Senior Sustainability I Specialist

Corgan•Dallas, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Corgan, we are passionate about great design and great people. We create opportunities for personal and professional growth by sharpening skills, leveraging technology, and encouraging communication. Corgan is seeking a Senior Sustainable Design Analyst to join its dynamic and expanding ECHO team of sustainable design experts. This role will lead, manage, and support a wide array of projects across various sectors, including aviation, data centers, education, and interiors. You will contribute to and manage several concurrent projects, supporting the design team on topics such as 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, and coordination of sustainability assessments and benchmarking of building projects. You will also work on projects focused on developing climate impact mitigation and resilience strategies. This role challenges you to work across interdisciplinary teams with a diverse range of client types. The ideal candidate will possess a strong combination of technical, strategic, and management thinking, along with effective communication skills across various mediums. Responsibilities include contributing to the design of energy/water/waste systems, leading sustainability assessment workshops, sourcing energy & resource efficiency ideas, identifying and analyzing alternatives, quantifying sustainability impacts using life-cycle analysis and other metrics, developing spreadsheet or coding-based analyses, preparing written summaries for clients, presenting findings to technical and non-technical audiences, attending client meetings, and assisting with or leading proposals. The breadth of responsibility will be determined by your experience and capability.

Requirements

Bachelors’ degree in a field related to building science such as architecture, engineering, or construction management
4 -6 years of relevant experience with LEED and/or other third-party certification project work including documenting credits on LEED Online
LEED AP BD+C or ID+C
Ability to read and interpret formal construction documents, inclusive Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Landscape, and Civil plan sets and specifications
Knowledge of Construction Specification Institute (CSI) format
Knowledge of WELL Building Standard and Living Building Challenge
Proficient use of Microsoft Office
An innate attention to detail
A team player that gets the job done and sees no task as too small
Thrives on building and managing relationships with clients as well as team members
Understands the importance of efficiency and know how to work smart, not just hard
A passion for sustainability

Responsibilities

Lead design teams in developing design strategies and priorities to achieve desired sustainability goals including third-party certifications such as LEED, WELL, ILFI and others
Work closely with studio Project Managers to support all aspects of LEED rating system projects including project registration, credit documentation, submittal, and review comments
Stay up to date on project schedules and positioning within the LEED certification process, including coordination of internal and external action items to complete LEED documentation
Lead in design reviews to compile LEED compliance reports and action item lists
Attend and take minutes for project meetings
Create, update and improve internal process templates
Lead with healthy and sustainable materials research and product vetting
Support multiple projects at varying stages in the design and construction process
Provide research support to Project Managers on cutting edge sustainable design and construction strategies and technologies
Attend seminars, workshops, and conferences to stay up to date on innovative industry schemes