Assistant Sustainability Consultant

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full Time Assistant Sustainability Consultant for our Chicago, IL or Los Angeles, CA office.

Be involved in projects with our Built Ecology Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. 

Takes part in providing local technical assistance for the design, development, construction, and inspecting of sustainable built ecology/environment projects in the public and private sector.  Tasks may include basic assistance with the research, design, concept development, construction, operation, maintenance, and optimal integration of high-performance design, healthy building support, and strategies for zero carbon, portfolio sustainability, and green building certification.  Generates accurate and concise documentation regarding assigned aspects of the project.  Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, functionality, and sustainability.

Ideal candidates will exhibit the following characteristics:

• Passionate about creating a sustainable, healthy, resilient, and equitable built environment
• Driven to create solutions that deliver ambitious high-performance design outcomes
• Background in sustainability, building design, and high-performance design analytics
• Strong verbal, written, and graphic communication  

Your Impact

• Individual and team tasks within ongoing projects including WELL, RESET, and other healthy building Certifications
• Assist other team members on energy, carbon, and healthy analysis.
• Creating frameworks and guidelines for healthy buildings.
• Write reports detailing analysis activities and design advice.
• Support continued improvement of team resources and processes related to healthy buildings. 

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, building science, built environment, and/or sustainability.
• 0+ years of professional experience in sustainability consulting and green building certifications
• Knowledge of third-party green building rating systems (LEED, WELL, RESET, Passive House, LBC or related)
• Knowledge of the building design and construction process, ability to read and interpret architectural and engineering drawings.
• Knowledge of sustainable and healthy building services
• Ability to understand and coordinate energy, daylight, comfort, and other modeling deliverables.
• Familiarity with different healthy building aspects, including but not limited to air and water quality, thermal comfort, biophilic design and circadian lighting.
• Ability to work efficiently in a team environment.
• Excellent verbal communication and writing skills.
• Attention to detail and highly organized.
• Self-starter, able to work independently as well as multi-task. 

Preferred Qualifications:

•  Experience providing trainings and presentations on sustainability, green building, healthy buildings, and resilient design.
• Knowledge of evidence based and performance-based design practices
• Experience working on projects pursuing building rating systems (LEED or WELL)
• WELL Accredited Professional and/or LEED Green Associate, Accredited Professional
• Computational Design Skills with several Grasshopper plugins for climate, energy, and daylight analysis

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. 
Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $55,700 - $75,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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