guidelines.
Work Location Hybrid workspace model in Europe/India.
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