Embodied Carbon Project Manager

Embodied Carbon Project Manager

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KL&A is seeking a Project Manager to help shape a more sustainable built environment—advancing the role of structural engineers in reducing embodied carbon while driving innovation, collaboration, and impact.

As part of our Team Carbon, this position blends technical depth, environmental purpose, and strategic influence. This Project Manager will play a key role in marketing and business development, strengthening partnerships, and supporting projects through carbon education and advocacy internally and across the AEC industry. Beyond advancing our low-carbon initiatives, this role offers the opportunity to continue hands-on design work on diverse engineering projects, ensuring a dynamic balance between technical practice and sustainability leadership.

Founded in 1994, KL&A is an employee-owned, integrated firm where engineers, builders, and detailers work side by side. We were among the first signatories to SE 2050 and are recognized nationally for leadership in Structural Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) and low-carbon construction practices. Join us in expanding the reach of sustainable structural design—creating buildings that are as responsible as they are resilient.

KL&A is seeking a Project Manager to advance the role of structural engineers in reducing embodied carbon across the built environment. This position blends technical depth with environmental purpose, shaping structures that are as responsible as they are resilient.

We are seeking a Project Manager for our Team Carbon, a group of dedicated engineers focused on supporting engineering and construction projects at KL&A. This unique role bridges engineering and sustainability, helping broaden our integrated services, streamline workflows, and deepen relationships with our strategic industry partners.

Our services include:

• Embodied Carbon Impact Reports and Structural LCA
• Material salvage and deconstruction consulting
• Stockpile management of reclaimed steel and timber
• Concrete mix optimization
• Mass timber and regional forest-to-market design strategies
• Embodied carbon education for clients and collaborators

Responsibilities:

• Lead integrated structural and construction projects from concept through construction
• Identify and implement early-stage carbon-reduction opportunities
• Coordinate with contractors and suppliers on specifications, mix designs, and GWP targets
• Partner with architects and owners to embed sustainability goals into structural decisions
• Develop and deliver embodied-carbon education for clients and peers
• Mentor team members to strengthen technical mastery and climate literacy
• Represent KL&A through a doer/seller model that emphasizes genuine client relationships and follow-through
• Utilize engineering expertise while influencing and supporting projects through design, management, and training staff

Qualifications:

• ABET accredited degree in Structural or Architectural Engineering
• Colorado Licensed PE?or SE
• Minimum of 8?years of design experience with 1-2 years of project management with various building types
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Deep understanding of building codes and a creative approach to problem solving
• Technical report writing skills
• Proficiency with Revit, Bluebeam.
• Experience with diverse structural materials and project scales
• Eligibility to work in the US without sponsorship, both presently and in the future
• Needs Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently and collaboratively

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with Existing Buildings, including:
• adaptive reuse
• retrofit design
• selective demolition
• deconstruction planning
• Experience with EPDs, Whole-Building LCA, and TallyLCA
• Familiarity with Buy Clean Colorado, Denver Green Code, and Boulder Green Code
• Public speaking or client-education experience
• LEED or ILFI accreditation

Successful people at KL&A:

• Make a difference.
• Develop autonomy, mastery, and purpose in others.
• Value and build relationships inside and outside the organization based on trust.
• Adapt to and navigate change well.
• Are willing to share knowledge.
• Influence others through empowering.
• Embraces challenges whether pursuing conventional or unconventional solutions.

Compensation:

• Salary: $106,000 - $120,000 per year
• Bonuses are awarded at discretion, not guaranteed

Why KL&A:

• Medical: ~80% of Family policy paid by KL&A.
• Family Dental and Vision paid 100% by KL&A.
• Short- and Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Employee-owned.
• Vacation sick leave.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Paid Holidays.

At KL&A, you’ll be part of a team that’s redefining how design supports construction. If you’re ready to push your technical skills and thrive in a fast-paced, builder-driven environment, we’d love to meet you.

Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs not on race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws.

We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis.