Sustainability Analyst-Hybrid

ZipRecruiter; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm seeks a Sustainability Analyst to join their Building Performance Group in Boston. This hybrid role focuses on collaborating with internal teams and clients to achieve sustainability goals through energy analyses and project certifications. Candidates should possess a degree in architecture or engineering, with a passion for sustainable design.

Benefits

Flexible work schedule (up to 2 days remote per week)

Wellness programs

Qualifications

• 0-2 years professional experience in sustainable design analysis or design engineering.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Eagerness to grow and obtain relevant certifications like LEED AP.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams on sustainability projects from design through construction.
• Perform analyses for project certifications like LEED and WELL.
• Organize activities to achieve sustainability performance goals.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Written Communication

Visual Communication

Sustainable Building Design Literacy

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Systems

Tools

Revit

Grasshopper

Radiance

eQuest

Rhino

Ladybug Suite

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

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About Us:

Vanderweil Engineers is a top ranked full-service engineering firm specializing in MEP/FP, and technology services. Working in multiple sectors including Science & Technology, Mission Critical, Academic, Healthcare, Government and Commercial buildings. In our 75th year in operation with a staff of 500 + located across nine offices, we are proud to be one of the leading independently owned engineering firms in the country.

We are one of the largest and most respected privately-held MEP engineering firms in the United States. Sustainability is at the core of what we do; recent projects include the largest solar photovoltaic array in New York City, multiple net-zero designs, a research facility designed to be the world’s most sustainable lab, and a zero-carbon steam-generating heat pump which will reduce the emissions of millions of square feet in Greater Boston.

More than 280 of our projects — a combined total of $24 billion in construction — have achieved certification under frameworks such as LEED, WELL, Fitwel, SITES, and Green Globes, and over 100 of our projects in design now are actively pursuing these certifications and others including Living Building Challenge. Vanderweil is a founding signatory of both the AIA2030 and the MEP 2040 Challenges, pledging to reduce and ultimately eliminate both the operational and embodied carbon in our infrastructure. We’ve also been reporting our design energy performance to AIA 2030 for a decade and a half as we work toward achieving net-zero across our portfolio.

About This Opportunity:

If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds in the industry on world-class projects, we’re looking for you. We offer stable career growth via our expanding book of services and geographic footprint across a diversified project mix. Join us to do the best work of your career as a Sustainability Analyst in our growing Building Performance Group in Boston, MA. (Hybrid role)

As a Sustainability Analyst, you will collaborate internally with our sustainability project managers, project managers, and engineers as well as externally with our design & construction partners to help clients reach and exceed their sustainability goals. You will help clients to maximize the full potential of each project through our design experience; energy, daylight, water, and carbon analyses; and certification achievements.

Some of your responsibilities will include the following:

• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including owners, architects, project managers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, plumbing engineers, contractors, and other design professionals from early design through construction and project closeout.
• Perform and document renewable energy, carbon, wellness, water, daylight, etc. analyses for project goals and certifications (LEED, Living Building Challenge, WELL, etc.).
• Organize, advise, and track design and construction activities toward a sustainable performance goal such as a certification or client standard
• Develop in-house tools and educational content for new sustainability trends and design approaches.

Essential Skills & Requirements:

• 0-2 years of professional experience in building sustainable design analysis, architectural design, or design engineering in a consulting environment.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture, mechanical engineering, energy systems, architectural engineering, or related field.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and written/visual communication skills.
• Literacy in sustainable building design techniques and technologies.
• Experience reading architectural drawings and specifications.
• Eagerness to grow professionally and develop new skills.
• LEED AP BD+C accreditation, LEED AP ID+C accreditation, or willingness to obtain within six months of hire.

Additional skills considered a plus

• CPHC, WELL AP, and/or Fitwel Ambassador accreditation
• Graphic design and/or data visualization experience including software such as Revit, Grasshopper, Radiance, eQuest, Rhino, Ladybug Suite, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign), etc.
• Familiarity with daylight modeling and/or building energy analysis
• Familiarity with alternative/renewable energy estimation techniques

Our Flexible & Hybrid Work Culture

We know that work/life integration is important to our employees. Our hybrid work style (up to 2 days remote per week) allows team members to have flexibility while building their skills through in-person exposure to industry experts.

Our wellness programs prioritize our team members' physical and behavioral health.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to equity and in the workplace.