Senior Consultant - Sustainable Development & Healthy Living

WSP is seeking a senior sustainability consultant with more than 6 years of experience to join our large and growing environmental and sustainability team to work with our Middle East Advisory Services team. The successful applicant will operate within a team of environmental and sustainability professionals in Bangalore/Noida/Mumbai, delivering the highest standards of technical work and aiding the continued success of the ES team by being an integral part of our client-focused delivery of projects. The work will comprise carrying out sustainability consulting within the Middle East. There will also be opportunities for the applicant to travel or stay for a short duration at project site locations (Middle East), develop their consulting skills, provide input to technical reports, and the costing writing of proposals. You will be joining a well-respected, large, and dynamic team with a wide range of clients across different markets and sectors, including national and local government, industrial, commercial, and scientific sectors.

Successful candidate:

• Manage certification projects, including LEED, WELL, Estidama, Mostadam, BREEAM, etc., during the design and construction process.
• Manage master planning projects for sustainability implementation.
• Manage Life cycle assessments for buildings or masterplanning/ infrastructure projects
• Assessing and managing climate-related risks and opportunities in the built environment.
• Identifying and evaluating opportunities to achieve energy, GHG, and resource reductions.
• Manage and track engagement budgets and invoicing.
• Manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Lead and manage client meetings, presentations, certification processes, and sustainability workshops for design and contractor teams, liaising with certification authorities (such as USGBC).
• Create, manage, and review client deliverables and reports with the support of fellow team members.
• Willing to travel to Middle East project site locations for construction site audits (occasional travel or stay for a short duration)

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master of Engineering, Architecture, or Urban Planning in a relevant discipline
• 6-10 years of experience in sustainability-related consulting with experience in international projects
• Experience in sustainability building and masterplan certifications (knowledge of rating systems such as LEED, Mostadam, Estidama, CEEUQAL, SITES, and WELL is preferred)
• Experience with construction site audits related to sustainability and environmental management
• Experience with developing and implementing sustainability concepts for master planning projects.
• Experience in life cycle assessments for buildings or masterplanning/ infrastructure projects is advantageous. .
• Understand energy modeling and can interpret modeling results.
• Diverse sector knowledge includes property and building, government, and retail.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English with the ability to communicate results via Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and related software and craft compelling presentations and reports
• Flexible and open to working with the wider environment and sustainability disciplines.
• Comfortable working independently
• Solutions focused.