Who is Turner & Townsend?

All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.

Our purpose:

Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.

The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.

Our values:

Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

Stronger together: We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice.

We are seeking experienced and highly motivated Net Zero and sustainability professionals to fulfil the role of Senior/Principal Consultants in our sustainability team, a new team of sustainability and net zero consultants that support clients across Ireland with their transition to low-carbon, sustainable future models.

We have brought our brightest minds together to respond to our client’s Net Zero needs. Our ‘counting to zero’ approach allows us to help tackle complex net zero challenges at strategic, tactical and technical level.

If you have experience in sustainability and net zero, are a big thinker with a bias for action and have worked in or around net zero / sustainability projects and programmes then we want to talk to you.

If you want to join a rapidly growing business where you will play a key part in shaping a consultancy offer, whilst delivering some of the most exciting and challenging sustainability commissions, we are looking for people just like you.

This is an opportunity for real impact and career progression, joining a global professional services company and take a leading role in the transition to a net zero world.

Overview of the role

The successful candidate will deliver high-quality sustainability, net zero, energy efficiency consultancy advice. For this you’ll need experience and understanding of some or all of the following subject matter:

• Corporate net zero programmes and strategy
• City or regional sustainability, net zero strategy or programmes
• Costed decarbonisation roadmap for building assets
• Low carbon & sustainable design & certification for new construction
• Knowledge of embodied or whole life carbon calculation or strategy on refurbishment and new build projects
• Climate risk assessment and / or climate resilience strategy
• Reporting and disclosure in relation to corporate climate reporting, ESG and TCFD’s
• Strategy/project delivery experience in the built environment
• Programme and project management and leadership
• Commission management including defining scope with the client and quality control of deliverables and outputs
• Business development and winning work

Essential

• Firm professional grasp of the net zero and sustainability agenda
• Ability to lead and continuously improve service delivery on commissions, supporting clients and colleagues to understand and maximise sustainability in projects and programmes
• Experience in a consulting or advisory role
• Effective relationship management
• Understanding on how to collate an organisational carbon footprint of scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions
• Enthusiasm for growing a team and business in a fast-moving environment
• Good commercial awareness including the ability to articulate business decisions within the wider context and market trends
• Managing resources such as budget and project teams
• Excellent written and spoken English

Desirable

• Good understanding of low and zero carbon technologies and strategies to reduce emissions in buildings (e.g. Renewable energy, heat pumps and fabric measures)
• Experience of working with corporate clients and/or the public sector
• Knowledge of SBTi and GHG Protocol is useful
• Experience of service and business development including preparing proposals
• Good understanding of the policy and political landscape around sustainability in Ireland
• Another European language could be an advantage.

What we offer you:

• Full time, permanent
• Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
• 8% Pension
• Car Allowance 
• 23 days Annual leave,2 Company days & 1 volunteering day 
• Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
• Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
• Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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