Senior Sustainability Specialist

Page Southerland & Page is hiring a Senior Sustainability Specialist in Albuquerque, NM. This role involves providing sustainable consulting services for projects seeking LEED certification, leading project management efforts, and assisting with sustainable design implementation. Responsibilities include goal setting, training development, and benchmarking projects. Candidates should have a relevant degree, 5-8 years of LEED project management experience, and a LEED specialty credential.
About the position

At Page, we promise design that makes lives better. We're actively seeking talented people to join an empowered employee environment. Page provides architecture, engineering, interiors, and consulting services on large, complex projects around the world. We credit the success of our projects that build communities to the global diversity of our people's backgrounds and experiences. We're seeking highly creative, committed team members to help us deliver on our promise of making lives better through design. As our market sectors and services grow, we continuously add new opportunities. Will you join us? Page is seeking a qualified Senior Sustainability Specialist to join our Building Science team. The position of Sustainability Specialist will provide sustainable consulting services within the firm, primarily for projects seeking certification through LEED and high-performance design, but also serve as a subject matter expert within our Building Science team. Our Building Sciences practice area works as an integrated bridge between architecture and engineering to create higher performing, healthier, and more resilient buildings. We are a firm-wide resource responsible for elevating the discussion of performance and sustainability for all of our projects and measuring results to help quantify how we're fulfilling our vision of "design that makes lives better." As a Senior Sustainability Specialist, you will conduct project goal setting and early alignment of sustainability impacts, lead sustainability project management and third-party certification efforts, and assist designers, clients, engineers, and contractors with sustainable design research and implementation. You will also develop and present sustainability trainings, maintain knowledge of sustainability, wellness, and energy-related regulations/certification programs, monitor, track, and benchmark projects and goals, prepare materials for sustainable design awards, and serve as an internal and external leader in issues of firm technical capability with respect to sustainable design. Other responsibilities will be based on your market sector expertise or team leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities
• Conducts project goal setting and early alignment of sustainability impacts
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• Leads sustainability project management and 3rd party certification efforts
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• Assists designers, clients, engineers and contractors with sustainable design research and implementation
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• Develops and presents sustainability trainings in addition to cultivating firm-wide resources
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• Maintains knowledge of sustainability, wellness, and energy related regulations / certification programs
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• Monitors, tracks, and benchmarks projects and goals
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• Prepares materials for sustainable design awards
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• Serves as an internal and external leader in issues of firm technical capability with respect to sustainable design
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• Other responsibilities based on your market sector expertise or team leadership capabilities

Requirements
• Bachelor's in architecture, architectural, mechanical or environmental engineering
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• 5-8 years of relevant LEED Project management experience
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• LEED specialty credential
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• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing and evaluating sustainability concepts and strategies
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• Strong knowledge of LEED and other 3rd party systems (Green Globes, WELL, fitwel, Guiding Principles)
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• Familiarity with Building Performance Analysis to help guide project processes
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• Effective project management, task management, and following through
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• Adept change agent dedicated to improving processes
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• Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
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• Strong written and communication skills (presentation/training ability)

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