Graduate Sustainability Analyst: Net-Zero Design

Arup; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

401(k) plan with company match

Flexible working

Job summary

Arup seeks a Graduate Sustainability Consultant in San Francisco to support building performance analysis, energy efficiency strategies, and decarbonization studies under senior guidance. The role emphasizes data-driven reports, field data collection, and collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams.

The successful candidate will contribute to lifecycle costs, energy and resilience studies, and design charrettes, while developing proficiency in thermal simulations and software tools to support

Qualifications

• Master’s degree related to sustainability in the built environment or building science.
• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Mechanical, Electrical, or Public Health Engineering, or similar program preferred.
• Coursework in sustainability, energy, operational/embodied carbon, climate change, resilience, lifecycle costs, distributed energy resources.

Responsibilities

• Support building performance analysis by developing lifecycle cost calculations, water balance calculations, building energy/performance optimization studies, renewable and distributed energy feasibility studies, operational and embodied carbon calculations, or resilience assessments, under guidance from more senior members of the team.
• Participate in design, analysis and strategy development of decarbonized energy systems including building-level MEP systems, building energy efficiency and electrification strategies, on-site renewable energy and storage strategies and net-zero grid interactive projects.
• Work towardsproficiencyin thermal simulations and analysis for a variety of project design goals and outcomes(energy, carbon, comfort, etc.)
• Support senior staff in the delivery of sustainable design and analysis work
• Prepare written reports, visuals, graphics, and other project deliverables for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Participate in early design charrettes and workshops to enhance sustainability, holistic design approaches, and design coordination
• Contribute to projects at various stages of ideation or implementation at various scales of intervention, from single measures to fit-outs, to master-planning, and infrastructure developments
• Conduct research into a variety of sustainability, decarbonization, resilience, and equity topics (e.g., sustainability and/or resilience policy, health of communities, and social equity)
• Conduct site visits for field data collection and activelyparticipatein internal or external client meetings along with more senior members of the team
• Contribute to project deliverables including presentations and reports, managing sub-tasks toassistthe team in tracking project deliverables and schedules

Skills

Lifecycle cost analysis

Water balance calculations

Energy performance optimization

Renewable energy feasibility

Embodied carbon calculations

Resilience assessments

Thermal simulations

Communication skills

Education

Master’s degree related to sustainability in the built environment or building science

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Mechanical, Electrical, or Public Health Engineering

Tools

EnergyPlus

IES VE

Rhino + Grasshopper

SketchUp

OpenStudio

Tally

Athena Impact Estimator

One Click LCA

Job description

Arup seeks a Graduate Sustainability Consultant in San Francisco to support building performance analysis, energy efficiency strategies, and decarbonization studies under senior guidance. The role emphasizes data-driven reports, field data collection, and collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams.

The successful candidate will contribute to lifecycle costs, energy and resilience studies, and design charrettes, while developing proficiency in thermal simulations and software tools to support