Technical Director - Sustainability

AESG is an international specialist consultancy, engineering, and advisory firm, with offices in Dubai, Riyadh, London, Cape Town, Sydney, Cairo and Singapore, dedicated to helping solve our clients greatest challenges, through collaboration, innovation, and advanced technical solutions. With unparalleled experience, gained from working on hundreds of projects, our multi-disciplinary team of Architects, Planners, Engineers, Scientists, Modelers, and Project Managers work alongside our clients to deliver effective solutions that stand the test of time.

Job Description

Due to the continuing success and growth of our team in UAE, this fantastic opportunity has opened up at our award-winning specialist consultancy, engineering and advisory firm.

At AESG we are looking for a Technical Director - Sustainability, who will provide technical leadership and oversight across the delivery of sustainability services, ensuring excellence, innovation, and impact in every project. The role will be responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of advanced strategies across sustainable design, building and urban physics, circularity, climate resilience, carbon assessment, and sustainability strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership & Delivery Excellence

• Serve as the technical authority across all sustainability services, ensuring rigorous, high-quality, and consistent delivery across diverse project types and scales.
• Drive best-in-class technical practices for sustainability, with deep focus on performance-driven design, decarbonisation, and integrated solutions.
• Lead and support the delivery of key projects involving LEED, BREEAM, WELL, Mostadam, Estidama, and other regional and global green building certification schemes.
• Oversee the development of robust project strategies and certification roadmaps, ensuring alignment with client aspirations, cost constraints, and environmental performance outcomes.
• Conduct technical reviews and QA/QC across critical deliverables, ensuring compliance with certification frameworks and alignment with international sustainability standards.

Project & Portfolio Management

• Oversee technical delivery across a diverse portfolio of sustainability projects, ensuring client satisfaction, timely completion, and alignment with business targets.
• Provide input and problem-solving support for technically challenging and multi-disciplinary sustainability projects.
• Work with project managers and divisional leads to allocate resources effectively, optimise delivery methodologies, and implement efficient workflows.

Strategic Vision & Market Development

• Support the strategic evolution of AESGs sustainability offering by tracking and interpreting emerging trends in green building, climate resilience, and low-carbon development.
• Identify opportunities to expand the firms capabilities in certification, digital performance modelling, circular economy strategies, and climate risk advisory.
• Represent AESG in industry forums, technical working groups, and policy discussions, contributing to the advancement of sustainability benchmarks and standards.

Team Development & Technical Mentorship

• Mentor and guide a growing team of sustainability engineers, consultants, and specialists, with a focus on technical excellence and green certification expertise.
• Lead training sessions on certification schemes, emerging tools, and methodologies to elevate the overall technical competency of the team.
• Ensure alignment between the teams technical skillsets and project demands, supporting professional development and career growth.

Client Engagement & Commercial Oversight

• Act as a senior technical interface for clients, supporting business development, proposal development, and long-term relationship building.
• Provide strategic advice on sustainability certification pathways, carbon performance targets, and design-stage optimisation strategies.
• Contribute to commercial decision-making, ensuring alignment between technical delivery, project budgets, and profitability targets.

Qualification /Experience:

• MSc or MEng in Sustainability, Environmental Engineering, Building Physics, Architecture, or related field
• 15+ years of experience in sustainability consulting within the built environment, with a strong portfolio of successful green building certifications.
• Deep knowledge of global and regional green building standards (e.g., LEED, BREEAM, WELL, Estidama, Mostadam, EDGE, and others).
• 7+ years of experience in leading high-performing technical teams and delivering technically complex, multi-disciplinary projects.

Why join AESG?

AESG is a multidisciplinary specialist consultancy, offering a consultancy service and work environment like no other.

Through our world-class reputation for innovative thinking, pushing projects to out-perform expectations through smart application of planning, engineering, and architectural solutions, our project portfolio includes some of the worlds most forward-thinking and exciting new developments.

The success of our company is built on the success of individuals. Our ability to achieve what we have is because our staff are driven, passionate, and love what they do.

Through our progressive, lively, and collaborative environment, we identify, foster, and nurture the greatest strengths of our staff, and allow them the opportunity to flourish by offering positions of responsibility at an early stage and providing clear career progression pathways for all.

As an employee of AESG, you can expect:

• Great career opportunities with access to a huge variety of projects and incredible clients make your mark in a growing company and accelerate your career.
• Working on some of the worlds leading developments and tackling our clients greatest challenges
• Commitment to building on your areas of specialism and focal interest points, supporting your professional development through a structured training and mentorship program.
• Highly collaborative approach across the different technical service offerings
• Internal and external training opportunities where do you want to take your career? Well, help you get there!
• Promotion of the importance of the health and well-being of the team, including team-building fitness activities, social events, and the provision of a healthy work environment
• To be part of a dynamic and motivated team with an amazing team culture