Senior Environmental Designer

ATELIER TEN (ASIA) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Atelier Ten (Asia) PTE. LTD. in Singapore is seeking a Senior Environmental Designer to join our Singapore office.

You will lead environmental design with a focus on building energy optimisation, consulting on projects from masterplanning to detailed design across global locations. You will deliver environmental design input, sustainability benchmarking, daylight & shading design, sustainable systems, materials and waste strategies, supported by robust analytics and collaboration with engineers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher degree in a field related to building engineering, environmental building
• Experience in fast-paced office with multiple deadlines
• Proactive, self-motivated with strong interpersonal skills and limited supervision
• Experience in environmental design, building energy optimisation, daylight & shading

Responsibilities

• Liaise with client, architect and design team with clarity and confidence
• Organise junior staff to achieve solutions within agreed time scales
• Maintain project overview and communicate status to stakeholders
• Mentor junior staff and coordinate internal efforts
• Foster positive relationships with clients and design team

Skills

Natural leader

Self motivated

Ability to work with minimal supervisi

Strategic timing and delivery of info

Explain project briefs to senior mgmt

Strong writing skills

Building physics knowledge

Develop new assessment methods

Education

Bachelor's or higher degree in building engineering / environmental building

Job description

Atelier Ten, www.atelierten.com, is looking for a full-time Senior Environmental Designer to join our Singapore office. We are an international environmental design consultancy creating high-performance, sustainable, award-winning buildings. Buildings that give back to the wider environment, do not waste resources and make people feel good. You will work on the creation of highly innovative and sustainable solutions involving a mix of technologies. We encourage the design of highly innovative and sustainable solutions that incorporate a mix of technologies.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Environmental Designer with sustainable design experience and specialist knowledge in building energy optimisation to consult on projects. You will be responsible for delivering environmental and sustainability advice on projects for both internal and external clients. This will involve consulting on environmental design, sustainability benchmarking/implementation, daylight & shading design, sustainable systems, materials and waste, with emphasis on building energy optimisation. This consultancy will be demonstrated through sound analytics including building physics. Projects will range from masterplanning to detailed design of specific buildings across all scales and locations of the globe. Work will often be coordinated with an approach to the mechanical and electrical servicing concept, and where the project is for an internal client you will support design engineers to achieve this. You will be responsible for leading and maintaining a range of projects, leading and maintaining environmental design inputs on a range of projects for internal clients and/or providing specialist knowledge to other projects/teams. Using industry benchmarks and internal standards, you will ensure the timely delivery of considered and accurate project information. Where projects are not being delivered to internal clients you but also provide a point of contact between Atelier Ten and our clients/collaborators. You will also be responsible for leading and coordinating the internal efforts of junior staff across Atelier Ten, providing appropriate frameworks and tools, agreeing appropriate standards and coordinating delivery against these standards.

We are looking for someone who has experience working in a fast-paced office environment with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and work as part of a team as well as having the initiative to work under limited supervision. You are proactive, self-motivated with strong interpersonal skills and comfortable working with colleagues on all levels.

Key accountabilities

Technical Ability

• Demonstrate specialist knowledge in building energy optimisation with at least 2 or more practices' expertise
• Demonstrate a proven ability to provide consultancy for environmental design, sustainability benchmarking/implementation, building energy optimisation, daylight & shading design, sustainable systems, materials, waste and building physics
• Demonstrate an empathy with Atelier Ten's approach
• Committed to the development of high-quality, high-performance and sustainable buildings via the appropriate technical standards, costs and programme
• Help to frame client briefs in terms of environmental and sustainable aspirations
• Deliver technical solutions in accordance with client brief
• Support and nurture junior/graduate members of the team
• Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of other disciplines

Project management

• Liaise with client, architect and other members of the internal & external design team with clarity and confidence
• Organise junior staff to achieve solutions within agreed time scales
• Maintain project overview: explain the status of relevant section of a project at any time
• Be aware of both our agreement and the contractual relationships on the project
• Mentor junior staff

Marketing

• Appreciate and assist in the need to generate business
• Report any feedback or issues concerning the project
• Foster positive relationships with clients and other members of the design team

Skills

• Natural leader and can operate as part of a team
• Self motivated
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to prioritise and to think strategically about the timing and delivery of project information
• Ability to structure the delivery of project information against evolving client brief in such a way as can be clearly explained to senior managers at the start of a project
• Strong writing skills for producing written reports
• Effective IT skills for producing relevant material, including knowledge and application of building physics packages
• Effective IT skills to develop new and bespoke assessment methods for project specific tasks and rendered in a manner that allows re-use

Qualified candidates ideally possess

Bachelor's or higher degree in a field related to building engineering, environmental buildin