Sustainability Lead - Airport Infrastructure

Sustainability Lead
- Airport Infrastructure

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Aviation and Aerospace

Function:
Environmental Protection-Conservation

Experience:

Minimum 15 years

Job Type: Full-time

Sustainability Lead
- Airport Infrastructure in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Aviation and Aerospace opportunity focused on embedding environmental performance, carbon reduction, energy efficiency, resource conservation, and sustainable development principles across a major airport and airfield program. Parsons Corporation is hiring an experienced sustainability professional to guide strategy, certification, design integration, construction compliance, performance measurement, and stakeholder coordination across terminals, runways, utilities, airfield infrastructure, and operational facilities.

Country:
Saudi Arabia

City:
Riyadh

Industry: Aviation and Aerospace

Function:
Environmental Protection-Conservation

Salary:  Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any Candidate Nationality:
Any Job Type: Full-time

The Sustainability Lead will shape how environmental and resource‑efficiency objectives are translated into measurable actions throughout planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and eventual airport operations. The position combines strategic sustainability leadership with technical review and performance monitoring across a highly complex infrastructure environment. Working across architectural, engineering, utility, airfield, construction, and digital disciplines, the role will identify opportunities to reduce lifecycle carbon, improve energy and water performance, minimize waste, strengthen climate resilience, and support recognized sustainability certifications.

Effective leadership will help ensure that environmental commitments remain practical, traceable, and integrated into project delivery rather than treated as isolated targets.

• Develop and implement the project sustainability strategy and supporting management framework.
• Establish measurable sustainability objectives, targets, KPIs, reporting processes, and governance requirements.
• Advise project leadership, designers, contractors, consultants, and specialist teams on sustainability priorities.
• Integrate sustainability requirements into planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
• Monitor performance against agreed environmental commitments and identify areas requiring corrective action.
• Guide sustainability implementation across passenger terminals, concourses, cargo facilities, runways, taxiways, aprons, aircraft stands, roads, utilities, and airport support facilities.
• Review engineering and architectural strategies for energy efficiency, carbon reduction, water conservation, waste reduction, sustainable materials, and climate resilience.
• Coordinate sustainability requirements with Architecture, Civil, MEP, Utilities, Airfield, BIM, and digital engineering teams.
• Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews and identify practical opportunities to improve environmental performance.
• Lead or coordinate sustainability certification activities involving LEED, BREEAM, Envision, Estidama, or equivalent frameworks.
• Review certification calculations, evidence, submissions, design documentation, and compliance records.
• Track sustainability credits, outstanding actions, gaps, and opportunities for improved project ratings.
• Coordinate with designers and contractors to ensure targeted certification requirements are incorporated into deliverables.
• Develop and monitor carbon management strategies covering embodied and operational emissions.
• Support preparation of carbon inventories, emissions baselines, reduction pathways, and performance tracking.
• Promote energy-efficient building systems, renewable energy solutions, low-carbon materials, and efficient construction methods.
• Review energy modelling studies and assess opportunities to reduce operational energy demand.
• Evaluate renewable energy integration where technically and operationally appropriate.
• Support development of net-zero and carbon-reduction initiatives while maintaining airport reliability and operational resilience.
• Lead sustainability input related to water conservation, wastewater reuse, rainwater management, irrigation efficiency, and sustainable drainage.
• Coordinate with utilities teams to optimize resource consumption and infrastructure efficiency.
• Review proposals for sustainable water systems suitable for large airport environments.
• Support sustainable procurement by encouraging responsible material selection, lifecycle assessment, and reduced environmental impact.
• Review contractor sustainability plans, environmental management plans, waste strategies, and construction performance reports.
• Monitor implementation of waste diversion, material efficiency, pollution prevention, and resource conservation…