Director, Sustainable Buildings

What will success look like in this role?

• Principals rely on your ability to influence design.
• Clients describe you as a trusted advisor.
• Junior employees seek you out as a development mentor.
• You meet or exceed project expectations and financial targets.

What will you be doing?

This role is comprised of three primary focus areas:

PROJECT DELIVERY

• Take the role of project lead on single or multi-disciplinary projects.
• Lead the sustainability sub-team on complex building-scale sustainability projects.
• Direct the sustainable design strategy and analytics for energy, carbon, water, and/or waste.
• Ensure reports, presentations, models and drawings are produced to internal and client expectations.
• Review reports at junior levels, highlighting areas for potential development, where necessary.
• Work within an agreed budget, raising and/or resolving any concerns with spend and profit targets.
• Ensure maintenance of ongoing learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

COLLABORATION

• Take responsibility for the line management, leadership, and mentoring of others within your team.
• Act as an inspiring leader in the spirit of Buro Happold culture and expected behaviors.
• Seek opportunities to contribute to the wider firm through bids, relationships, or the global discipline.
• Utilize experience of sector/region/specialism to inform projects and educate junior staff.
• Effectively collaborate with project disciplines to influence design and meet project/client goals.

WORK WINNING

• Represent Buro Happold to clients, architects and collaborators, demonstrate strong consultancy skills.
• Lead and deliver multiple solutions to challenges, articulate the benefits and shortfalls of each.
• Take into consideration other disciplines requirements within proposed solutions.
• Meet agreed work winning targets through your network of internal and external clients.
• Identify opportunities to promote other Buro Happold service offerings, where appropriate.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 10+ years of experience
• Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree a plus
• RA or PE preferred; LEED AP, AIA, ILFI Ambassador a plus
• Strong facilitation and team leadership capability
• Effective communication capability
• Understanding of relevant policy and regulation
• Strong external network to support you in the role
• Proven work winning capability

What we offer:

• Salary range of $150,000 to $210,000. This will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience
• Generous benefits package
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Generous PTO (4-5 weeks depending on position) in addition to 10 paid holidays
• 401k with company match
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Hybrid working & summer hours
• Reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees
• Global network of experts
• Learning and development opportunities
• Be a part of our Young Employees Forum and our Diversity and Inclusion Forum

Interested? Intrigued? Inspired?

Described by our clients as 'passionate', 'innovative', 'collaborative': Buro Happold is an independent, international engineering practice that for over 40 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the world's leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering and consulting professionals we deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today. Follow us @burohappold and find out more at www.burohappold.com.

Buro Happold value flexible working as an important part of the way we work. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

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Be you at Buro Happold

Buro Happold is proud to be a practice of a diverse range of professionals. We actively promote inclusivity to enable every individual to reach their full potential, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be.

We are working to change the lack of representation of minority groups in the built environment, and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.