Senior Sustainable and Healthy Buildings Consultant

One of the first sustainability consulting firms in the United States, Brightworks Sustainability has enjoyed a position of leadership and innovation in sustainability since its founding in 2001. We help our clients establish and implement operational sustainability programs that reduce their environmental footprints, advance their sustainability journeys, and increase their operational performance.

Brightworks’ creative and multi-disciplinary staff offer expertise in the following areas:

• Sustainable and Healthy Buildings
• Sustainable and Healthy Materials
• Energy Analysis and Optimization
• Building Performance, Operations, and Maintenance
• Corporate Sustainability and ESG Programs

Our major clients include leading technology firms, higher education institutions, life science organizations, and municipal entities. We provide our clients with unique solutions for the challenges they face meeting sustainability, innovation and community impact goals.

Your Experience as a Member of Brightworks’ Team

Our team members routinely cite the following aspects of their experience at Brightworks as most valuable to them:

• Making a difference
• High degree of flexibility
• Learning and growth
• Great clients and projects
• Recognition for performance
• Competitive compensation

You will be treated as an important strategic contributor, and you will be expected to make important contributions to the business while growing professionally, intellectually, personally, socially, and financially.

A certified B Corp since 2010, Brightworks Sustainability is committed to benefiting society while serving its customers. Brightworks has received B Corp’s “Best for the Environment” and “Best for Workers” honors.

Compensation / Total Rewards

Brightworks Sustainability is Tier 2 Leading Living Wage Certified. Our salaries are competitive and commensurate with experience. Additionally, we provide generous employee benefits.

Equal Employment

We are committed to an inclusive workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and identities and are an equal opportunity employer under the Equality Act 2010.

About This Role

The Senior Sustainable and Healthy Buildings Consultant plays a critical role in advancing sustainability initiatives, often managing complex projects or a portfolio of projects within a single account, leading efforts to pursue certifications that validate and enhance building performance. This role ensures the seamless integration of sustainability attributes across the project, while delivering scope on budget and on schedule. The Consultant may be required to coordinate the work of other stakeholders, both internal and external.

Senior Consultants lead a team of people, provide guidance, technical expertise, and mentorship, and develop long-term relationships with clients.

Essential Duties For This Role

• Manage complex green building certification workflows, coordinate internal and external team members to deliver.
• Manage projects from start to finish (including contracts, invoicing, and timesheet approvals), overseeing the work of junior team members, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on innovative solutions.
• Perform analyses to evaluate project performance (e.g., indoor water use) against third-party standard sustainability metrics and perform QA/QC reviews of analyses conducted by team members.
• Design and assign work for others. Provide timely, constructive feedback. Support the growth of direct reports towards independence. Allow mistakes without allowing failures.
• Contribute to practice-level organization and staff resourcing.

Results

• Industry Leadership - Contributes to external industry activities, board involvement, speaking, volunteerism.
• Firm Leadership - Leads strategic initiatives, internal programs, and innovation or research and development efforts.
• Team Leadership - Management of Internal team members - direct and indirect reports.
• Client Satisfaction - Positive client experience verified via survey/project close-out meeting.
• Team Satisfaction - Service contribution and cross-service collaboration, mentorship, support of mission and values.
• Individual Responsibilities - Timesheets, expense reports, invoicing, contracts are completed on time consistently, no more than two submitted after deadline on a quarterly basis.
• Individual Billability - Meets individual utilization target on an annual basis, within +/- 5% on a quarterly basis.
• Team Billability - Meets team utilization target on an annual basis, within +/- 5% on a quarterly basis.
• Projects Overseen - Number of projects managed at lowest to most complex level.
• Firm Profit Contribution - Total amount of profit generated by PG, DG, or PM as appropriate.
• Project Contribution - Recognition for self and/or team's ability to meet project/service profitability targets.
• Sales - Involvement in generating and building new and upselling existing clients.
• Revenue - Team's ability to meet revenue targets.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Apply sound and diverse knowledge of sustainability principles and practices to a broad array of assignments.
• Project management competence, skill, and effectiveness at planning, initiating, delivering, and controlling projects.
• Perform work requiring independent judgement in evaluation, selection, and adaptation/modification of standard approach.
• Solicit input/technical guidance from Leads on unusual or complex issues.
• Lead complex client-facing projects and collaborate with senior staff to clarify high-level client goals, staffing resources, project budget, and expected deliverables.
• Supervise, oversee and mentor internal team members so that they develop the knowledge, skills, and capabilities to deliver projects within scope, on budget, on schedule, and in the Brightworks way.
• Oversee, guide, and QA/QC the delivery of technical analyses, presentations, communications and deliverables to clients within scope, on budget, on schedule.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships based on expertise, competence, openness, initiative, and trust with existing and prospective clients, practice area leaders, and influencers within the industry.
• Maintain control of the project financials and contracting, complete invoicing, timesheet, and expense approvals per firm timelines. Proactively engage the finance team to address complex issues and meet common goals.
• Provide input to senior staff to help win projects and meet the company’s profitability criteria.
• Support the firm’s practice development through acquiring technical expertise, collaborating on firm innovations, and matching industry leadership in sustainability with client needs.
• Foster honest, productive communications throughout the entire firm to support project delivery, business development, and operations.

Education & Experience

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, e.g., engineering, architecture, construction management, environmental science, sustainability, planning, or related disciplines. Relevant coursework or internships in sustainability, green building, or project management. 5-8 years of experience in a complementary field of green building or sustainability project management with at least six years of experience in green building project management.

Qualifications

Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of employee or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position may directly supervise a small team of staff in Grades 1-3. This position may also mentor or oversee other team members to complete discrete tasks or perform roles on projects. This position carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Reports To

Sustainable and Healthy Buildings Grade 5 Service Lead, Technical Lead, or Practice Lead or Grade 6 Director.

Travel Requirements

This position may require infrequent travel for up to 5% of the position, including overnight or multiple days.