Senior Sustainability Engineer

Job description / Role

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration through conceptualization to realization of planning, design, or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences, and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 firm in the Middle East region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you'll discover more than just a job—you'll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun runs, in-house sports teams, and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits, you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, and employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Senior Sustainability Engineer to join our award-winning team based in Amman, Jordan.

This position will oversee construction supervision projects and will be handling the rating system submission for the construction stage.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Organizing and delivering LEED, Mostadam, and WELL Green Certifications.
• Reviewing material submittals and contractors' weekly reports.
• Conducting related site inspections.
• Supporting design teams to improve their buildings' sustainability performance.
• Supporting sustainability delivery leaders on environmental, sustainability, and social reporting.
• Working with wider sustainability and environmental teams on innovation and tailoring sustainability standards for clients.
• Ensuring existing quality control, quality assurance, submittal protocols, and document flow procedures are followed and successfully implemented.
• Maintaining excellent working relationships with internal and client teams.
• Managing and facilitating delivery efforts to client expectations and ensuring client satisfaction during and after the delivery of a scope of work and deliverables, making any requested alterations in an established timeframe.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envisage that your career journey to date will include 12 years' experience partnered with a master's degree in engineering or architectural and a master's in a sustainability-relevant discipline.

Mostadam is a mandatory requirement.

Preferential consideration will also be given to candidates who possess additional qualifications such as GRI Certified Sustainability Professional, LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP), or WELL AP.

High level of proficiency in AutoCAD/Revit, MS Office, InDesign, and other digital presentation tools is required.

KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety, and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.

About the Company

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.