Sustainability & Resilience Lead — Central TX

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Central TX Sustainability & Resilience Business Class Lead in Austin. As a key member of our employee-owned culture, you will guide sustainable design projects, certify green building strategies, and mentor diverse teams across disciplines.

You will lead area coordination, drive quality and client satisfaction, speak at conferences, contribute to thought leadership, and help shape HDR's sustainable outcomes in built environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Responsibilities

• Provide sustainable and/or climate-related consulting and certification services on a variety of projects related to the built environment.
• Conduct energy and environmental analysis for planning, architecture, interiors, and consulting projects that may result in third-party sustainable certification.
• Contribute to marketing pursuits, technical project reviews, narrative writing, and staff education as a sustainable design expert.
• Incorporate thought leadership and public outreach within the design and sustainable industry.
• Speak at conferences, publish papers, and get involved in strategic industry professional organizations.
• Take responsibility for area coordination, monitoring, and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers, all within direction and goals of business class plans.
• Participate in delivery of project services to meet client expectations.
• Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing and project management.
• Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
• Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering or closely related field

Job description

HDR is seeking a Central TX Sustainability & Resilience Business Class Lead in Austin. As a key member of our employee-owned culture, you will guide sustainable design projects, certify green building strategies, and mentor diverse teams across disciplines.

You will lead area coordination, drive quality and client satisfaction, speak at conferences, contribute to thought leadership, and help shape HDR's sustainable outcomes in built environments.