Job Purpose

The Sustainability Deputy Director provides senior management support for projects, business development, and staff

oversight. This role will report to the Engineering Director and is based at the home office.

Duties & Responsibilities

Deputy Director Responsibilities:

• Lead major projects, including maintaining schedule, budget, client relationships, and managing project elements including tracking project milestones and prepare project manager reports; and supervising preparation of deliverables and ensuring quality control.
• Manage multiple staff and mentor junior staff in technical, administrative, client management, and business development skills.
• Lead business development initiatives, including proposal preparation and facilitating teaming.
• Perform significant client contact and coordination with other consultants, individuals must have demonstrated ability to work towards consensus on difficult issues.
• Possess strong organizational skills, including the ability to track and manage multiple tasks and priorities, as well as the ability to communicate effectively in both speech and writing.
• Assist in the development of the Sustainability group as a team, fostering professional camaraderie, identifying opportunities for growth/expansion, and leading hiring efforts.
• Attend and prepare for conferences with possible presentations.
• Maintain significant professional qualifications.
• Perform as acting Director when Director is out of the office, as needed.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in in engineering, architecture, environmental, sustainability or related field; LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) with specialty credential

Experience:10 years' experience or Master's degree with 8 years' of experience

• Experience facilitating and managing the LEED certification processes and achieving certification goals from the start of design through construction; reviewing design and construction drawing sets for green building requirements; reviewing and writing project specifications; completing site, water, energy, and daylight analyses; and preparing design phase sustainability reports.
• An understanding of carbon management in the built environment
• Experience managing projects
• Experience managing client relationships
• Experience with proposal development
• Experience managing staff
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with clients, peers, and other contractor organizations
• Excellent organization and written communication skills
• Competent in the use of all elements of Microsoft Office Professional
• Active involvement in professional organizations

Desired Qualifications

• Additional sustainability credentials (Green Globes, WELL, Living Building Challenge, SITES, Envision)
• Experience implementing and documenting the federal Guiding Principles program
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit, and/or Bluebeam
• Proficiency with EC3 Tool or other embodied carbon management tools

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by applicable law.

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Physically able to conduct building and construction site visits.

COVID-19 vaccination is preferred for all applicants.