Senior Specialist II, Sustainability

Corgan•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Corgan, we are passionate about great design and great people, fostering personal and professional growth through skill development, technology, and communication. Corgan is seeking a Senior Sustainable Design Analyst to join its dynamic and expanding ECHO team of sustainable design experts. This role involves leading, managing, and supporting a wide array of projects across various sectors like aviation, data centers, education, and interiors. The analyst will contribute to and manage concurrent projects, focusing on topics such as design and assessment, bespoke sustainability frameworks, environmental and energy analytics, health and well-being design strategies, building physics, material science, third-party certifications, GHG emission analysis, and coordination of sustainability assessments and benchmarking. The position also involves developing climate impact mitigation and resilience strategies, working across interdisciplinary teams with diverse client types. The ideal candidate will possess a strong combination of technical, strategic, and management thinking, alongside effective communication skills. Responsibilities include contributing to the design of energy/water/waste systems, leading sustainability assessment workshops, sourcing energy and resource efficiency ideas, identifying and analyzing alternatives, quantifying sustainability impacts using life-cycle analysis, developing spreadsheet or coding-based analyses, preparing written summaries for clients, presenting findings to various audiences, attending client meetings, and assisting with or leading proposals. The breadth of responsibility will be determined by experience and capability.

Requirements

Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Energy, Environmental Science, Planning, Urban Design, or a closely related field
Have 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a consistent track record
Hold a LEED, WELL, AIA, PE, CEM or similar accreditation
Building design experience, including identification, analysis and selection of appropriate integrated strategies
In-depth knowledge of specific building or campus scale sustainability topics such as indoor environments, healthy materials, embodied energy, waste management, energy analytics amongst others
Sustainability assessment of projects in the built environment using at least one of the following frameworks: LEED, WELL, ENVISION, and/or other GBCI rating systems
Cost & benefit analysis over a project life cycle to support decision-making
Assessment and estimation of energy & resource efficiency potential
Sustainability codes and standards development and implementation
Integrated systems design; energy, transportation, water, waste, materials
Experience with project budgeting, cost tracking, and interdisciplinary team management
Proposal development and management
Outstanding leadership and communication skills, including writing, presenting, and workshop leading
Outstanding skills in integrated analytical problem solving
Superior ability in the use of the following software: the full MS Office suite, specialized design and presentation software
Strong understanding of energy, water, waste and resource technologies
Strong familiarity with triple bottom line cost-effectiveness thinking and analysis
Strong knowledge of policy and economic issues related to climate change
Strong multi-tasking and project management skills
Regular, reliable on-site attendance is an essential function of this role

Nice To Haves

A Master’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Energy, Environmental Science, Planning, Urban Design, or a closely related field
Experience in Climate change related policy and services action development – including GHG mitigation and climate adaptation
Performance design strategies for complicated building types such as aviation and data centers
Portfolio, campus and city scale sustainability and resiliency frameworks

Responsibilities

Lead, manage and support a wide array of projects ranging from aviation, data centers, education, interiors and others
Contribute to and manage several concurrent projects supporting the design team on topics including but not limited to: design and assessment of various projects; bespoke sustainability frameworks; environmental and energy analytics; health and well-being design strategies; building physics and material science; third party certifications; GHG emission analysis; coordination of sustainability assessments and benchmarking of building projects
Work on projects which focus on the development of climate impact mitigation and resilience strategies
Contribute to the design of energy/water/waste systems
Lead sustainability assessment workshops
Source energy & resource efficiency ideas
Identify and analyze alternatives
Quantify sustainability impacts using life-cycle analysis and other metrics
Help develop spreadsheet or coding-based analyses
Prepare written summaries of work for clients
Present on process and findings to technical and non-technical audiences
Attend client meetings
Assist with or lead proposals