Senior Engineer, Planner, or Sustainability Consultant

Brendle Group is a small but strategically growing company in the sustainability industry. We currently work in four primary sectors: local government and utilities, K-12 and higher education, the tourism and ski industries, and leading-edge companies. Our services range across the sustainability topics of energy, water, climate, sustainability management, sustainable design, and economic development.

With over 200 completed sustainability projects across 20 states, Brendle Group continues to grow its brand recognition as a leader and innovator for a more sustainable future. Brendle Group is guided by a three-year strategic plan that contains a number of priorities, for example:

• Water leadership and associated new services
• Energy innovation targeting implementation, replication, and bringing programs to scale for utilities and communities
• Cross-cutting differentiators: economic development and planning for sustainability
• Leveraging our company's 16-year history serving small- and medium-sized businesses and the ski/tourism industries into new frontiers in the private sector

Position Overview:

Brendle Group seeks a senior engineer, planner, or other senior sustainability professional skilled in providing technical services, developing innovative policy approaches, generating new business, providing leadership, and effectively managing projects. Recognizing the wide-ranging sustainability topics covered by our services, we're seeking professionals with a solid and broad understanding of sustainability across our sectors and services, but who also may be looking for an opportunity to grow a practice of particular interest to them backed by a dynamic and talented team.

In all cases, the ability of the individual to understand and integrate Brendle Group's services with clients' broader sustainability goals is a key requirement. Candidates must also have a proven track record working across multiple embedded and interconnected systems in which our clients operate - processes, buildings, companies, neighborhoods, districts, communities, regions, and globally. Brendle Group hires strongly on cultural fit.

Responsibilities:

• Optimally position and grow Brendle Group's existing services in the marketplace that align with our Strategic Plan
• Effectively manage multiple projects in collaboration with clients, staff project managers, and other senior staff
• Ensure exceptional quality service delivery, ranging from development to quality assurance to mentoring of staff 
• Develop new technical services and products to meet client demands and innovate in the marketplace

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Self-motivated, ambitious, innovative team player with a passion for sustainability 
• B.S. or equivalent engineering, planning, business, and/or related sustainability degree from a four-year accredited university or college
• Minimum of 10 years experience that includes related engineering, planning, and/or sustainability management experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a management capacity - including managing people and team building, managing sizable budgets, and/or managing entire programs or service areas
• Strong knowledge of PC-based software applications
• Strong writing, verbal communication, and/or facilitation skills
• Demonstrated project management success
• Demonstrated business development success
• Previous experience in or exposure to the consulting industry

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• Preferred qualifications and experience include any of the following:
• Small business experience and/or understanding and enthusiasm for working in a small business atmosphere - including the coordination and communication with co-workers to most efficiently utilize available resources and time
• Demonstrated thought leadership and innovation
• Professional Engineering (PE) license, Professional Planning certification (AICP), MBA with a focus on sustainable enterprise, and/or other sustainability-related licenses and certifications 
• Certified Energy Manager (CEM) 
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, trained facilitator, and/or other related project management and professional training 
• LEEDTM accredited professional

Key Attributes

• Entrepreneurial attitude and creative thinker 
• Adaptable and flexible to changes in deadlines and work focus
• Strong focus on client service through a pragmatic and common sense approach to client needs
• "Owns" position responsibilities and is able to effectively manage the time and resources needed to deliver them
• Willingness to seek feedback

Additional Information:

Brendle Group is a sustainability consulting firm focused on engineering and strategic planning that leads by example, inspiring and empowering organizations to make thoughtful choices about the energy and resources they use and create realistic roadmaps for sustainability. Founded in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1996, Brendle Group serves clients nationwide, leveraging the strength of what its clients do well with their desire to do more for people, profit, and planet.

We believe our special brand of technical expertise, innovation, and entrepreneurial agility helps us meet the needs of our diverse client base and the ever evolving nature of our industry. It is this agility and commitment to customer relationships that have built the company, and we believe our culture of creatively leading by example and meeting customers where they are will continue to provide the opportunities that make our work so satisfying. We have a dynamic team of professionals who are dedicated to and invested in sustainability. Won't you join us?

For more information about Brendle Group, Inc. please visit our website.

Compensation: Brendle Group offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• Salary commensurate with experience
• Employer paid health, dental, and disability insurance
• SIMPLE retirement plan with employer matching
• Flex-time and telecommuting benefits
• Incentives for high performance

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