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Description
~ At Paladino, we consider sustainability to be the key driver of business value and competitive advantage. Established in 1994, Paladino and Company is an industry leading green building and sustainability consulting firm. ~
Our team of business analysts, organizational development experts, architects, engineers and building scientists advise clients on how to lift their sustainability initiatives to create transformational change in their organization and achieve meaningful results.
Our clients include PNC Financial Services Group, Verizon Wireless, Walgreens, Forest City Enterprises and U.S. Department of State.
A pioneer of the green building movement, Paladino and Company has been engaged with the US Green Building Council since its inception. We wrote the LEED Reference Guide, directed the LEED Pilot Program and have consulted on more than 500 sustainable and LEED projects. We have helped numerous market leaders like Microsoft, HSBC, PNC Financial Services and The City of Seattle achieve results.
For more information about Paladino and Company, please visit our website.
Position Overview
We are seeking experienced professionals to join Paladino to manage and deliver green consulting services to our clients.
This technically proficient team player is has excellent client relationship management, employs and is comfortable with big picture thinking to solve problems, and understands how to engage internal and external teams to achieve desired results.
You gravitate towards leadership and engage in continuous learning to perfect skills and stay in-tune with the real estate market. You are an extremely well organized project manager and can demonstrate the ability to consult on multiple new construction and existing building green building projects simultaneously.
Candidates should be driven towards success, technically knowledgeable, and have good delegation and mentoring skills. The ideal candidate will also have excellent oral and written communication skills and enjoy working with diverse project design teams and building owners. Some travel is expected.
Responsibilities
As a Consultant, working in a fast-paced environment, you will:
- Manage multiple green building projects (NC and EB) and project teams, creating and maintaining work plans
- Coordinate internal teams to produce deliverables that meet client expectations for scope, schedule and budget
- Coordinate with clients to report on issue resolution, progress against project milestones and project status
- Efficiently progress and manage multiple (sometimes conflicting) deliverable schedules
- Conduct technical analysis and quality control reviews of work produced by others (LEED credit compliance, lighting and ventilation calculations, materials recommendations, etc.)
- Produce LEED design, construction and operations deliverables and documentation
- Complete technical research and report writing and creation of presentations on sustainability topics
- Deliver green building design and construction assistance/ coaching
- Communicate ideas through structured message development and story lines, in multiple media types
- Draw on your multi-tasking ability to support multiple project teams and deliverables on time and on budget
- Report project status for multiple projects against the scope, schedule and budget baselines established by the scope of work and project management plan
- Recognize when the project is deviating from the project plan and collaboratively design solutions that benefit our clients and Paladino
Qualifications & Experience
Technical
- A degree in architecture, engineering, building science or other related field is ideal but not required
- 4+ years professional experience with clear career progression and experience in green building, including:
- Project management experience in proposal generation, leading project teams, providing client service, and managing to multiple schedules and budgets
- Conceptual and analytical design, strong technical writing skills
- Advanced knowledge of high performance building design, construction, operations, and maintenance parameters and familiarity with at least two LEED Rating Systems is preferred
Project Management
- Demonstrates thorough understanding of the project by deconstructing project goals into a formal project plan with defined, managed, controlled, verified, and communicated deliverables, objectives, assumptions, constraints, and boundaries
- Understands and assigns the right skill set for project/plan tasks
- Demonstrates strong knowledge of monitoring and scheduling techniques and processes to prioritize project implementation; helps teams reprioritize activities to meet deadlines without compromising quality
- Analyzes the cost impact of project changes and delivers solutions to meet budget requirements and margin improvements
- Knows how to ensure the task/project gets to 'done' on time, on budget, while meeting quality commitments
- Can manage multiple, fast-moving projects without sacrificing quality, budget or schedule
- Thinks big picture while maintaining a keen eye for detail
Client Relationship Management
- Uses strong consulting skills to scan for complexity in tasks and projects beyond the obvious
- Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to success of projects
- Develops ideas with strong research skills to support hypotheses
- Strong client service orientation; identifies client pain points and works collaboratively to provide solutions. Demonstrates ability to prepare and deliver oral presentations to individual clients and in training seminars; clearly and effectively communicating complex ideas and other business communications with minimal supervision
- Possesses strong communication skills (verbal and written) and a collaborative, solutions-oriented working style
Team Management
- Conducts training and mentorship of less experienced peers to increase knowledge and performance levels in others
- Successfully delegates work to peers to meet deadlines and commitments
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
- A sense of humor and a knack for innovation and problem solving
Preferred Qualifications
- LEED Accredited Professional
We Offer
Our Abundance Thinkers are the best in the industry!
- Competitive compensation package
- Outstanding benefit offering that includes health insurances and company matched 401k
- Professional development allowances
- Green Ambassador philanthropic giving and volunteering program
- A talented and fun team passionate about creating abundance
- Sustainable working environment, new office opening in Tyson's Corner in July 2015 (seeking LEED v4 certification)
~ Paladino celebrates diversity. We are committed to equal opportunity employment. ~