Your impact

At Jacobs, we help clients navigate the climate transition for a more sustainable world with advisory services that drive decarbonization, resilience, and inclusive growth. As part of the Climate Response & ESG Advisory team, this role supports the delivery of climate-focused advisory services that inform planning, design, investment, and decision-making across many markets that include Water, Transportation, Built Environment, Advanced Facilities, Health, and Energy. 

Jacobs are seeking a Senior Consultant to join our Climate Response & ESG Advisory team in Dubai to support high‑impact climate, sustainability, and ESG advisory engagements across the region. If you are passionate about supporting the climate transition, advising clients on decarbonization, resilience, and ESG integration, and contributing to complex advisory projects that inform strategy, investment, and decision‑making, this role offers an exciting platform to accelerate your career.

Jacobs’ Strategic Consulting team provides strategic advisory in all phases of the business life cycle, informed by our operational knowledge and deep functional expertise. By integrating strategic and technical expertise, we support the full spectrum of client functions from executive leadership project delivery and operations.

The selected candidate must have excellent team-player attitude, with ability to consistently demonstrate the highest levels of professionalism, integrity, mutual respect and accountability to others. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other. 

About the opportunity

• Support performance-based design decisions using data and modeling to optimize energy, carbon, comfort, and performance outcomes.
• Contribute to energy system validations to verify efficiency, reliability, and operational readiness against expected performance.
• Support the development of sustainability strategies and roadmaps that align business objectives with environmental performance and regulatory expectations.
• Contribute to ESG integration in planning and design to manage risk, improve resilience, and strengthen stakeholder confidence.
• Support GHG inventories and emissions reduction strategies across scopes, including development of practical, implementable carbon-reduction pathways.
• Support asset vulnerability and climate risk assessments to inform business continuity, emergency preparedness, and resilience planning.
• Contribute to community insights, social value creation strategies, and social return on investment (SROI) assessments to inform decision-making.
• Support sustainability due diligence, post-acquisition planning, climate-aligned deal structuring, and ESG reporting activities.

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant discipline such as engineering, environmental science, sustainability, climate change, economics, planning, or a related field. 
• 5+ years of experience supporting ESG, climate, sustainability, or environmental advisory projects, ideally within a consulting or professional services environment.
• Ability to work across a range of climate response and ESG topics, including decarbonization, resilience, adaptation, and sustainable finance.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Experience in preparing high-quality reports, presentations, and client-ready advisory outputs.
• Experience supporting client and stakeholder engagement; contributing to workshops, consultations, and briefings; and helping translate technical climate and ESG analysis into clear, decision‑ready insights.

Ideally, here’s what you’ll also have

• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• A strong interest in climate response and ESG advisory work.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.