Green Building Consultant/Program Manager

The Green Roundtable is a leader and innovator in the field of sustainable development and green building initiatives. We are an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to mainstream sustainable development through strategic programs in education, policy and technical assistance.

GRT helps building owners to establish their criteria for green building, trains design and construction professionals to be able to meet owner demand and works on policy and incentive initiatives to make sustainable design strategies 'business as usual'. GRT's goal is to transform the market and current practice to ultimately become obsolete.

GRT has pioneered a variety of programs that combine our education, policy and technical assistance activities in ways that engage and intrigue people while appealing to their common sense. NeXus, the all-in-one green building resource center, Boot Camp 18 month program to transform Design Firms and Community Outreach Program (green city policy) are examples of how GRT connects dots and provides rich opportunities for interaction both professionally and personally. GRT is also an Affiliate of the US Green Building Council.

We are seeking talented, committed individuals to fill two positions for our Technical Assistance/Consulting work. The first position is for green building consultant, providing detailed analysis and technical peer review and the second is a management position to oversee, manage and mentor our existing TA staff:

GREEN BUILDING CONSULTANT 

This position requires a bachelor's degree and 10 years experience or an advanced degree and 6 years of experience. The candidate for this position should have background, experience or at least a high degree of comfort with mechanical engineering and architecture.

This person would have three areas of responsibility:

A. Project management: specific design assistance working directly with clients (building owners and/or developers) on projects using rating systems (LEED, GGHC, CHPS) and others that go beyond.
B. Ongoing technology research and innovation (non project specific) and
C. Education, training, policy work and miscellaneous opportunities relating to market transformation 

A. Candidate would be consulting directly to owner/client on both process and technology issues. GRT's role includes the following: assist with design team selection, build appropriate team structure to support an integrated design process, support and inform the owner and design team through the critical decision making process, help to develop appropriate design criteria, technical analysis, recommendations and implementation of all strategies.

Your role would specifically require project management experience, technical review of building systems and products and LEED" facilitation. Other GRT design staff support this work. (see samples of current projects in next section). It is critical that candidate be able to both facilitate collaborative process as well as provide extensive technical expertise. 

B. Within the green building movement there are many technologies and systems that are important components of sustainable strategies, but they have unanswered questions regarding cost, value and durability. Identifying and designing on-going research is encouraged to quantify needed information that will contribute to improving building performance, lessening environmental impact or improving long-term durability and quality.

Research areas have short and long term goals. They can assist single or a collection of projects in the region, or can provide the foundation for an area of information that may not currently be present or easily accessible. GRT has executed grant-funded research in the past, will continue and expand these efforts. 

C. Because of our commitment and involvement in high leverage market transformation, GRT is often hired or funded to participate in policy strategies, changes or initiation. These are open to input and involvement. Education is a foundation element in all that we do, both through our consulting as well as through specific education or training programs.

Key tasks include assisting development of custom trainings, workshop curriculum, and teaching in educational programs run by GRT or in collaboration with institutions or other organizations. Personal continuing education is also highly valued and supported financially. 

SKILLS

Candidate must have: Excellent project management skills and attention to detail. Solid foundation in building science - ideally bridging architecture and engineering disciplines. The highest priority is the ability to provide competent peer review for building systems (HVAC, lighting, electrical) to critique energy models and daylight analysis. Understanding of both traditional and alternative building systems and building system integration needed. Excellent communication and writing skills helpful. Proficiency with building specifications. Comfort with life cycle costing and life cycle analysis. Familiarity with a wide variety of analysis tools, software programs and comfort level learning new, Experience using LEED and other rating systems on projects. Creative, "out of the box" strategic thinking and a high comfort level with Integrated Design a must. 

The projects we consult on encompass every possible building type and range from single buildlings to large planning projects. The diversity is challenging and satisfying and the opportunities to learn and grow are exciting. 

Please send an email (no calls please) and include a resume and cover letter in word or PDF format.