Sustainability Consultant (Built Ecology)

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.

This Opportunity 

WSP, an award winning and innovative multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm, is looking for a Sustainability Consultant for the Built Ecology team in Irvine, Los Angeles, CA.  Our team works closely with organizations, owners, developers, architects, and tenants from around the world on large, complex projects with a focus on sustainability, health, resilience, user experience, and operational efficiency in the built environment.

Built Ecology is WSP’s national Built Environment Sustainability practice, providing a broad range of services including sustainability strategy and planning, target-setting and workshop facilitation, high-performance design assistance, computational 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 programs, and improvements for large building portfolios.  Our solutions are typically innovative, integrated, data-driven, and practical.

Our team brings a structured approach while also identifying unique opportunities on each project. We influence strategic decisions to achieve sustainable outcomes in buildings, neighborhoods, and organizations.

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 

• Working with project managers to lead sustainability strategy and certification tasks on a wide variety of projects  
• Provide strategic and technical sustainability support to building design and construction teams 
• Facilitate conversations between multiple stakeholders to devise sustainability strategies and run client and project meetings 
• Develop and oversee the production of clear, comprehensive, and detailed deliverables 
• Provide mentoring and support for staff  
• Have a leadership presence in the industry and provide subject matter expertise within WSP  
• Support continued improvement of team resources and processes   

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, building science, built environment, and/or sustainability 
• 3-5+ years of professional experience in sustainability consulting and green building certifications
• Experience with third-party green building rating systems (LEED, WELL, Fitwel, 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 products and services 
• Ability to understand and coordinate energy, daylight, comfort, and other modeling deliverables  
• 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:

• 3+ years experience leading strategy and completing documentation for LEED and/or WELL projects 
• Experience providing detailed trainings and presentations on sustainability, green building, healthy buildings, and resilient design 
• Experience with corporate sustainability consulting, Science-Based Targets, and developing sustainability and carbon reduction programs for organizations  

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): $75,500 - $115,000

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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