If you are someone who has a keen interest in society and the environment and you are interested to work with business and leadership, this is the job for you.
As a Senior Manager for our client, a consulting firm in sustainability, you will help companies and businesses become more socially and environmentally responsible in how they operate. You will need to create sustainable solutions for the (often) conflicting needs of people, the environment, development and successful business.
Work will involve evaluating the impact a company is having on the environment or society (for example their carbon footprint) and then helping them in minimising that impact or planning the use of limited resources.
Please contact Priya Bala or email your CV directly in word format with job reference no. JO0000004629 to MalaysiaCareers@theedgepartnership.com
Please note that due to the high number of applications only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us in the next 5 business days we regret to inform you that your application for this position was unsuccessful.
MalaysiaCareers@theedgepartnership.com
Key responsibilities
- Materials used and the waste produced, including pollutants and noise
- Management of energy, water, air and land
- How a building performs in terms of energy use – how much energy is used for power and temperature regulation, and how this energy can be recycled
- Impact on local communities and eco-systems
- Suppliers and procurement
- Sustainable construction strategies
- Compliance with environmental legislation
Although tasks vary depending on your area of work, you will typically need to:
- Carry out research and use environmental impact assessments to measure issues such as carbon footprint, energy performance, air quality and noise pollution
- Collect and analyse data, and produce reports to demonstrate your findings
- Present your findings to clients
- Provide advise around how clients can meet regulations laid out in environmental law
- Recommend technologies and explain the most cost-effective and beneficial routes to sustainability. This could involve switching to alternative energy sources to lower energy costs, smarter water usage, reducing waste and lowering carbon emissions
- Keep up to date with current research and legislation via specialist publications, following relevant social media groups or by attending conferences
- Manage the projects which involve identifying potential clients, preparing bid documents and managing resources and budgets to deadline
Role requirements
- A degree in either biology, environmental science, geography, geology, urban planning, sociology, business or management studies.
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a related field (either consulting or in-house) is required
- The ability to balance your commitment to the environment with the need to be corporate and business minded
- Excellent communication skills to rationally explain, explore and discuss environmental issues, as well as to sell your ideas and services
- Persuasive skills to navigate resistance to change and influence people to accept your idea
- Confidence to present information to various stakeholders, lead client workshops and represent the company and industry events
- The ability to build relationships with a range of people, such as project managers and contractors
- The ability to manage client expectations around sustainability issues
- Flexibility to work under pressure, responding to changing legislation and project and programme demand
- Knowledge of environmental issues but also technological solutions and relevant environmental legislation, policy and guidance
- Project management skills to manage a budget and cope with practical issues such as health and safety
- Creative thinking and problem-solving skills to enable you to think outside the box and spread your idea
- Excellent numeracy and literacy skills for analysing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data, carrying out research, writing reports and making recommendations