Associate Director

**Company Description**:
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference because we recognise our responsibility to lead the creation of a better industry and the journey to net zero. We are driven to help build a world where opportunities are open to all, people can live healthy, safe lives and society has a positive impact on the natural world around it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust, deliver better outcomes for our clients, help our people to realise their potential, and do our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients transform performance of their ambitious and highly technical projects and programmes, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and supportive company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Our vision is based on the interconnected strands of being ‘Green, Productive and Inclusive’ and we are now looking to expand our growing net zero capability to meet the increasing demand across our varied and diverse client base.

**Wanted - Big thinkers with passion and tenacity**

Are you passionate about helping the real estate industry transition towards a greener and more productive future? Do you love a challenge?

If you have experience in real estate project or programme management, 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.

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. We design, build and deliver programmes to embed change and make net zero a reality for our clients and are looking for the very best people to help us.

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 net zero programmes on a global scale, we are looking for people just like you.

**Qualifications**:
**What skills are we looking for and why?**
- Strategic thinker - Able to provide clients with long term perspectives combined with practical solutions and pragmatic actions - we make net zero a reality.
- Strong communication and leadership skills - we tackle some of the biggest challenges facing businesses on a daily basis.
- Attention to detail in service delivery, communications, and working with others - our people are known for their high EQ and IQ.
- Confident in leading, mentoring and inspiring team members who love a challenge, guiding in their development and success.
- Demonstrably excellent analytic and communication skills - we believe in the use of quality data to drive objective decision making.
- Good commercial awareness including the ability to articulate business decisions within the wider context and market trends - our clients are spending £millions and trust us to get the best possible returns for such investment.
- Confident leading alone and working as part of a team, with ability to flex according to the needs of the programme - we want people that will relish the autonomy that we will give them.
- A desire to grow and develop - An innate hunger to be part of something big is really important to us.
- Business development experience and / or the hunger to get involved - you don’t need to be a sales whiz, but everyone has a part to play in growing our business.
- Competent user of data management software (for example Excel) and systems for data cleansing, management, analytics, and quality assurance - we have complimentary teams of digital gurus for the really tricky stuff, but you need to know your way around Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Leadership experience in the conception, development and implementation of large programmes would be beneficial and credibility as you'll be working with clients from day one.

**What will you be doing?**
- Own and manage carbon accounting processes and methodologies for embodied and whole life carbon
- Develop, manage and continue development of in-house carbon estimation tools
- Validate carbon baseline and consolidate opportunities for carbon reduction
- Undertake or support carbon accounting at different RIBA (or equivalent) stages and recognise and manage the requirements and data required at each stage
- Control the level of assumptions and methodology required for each client
- Developing approaches to assess the impact of climate change policies and energy markets on customers financial performance
- Develop and manage use of external tools (e.g. OneClickLCA)
- Engage digital solution market leaders to maximise efficiency