Overview
The Senior Sustainable and Healthy Buildings Consultant plays a critical role in advancing sustainability initiatives, often managing complex projects or a portfolio of projects within a single account, leading efforts to pursue certifications that validate and enhance building performance. This role ensures the seamless integration of sustainability attributes across the project, while delivering scope on budget and on schedule. The Consultant may be required to coordinate the work of other stakeholders, both internal and external.
Senior Consultants lead a team of people, provide guidance, technical expertise, and mentorship, and develop long-term relationships with clients.
Essential Duties For This Role
- Manage complex green building certification workflows, coordinate internal and external team members to deliver.
- Manage projects from start to finish (including contracts, invoicing, and timesheet approvals), overseeing the work of junior team members, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on innovative solutions.
- Perform analyses to evaluate project performance (e.g., indoor water use) against third-party standard sustainability metrics and perform QA/QC reviews of analyses conducted by team members.
- Design and assign work for others. Provide timely, constructive feedback. Support the growth of direct reports towards independence. Allow mistakes without allowing failures.
- Contribute to practice-level organization and staff resourcing.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, e.g., engineering, architecture, construction management, environmental science, sustainability, planning, or related disciplines.
- Relevant coursework or internships in sustainability, green building, or project management.
- 5-8 years of experience in a complementary field of green building or sustainability project management with at least six years of experience in green building project management.
- Able to apply sound and diverse knowledge of sustainability principles and practices to a broad array of assignments.
- Project management competence, skill, and effectiveness at planning, initiating, delivering, and controlling projects.
- Able to perform work requiring independent judgement in evaluation, selection, and adaptation/modification of standard approach.
This position may require infrequent travel for up to 5% of the position, including overnight or multiple days.
