Smart Buildings Principal Consultant – Sustainability Focus

Smart Buildings Principal Consultant – Sustainability Focus

As a Smart Buildings Principal Consultant with a sustainability focus, you will support clients in validating base build systems and ensuring compliance with sustainability and wellness standards. You will play a key role in integrating smart technologies that enhance environmental performance, occupant well‑being, and operational efficiency, while aligning with frameworks such as WELL Building Standard, NABERS, and BREEAM
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This role involves working closely with design teams, contractors, and technology vendors to ensure digital enablement and sustainability objectives are embedded throughout the project lifecycle.

• Validate base build systems against client sustainability vision and WELL, NABERS, and BREEAM requirements.
• Ensure smart building strategies align with net‑zero carbon goals and ESG commitments.
• Support development of digital principles and governance frameworks that incorporate sustainability best practices.

• Guide integration of smart technologies that improve energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and occupant comfort.
• Collaborate with design teams to ensure systems support WELL features (lighting, thermal comfort, air quality monitoring).
• Confirm preferred sensor suppliers for environmental monitoring and ensure blueprint is complete and implementable in new offices.

• Conduct technical reviews to ensure systems meet NABERS and BREEAM performance benchmarks.
• Develop dashboards and analytics for real‑time monitoring of sustainability KPIs.
• Provide governance and reporting structures for compliance tracking.

• Facilitate workshops to align sustainability objectives with technology solutions.
• Act as the primary interface between clients, sustainability consultants, and technology vendors.

• Deliver projects in line with RIBA stages, embedding sustainability and wellness principles throughout.
• Ensure architecture and standards are validated by sustainability and technology teams.

• WELL Building Standard compliance
• NABERS and BREEAM certification support
• OT/IT networks
• Net‑zero carbon strategies
• Smart environmental monitoring (air quality, occupancy, energy)
• Digital enablement for sustainability reporting
• Governance frameworks for ESG compliance

• Degree in Engineering, Sustainability, or related discipline.
• Project Management qualification (APM, Agile, Prince2) or similar.
• Smart Score and Wired Score Accredited Professional.
• Knowledge of WELL, NABERS, and BREEAM frameworks.

• Experience in smart building consultancy with sustainability integration.
• Excellent knowledge of RIBA plan of works.
• Excellent knowledge of building systems.
• Strong understanding of environmental performance metrics and certification processes.
• Familiarity with IoT solutions for energy and wellness monitoring.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

• Experience with WELL preconditions and optimisations.
• Knowledge of NABERS energy rating methodology and BREEAM credits.
• Ability to lead sustainability workshops and manage compliance audits.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Consulting
• Industries:
  Construction, Civil Engineering, Business Consulting and Services