Sustainable Operations Manager

JONES LANG LASALLE AMERICAS INC is seeking a Sustainable Operations Manager to support clients' energy and sustainability goals. This role involves developing and executing sustainability strategies, managing projects, and collaborating with teams to improve operational performance. The position is remote but may require occasional travel or in-office presence. Candidates should have a strong understanding of sustainability practices within real estate and excellent communication skills.
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At JLL, we are driving sustainability through everything that we do, across all service lines and job positions. Specifically, we are growing our Sustainability practice to drive end-to-end sustainability solutions in real estate, from site selection to decommissioning.
In this role, you will work directly with a client's sustainability team, supporting energy and sustainability goals, targets, and initiatives. As a member of the JLL Sustainable Operations team with a deep knowledge of the needs of our client's program, you will ensure our sustainability and energy services are effectively and efficiently delivered. You will act as an accelerator enabling our client to increase engagement across stakeholders, progress towards goals, and realize success with buildings performance. You will ensure program integration and implementation across business/functions throughout the real estate lifecycle to achieve scope of work delivery and goals. This role requires strategic implementation leadership and aprogrammatic approach to embed sustainability thinking and practices into real estate functional aspects (e.g., fit-outs, occupancy, maintenance, experience, etc.).
While a remote-based role, this position may require periodic travel and/or in-office presence as directed by the client.
What this job involves
Develop and execute energy and sustainability management strategy
Implement energy and sustainability programs to reach objectives
Drive operational performance improvements through the identification and implementation of opportunities to improve energy and sustainability performance across client portfolio
Identify and manage energy and sustainability projects, including ROI and ROM evaluations, to achieve objectives
Collaborate with other JLL energy managers to share best practices, develop case studies and other relevant program improvement opportunities
Engage with on-account leadership and JLL facility managers to provide advisory to all aspects of energy and sustainability management, initiatives, and opportunities.
Collaborate with other on-account Sustainable Operations team members to deliver holistic sustainability program and united approach to energy, water, and waste reduction
Demonstrate robust communication, driving innovation, integration of feedback to remove roadblocks, and leverage opportunities
Leverage client tools and applicable in-house JLL tools and processes for problem-solving, and identify and secure alternative tools as needs arise
Coordinate with the account Sustainable Operations Program Lead for program consistencies, efficiencies, and best practice sharing
Work cross-functionally to achieve success with energy and sustainability initiatives aligned with the scope of work
Key responsibilities include:
Provide expertise in building energy efficiencies, load shifting strategies, and decarbonization
Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of energy reduction and sustainability initiatives across the client real estate portfolio, including development of relevant tactical plans and activities
Meet client energy reduction and sustainability objectives and relevant key performance indicators and ensure processes for monitoring and measuring performance are transparent and reported