Principal Sustainability Consultant - Dublin
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Your impact
Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of full-spectrum technical, professional and consultancy services for industrial, commercial and government organisations globally.
With more than 45,000 people globally, our teams collaborate, innovate and create. Our people are proud to have been behind some of the greatest consultancy and engineering feats over the past 70 years.
We foster a collaborative and inclusive environment for our people, and our partners, and we want you to be a part of our growing business.
The successful person will become part of a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities.
About the role
An opportunity to join our growing sustainability team as Principal Sustainability Consultant in our Dublin, Ireland office to support one of our major transport programmes in the country. You will be joining a passionate team with a global community of practice who focus on sustainability and sustainable infrastructure solutions for a wide range of clients and sectors.
On the programme you would have responsibility for leading the sustainability agenda, working with the various client organisations functions to identify and realise opportunities for more sustainable, efficient and innovative delivery. The role would work cross-functionally with the programme supply chain to capture market leading sustainable solutions throughout the programme lifecycle.
The program role would support the land, property, and planning function to lead the environmental and sustainability sub-functional area, including developing and maintaining a resourcing plan.
You would bring to the role substantial sustainability experience of embedding sustainability and efficiency across the project lifecycle through to completion on transport or other major infrastructure projects.
You will be a positive communicator with strong influencing ability, who is able to lead tasks without direct supervision and coordinate the work of a task delivery team.
We value experience and learning gained from working in all types of organisations, so if you have not worked in consultancy before but have relevant experience, please don’t hesitate in applying.
Here's what you'll need
Qualifications
* A good degree qualification in a relevant environmental/natural science or similar subject;
* Significant and extensive experience with a strong technical understanding of sustainability strategy, environmental management and stakeholder engagement on these aspects;
* Knowledge and experience of addressing challenges and opportunities relating to circular economy and resource efficiency, decarbonisation, energy management, community and social value, life cycle assessment and/or sustainable procurement;
* A proven track record of successful project delivery on environmental and/or sustainability projects and programmes working in a client-facing role;
* Excellent report writing skills and substantial experience of report writing, presentations and workshop delivery;
* The ability to package information for both technical and non-technical audiences;
* Excellent communication and team skills;
* Experience of leading and managing teams, supporting resource development and deployment;
* Strong technical understanding of sustainability or environmental management and demonstrable experience of providing advisory and practical support in embedding sustainability or environmental management within organisations and projects;
* A focus and desire to work safely;
* Flexibility to work between different offices if required;
* Chartered professional status (e.g. Chartered Environmentalist);
* A Masters level qualification (or equivalent) with a Sustainability and or Environmental Management focus;
* Experience of developing sustainable approaches and methodologies for tender proposals;
* Experience of working within the infrastructure environment (highways, water, power, rail, waste management infrastructure providers or local authorities);
* Understanding of EU and Ireland specific policy and regulatory framework relation to sustainability. Including an understanding of the wider European sustainability goals, EU Taxonomy, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive etc;
* Experience working with multi-disciplinary engineering teams;
* Experience of data analysis methodologies and tools, including MS Excel, Power BI, ArcGIS, and LCA software;
* Ability to prioritise effectively, meet deadlines and deliver consistent service;
* An ability to work for short periods away from home office or on overseas assignments, if required.
We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process, please contact the team.
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