Associate Vice President - Sustainable Buildings (Built Ecology)

WSP Global is seeking an Associate Vice President for Sustainable Buildings to join its Built Ecology team in Greenwood Village, CO. The role involves managing complex projects, demonstrating leadership in sustainability, and fostering a diverse work environment. Candidates should have technical expertise in sustainable buildings and a passion for creating positive community impacts. The position requires collaboration on various sustainability projects and is based in WSP's Denver or Boulder offices.
About the position

WSP has an immediate need for an Associate Vice President with a specialization in Sustainable Buildings to join Built Ecology, WSP's growing buildings sustainability practice. This position will work out of WSP's offices in Denver, CO or Boulder, CO. The individual will grow and strengthen our team by securing, staffing, managing, and delivering complex projects and client-facing engagements. Candidates should be passionate about sustainability, exhibit technical knowledge in Sustainable Buildings and demonstrate leadership skills and ability to deliver high-quality products through appropriate time and priority management while leveraging resources and removing barriers and obstacles for the project team. Come join us and help create a more sustainable, healthy, resilient, and inclusive future! At WSP, we are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts for the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. We are looking to grow our teams with future-ready champions and change makers who are committed to collaboration, continuous learning, and thoughtful solutions that lead to meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve. To do this, we hire candidates with a wide range of experiences, skillsets, backgrounds, and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity are part of our fundamental structure. Our Business As one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms, we work with our clients to create buildings that support their business goals while also restoring balance with the natural environment and sustaining healthy resilient communities. As part of a worldwide community of built environment experts, we bring creative problem-solving, future-ready planning, innovative design solutions, and deep technical expertise in building systems. When combined with our world-class expertise in environmental, social and governance (ESG), climate resiliency, and earth sciences, we are one of the largest and best sustainability consultancies in the world. As part of the team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe. Built Ecology is WSP's US buildings sustainability practice, providing a broad range of services including sustainability strategy and planning, goal setting and workshop facilitation, high-performance design assistance, complex building performance analysis, building certifications, energy and GHG master planning, and building performance verification. We work across a wide range of project types and scales, from master planning and district infrastructure to building design and construction, to ongoing performance and operations. Built Ecology has been directly responsible for driving many leading projects across the globe, including LEED Platinum buildings, Living Building Challenge and WELL projects, Net Zero energy and water projects, EcoDistricts, corporate green building programs, and decarbonization of large building portfolios. Our solutions are typically innovative, integrated, data-driven, and practical.

Responsibilities
• Lead clients, project stakeholders, and multidisciplinary project teams through the process of establishing goals, understanding strategies, and implementing sustainability solutions that are achievable and impactful.
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• Work with project managers to lead sustainability strategy and certification tasks on a wide variety of projects.
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• Provide strategic and technical sustainability support to building design and construction teams.
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• Develop and oversee the production of clear, comprehensive, and detailed deliverables.
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• Supervise and mentor team members in-person and/or virtually.
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• Have a leadership presence in the industry and provide subject matter expertise within WSP.
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• Support continued improvement of team resources and processes.

Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree in a building design, building science or sustainability discipline, including Architecture, Engineering, Building Science or similar.
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• 10+ years of professional experience, sustainability, green building consulting, and third-party green building rating systems (e.g. LEED, LBC, Enterprise Green Communities, Passive House, etc.).
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• Experience managing staff and supporting staff development.
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• Knowledge of the building design and construction process, ability to read and interpret architectural and engineering drawings.
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• Familiarity with energy codes, stretch codes, and Building Performance Standards focused on energy efficiency, decarbonization, and electrification.
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• Knowledge of sustainable products and services.
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• Ability to understand and coordinate energy, daylight, comfort, and other modeling deliverables.
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• Ability to work efficiently in a team environment.
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• Excellent verbal communication and writing skills.
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• Attention to detail and highly organized.
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• Self-starter, able to work independently and multi-task, coordinating activities across many projects.
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• LEED Accredited Professional.

Nice-to-haves
• Passionate about supporting, learning from, and mentoring individuals across our national sustainability team.
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• Strong verbal, written, and visual communication skills. Presents complex concepts and solutions in ways that are clear, concise, creative, and compelling.
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• Uses integrative thinking and creative problem-solving to develop practical and impactful solutions.
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• Passionate about creating a sustainable, healthy, resilient, and equitable built environment.
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• Driven to create innovative solutions that deliver ambitious high-performance design outcomes.
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• Background in sustainability, building design and construction, and high-performance design analytics.

Benefits
• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
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• Disability and life insurance coverage.
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• Retirement savings plan.
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• Paid sick leave and vacation (or other personal time).
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• Paid parental leave.
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• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.