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Description
Overview:
The PHP Leader is a senior member of the IBACOS management and technical staff with a minimum of 5-7 years of experience in relevant technical and management roles. The PHP Leader's work focuses on providing leadership, daily management / mentoring and support for all IBACOS and external resources engaged in the PHP program, which will include manufacturers, and production and custom home builders around the US. This group will have input into the research priorities associated with strategies necessary to achieve energy conservation / production / harvesting goals and other building performance agenda items associated with IBACOS' research. These strategies can be technological, operational, market, or process related.
Specific activities the PHP Leader will be responsible for include:
Primary Job Duties
* Developing and managing senior level relationships with builders and manufacturers throughout the US, and engaging them to participate in IBACOS' PHP.
* Managing PHP activities, including planning and leading meetings and developing shared research initiatives.
* Develop and lead research projects in whole house systems approaches to low energy, high performance buildings (pilot homes), and the business and process related issues impacting the performance of housing (process research)
* Provide end-to-end accountability for complex building science projects
* Provide leadership, daily management / mentoring and support for all IBACOS resources engaged in the project(s) for which the PHP Leader is responsible.
* Provide management oversight and support for all non-IBACOS resources engaged in the project(s) for which the PHP Leader is responsible (including contractors, clients and vendors).
* Contribute to the success of technical research through managing applied solutions and data acquisition with pilot home builders
* Field support and training for pilot home builders and their teams
* Provide planning and management assistance to the Senior Management Team
* Provide reports and frequent assessments of project related activities to IBACOS senior management
* Deliver projects on time and on budget
* Production of deliverables, reports and products associated with assigned projects
Secondary Job Duties
* Assess building science analysis and design processes, workflows etc. and software based building science analysis tools
* Support the performance review process by assisting senior management in evaluating IBACOS technical staff and offering recommendations for relevant training and professional development
* Assess building science analysis and design processes, workflows etc. and software based building science analysis tools
* Presentation of findings at industry conferences and in technical journals and publications
Required Skills / Experience
* Minimum of a Bachelors degree in Architecture, Engineering or a related technical discipline
* Minimum of 5-7 years of professional experience in a building science and / or residential architecture environment
* Minimum of 3 years of professional experience as project manager / leader
* Expert level knowledge of accepted project management methodologies and best practices
* Expert level knowledge of software development methodologies and best practices
* Expert level knowledge of software development tools and methodologies
* 1 year or more experience working closely with software developers
* Exceptional oral and written communication skills
* Demonstrated team leadership capabilities