Description

The Senior Engineer - Sustainability Specialist works with clients and project teams to establish and achieve goals related to sustainable building design and construction.

• Comply with federal and state high performance and/or sustainable design standards for client projects.

• Provide leadership to project design and construction teams in compliance with the "Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings" and guide projects through associated third-party certification programs.

• Provide leadership to project design and construction teams in compliance with commercial green building rating systems, including LEED, and guide projects through associated third-party certification programs.

• Present new trends, data, and sustainability goals to internal and external clients.

• Assist with developing innovative strategies to improve performance and sustainability in building and construction and provide measurable metrics and help implement best demonstrated practices.

• Assist with sustainability initiatives through integrated design to achieve energy savings, protect and conserve water, enhance the indoor environment, reduce environmental impact of materials, and address building resiliency.

• Responsible for compliance with company and site safety policies.

• Responsible for diversity initiatives.

• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Structural, Architectural Engineering or related Engineering degree from an ABET accredited program. and 7 years of related engineering experience required, consulting preferred. Related Engineering Master’s Degree counts for one year of experience.

• 8 years related professional experience in sustainable design field highly preferred. Federal projects including DOD and DOE project experience is a plus.

• LEED Accredited Professional with BD C specialty is required.

• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.

• A strong understanding of environmental/sustainable design practices, regulatory requirements, and current trends in the profession.

• Ability to apply intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignments and devising new approaches to problems encountered.

• Expert knowledge in standard engineering techniques and procedures. Strong knowledge of mechanical equipment design codes (ASME, ANSI, API, PIP, NACE). Strong computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite).

• Experience with leading the discipline design for large projects and delegating work tasks to team members. Ability to lead execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment.

• Demonstrated critical thinking skills, ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.

• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed engineering documents and specifications.

• Ability to travel.

• Professional Engineer (PE) License Preferred

EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Job Mechanical Engineering

Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City

Other Locations US-VA-Norfolk, US-VA-Arlington

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 15 % of the Time

Req ID: 234093

Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-JJ #A&F