Green Building /LEED Technical Consultant

Founded in 2006, our practice began with a passion for sustainable buildings and vast experience working with developers and long term property holders. ArchEcology combines years of design and construction experience, with extensive LEED consulting on a wide range of project types. This spectrum of experience has given us a holistic perspective on optimizing building performance that extends beyond design and construction into ongoing energy efficiency and the post occupancy operations of existing buildings. A building's performance is more than just the sum of its individual systems.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical consulting to green building projects and to clients interested in incorporating sustainable development practices into their projects. Specific responsibilities include:

• Provide technical consulting and documentation for projects seeking LEED® or other green building certification, including analysis of daylight and views, water use, lighting power density.
• Energy modeling for the purpose of advising client on system selection and for LEED credit documentation.
• Ventilation calculations.
• Provide accurate and concise analysis and research of local code issues to make recommendations to project teams that facilitate decision making on green building projects.
• Assist project design teams with incorporation of green building strategies and LEED requirements into plans and specifications.
• LEED-online documentation.
• Interface with a wide range of internal and external resources including clients, architects, engineers, contractors, commissioning authorities and facility managers.
• Manage budgets and scope of work for consulting contracts.
• Take responsibility for driving projects to completion as well as keeping the team informed of progress and outstanding issues relating to each project.
• Other responsibilities and duties may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in architecture, engineering, environmental management or construction
• Minimum of 5 years experience in related field
• Experience in the design or construction of green building projects, with LEED certification experience preferred
• Excellent research and analytical skills
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, MS Office required and a DOE-2 based energy modeling software preferred
• Green building professional certification required; LEED Accredited Professional or Sustainable Building Advisor preferred
• Intermittent sitting, walking, standing, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling twisting and lifting. Must be able to lift at least 20 pounds in the form of supplies, drawings, etc.
• Strong work ethic and commitment to contributing to a collaborative team environment

Compensation: Commensurate with experience