Sustainability Program Manager

Degree in engineering, surveying, architecture or construction management or related
- Significant experience as a construction professional and experience in leading Sustainability projects/programs.
- Project Management experience from design phase through implementation and operation for Sustainability-focused projects/programs.
- Experience negotiating construction, procurement and labor contracts and driving contractor documents such as RFPs/ Scopes of Service.
- Ability to travel throughout UK and EMEA (EU + Egypt, KSA, UAE)

**Scope of Sustainability Program Manager**:

- Work with stakeholder teams including Operations Business Unit (CF, ATS, AMZL) Sustainability teams, WW Ops Sustainability, Engineering, Procurement, RME, IT and others to develop, prioritize, and create execution plans for Sustainability initiatives in New Launches and retrofits of existing buildings.
- Drive the construction ideation, scoping, and design phase of new sustainability retrofit programs (end-of-life systems renewal with best-in-class energy efficiency, enhancement of existing systems with energy
- and carbon-saving alternatives such as HVAC, lighting, BMS, etc.) and Sustainability inclusions into new buildings as either low-carbon materials, specification updates, or data collection processes.
- Develop a strong understanding of the CF, ATS, and AMZL Design Standards and Design Criteria, and coordinate technical and standards review with the Design and Construction Technology Team, Global Realty Engineering, and other primary stakeholder teams.
- Supporting Construction and Pre-Construction Managers as an SME on Sustainability initiative implementation and tracking and in representing GES/D&C in Sustainability tender/scope of work conversations with GC/Developers.
- Redevelop, launch, and become the PPO of the Sustainability Initiative intake mechanism. This process path will be used to convert new sustainability initiatives, incoming from all stakeholders, into executable pilots, projects, and programs via the key REI phases of Ideation, Scoping, and Design.
- Support lease renewals by driving landlord contributions for energy efficiency-focused retrofit enhancements.

Key job responsibilities
- Oversee construction engineering, planning, and design for 1) Sustainability inclusions into new buildings and 2) Sustainability retrofits for existing buildings to reduce energy consumption through inclusion of high efficiency building equipment.
- Maintain a program-level view to be able to drive decisions and direction while remaining informed about site-level progress.
- Provide visibility to leadership in challenging situations where tradeoffs have high opportunity cost.
- Liaising with the Project Management Office (PMO) for budget/labor planning, milestones reporting, and highlighting program-related risk.
- Prepare reports, specifications, and technical analyses to fully define the design requirements, equipment, and services required for Sustainability inclusions.
- Surveying FCs, developing and documenting procedures to audit FCs, providing evaluations and analyses, and recommending energy
- and carbon-saving solutions to building mechanical systems and core-and-shell.
- Manage contractors, designers, and consultants for carbon modelling, carbon reduction, and/or energy-efficiency studies.
- Liaise and work with permitting authorities to support Sustainability inclusions in new and existing buildings.
- Facilitate and partner with stakeholder teams (Global Realty Engineering, Asset Management, Finance, Construction Tech, WW Ops Sustainability, etc) on due diligence evaluations of new opportunities.
- Collection and lessons learned and coaching of other team members on best practices.

Would you like an opportunity to travel and work in multiple countries and cultures? The role will be based anywhere in Europe with 30% of time traveling either domestically or to other EMEA countries.

Luxembourg, LUX
- Experience leading process improvements
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Construction/ project management experience
- Ability to lead teams, including, coaching and disciplinary actions, as needed.
- German, French, Polish, Arabic, Turkish are considered preferred qualification.