Principal Acoustical Consultant

Cavanaugh Tocci, a prominent consulting firm in the field of acoustics, noise control, audiovisual, and theatrical systems design, is seeking a highly motivated, organized, collaborative, and accomplished acoustic engineer to join our environmental team. The environmental team provides a full suite of services including design, noise/vibration monitoring, computer noise modeling, public outreach, and post-construction studies. We pride ourselves on providing excellent customer service informed by practical application of engineering principals. Located in a suburb of Boston, our firm is well known in the architectural and engineering community with a fifty-year history of providing elegant engineering solutions. We have worked on many award-winning projects at large corporations, prominent universities, and other institutions.

Job Description

• Provide collaborative guidance and leadership within the environmental acoustics team.
• Foster ongoing commitment to engineering principles, client service and company culture.
• Use your consulting expertise, engineering knowledge, and problem-solving skills to design and engineer acoustic solutions for our valued clients.
• Attend client meetings with engineers, architects, and owners.
• Work with environmental team to complete measurements, analyses, modeling, and reporting.
• Mentor junior staff.
• Analyze and interpret modeling results, evaluate mitigation measures, and document results through development of technical reports.
• Provide technical expertise in the analysis and measurement of building MEP systems and environmental noise.
• Model and process complex data using Microsoft Excel, GIS, and Cadna/A.
• Lead business development efforts including proposal writing and project scoping.
• Present at public meetings and appear as expert witness
• Represent company and participate in professional society activities and conferences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or physics required. Master’s degree preferred. Specialization or coursework in acoustics is preferred.
• Professional certification such as INCE Board Certification or P.E. preferred.
• Minimum ten years’ experience in acoustic consulting with an emphasis on environmental sound evaluation.
• Peer review and code analysis experience a plus.
• Strong capabilities with sound and signal analysis instrumentation.
• Experience managing teams.
• Experience reading architectural/engineering drawings and site plans.
• Experience with acoustic modeling software (CadnaA) and data management tools to support acoustic/noise analyses SQL, Python, GIS).
• Experience interpreting noise regulations, building codes, and relevant test standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to conduct field work at remote sites, which can require air travel.
• Must demonstrate, at hire, proof of permission to work permanently in the United States.

Cavanaugh Tocci offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package. We strongly support professional development and our staff is very active in professional societies.