Consultant, Environmental & Sustainability

What will you do?

In this position, you will join our Built Environment business, where you will play an integral part in a team of highly skilled specialists that ‘bring ideas to life’ for our clients across all types of building and infrastructure projects.

We know the work we do is vital in assisting our world’s economic development and, it is the technical expertise and the depth of knowledge of our people that really sets us apart. Here are the key things you will do to ‘bring ideas to life’.

• Receive project brief from Project Manager and understand project requirements, certification targets, project schedule, budget, and stakeholder responsibilities.
• Coordinate with the global sustainability team to establish certification strategy, work plans, deliverables, and submission schedules.
• Act as the primary local point of contact for sustainability certification matters (e.g. LEED, TREES, Green Mark) throughout the project lifecycle, from design development through construction completion.
• Facilitate coordination between client, design consultants, contractors, commissioning agents, and sustainability specialists to support certification requirements.
• Track achievable credits, submission status, action items, and projects risks to ensure certification milestones are achieved.
• Collect, review, and organize supporting documentation from project stakeholders for certification submissions.
• Coordinate preparation and submission of documentation through certification platforms.
• Review and respond to comments, requests for clarification, and technical queries from certification reviewers in coordination with the global sustainability team.
• Prepare project sustainability reports, certification scorecards, meeting minutes, and progress updates.
• Identify potential certification risks and proactively escalate issues requiring technical input from the global sustainability team.

We know today’s complex challenges can only be solved through bringing together diverse teams of people from across our business, so there will be opportunities for you to apply your skills and creativity to projects in other geographies and markets.

What can you bring to the team?

Firstly, you will share our genuine passion for re-imagining engineering and be someone that actively pursues continuous learning to help shape the future. You will also need the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Building Services, or other related disciplines.
• 4-5 years of experience in building design, project coordination, sustainability consulting, or construction project management.
• Experienced in sustainability rating systems (e.g. LEED, TREES, Green Mark) certification projects preferred.
• Experienced in mission critical facilities or data center projects would be advantageous
• Experienced in coordinating multidisciplinary consultants and contractors
• LEED AP accredited is preferred but not mandatory

You will also need to have:

• Familiarity with sustainable design principles, energy efficiency, water efficiency, commissioning, and construction documentation.
• Understanding of design and construction project workflows.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and consultant deliverables.
• Strong project coordination and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, consultants, contractors, and certification reviewers.
• Ability to identify issues, ask the right technical questions, and coordinate resolution with subject matter experts.
• Strong presentation and report-writing skills.
• Good English communication skills, both written and spoken.

About Us

Headquartered in Australia, Aurecon is one of the leading international engineering, design and advisory company that brings vital engineering experience, technical capabilities, and design expertise to an extensive range of markets.

Over the last 85 years, our team of more than 5,000 experts located in 11 locations across the globe have collaborated with our clients and partners to reimag ine, shape and engineer clever, innovative and sustainable solutions to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges.

In Asia, where the region is undergoing rapid transformation in areas of sustainability, digital and infrastructure, we lead by being innovative, flexible and nimble. We embrace design-led thinking – an approach that is guided by digital engineering, the user experience and sustainability – ensuring that the work we do is future ready and leaves a legacy for the next generation.

Think engineering. Think again.