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WSP USA Assistant Vice President – Lead Building Performance (Built Ecology) in Denver, Colorado
This Opportunity
WSP, an award winning and innovative multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm, is looking for a Assistant Vice President – Lead Building Performance Consultant for the Built Ecology team in New York, NY. Other locations considered include Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Boston, and Washington DC. Our team works closely with organizations, owners, developers, architects, and tenants from around the world on large, complex projects with a focus on sustainability, health, resilience, user experience, and operational efficiency in the built environment.
Built Ecology is WSP’s national Built Environment Sustainability practice, providing a broad range of services including sustainability strategy and planning, target-setting and workshop facilitation, high-performance design assistance, computational building performance analysis, building certifications, energy and GHG master planning, and building performance verification. We work across a wide range of project types and scales, from master planning and district infrastructure to building design and construction, to ongoing performance and operations. Built Ecology has been directly responsible for driving many leading projects across the globe, including LEED Platinum buildings, Living Building Challenge and WELL projects, Net Zero energy and water projects, EcoDistricts, corporate programs, and improvements for large building portfolios. Our solutions are typically innovative, integrated, data-driven, and practical.
Our team brings a structured approach while also identifying unique opportunities on each project. We influence strategic decisions to achieve sustainable outcomes in buildings, neighborhoods, and organizations.
Your Impact
Direct, facilitate, and support multidisciplinary project team to establish high performance, general sustainability, and Net Zero goals, including leading and overseeing the development of various technical models beyond basic whole building energy modeling
Work closely with MEP design teams and project managers to define a pathway to exceeding local codes and stretch codes
Direct, facilitate, and support multidisciplinary project team to establish high performance, general sustainability, and Net Zero goals, including leading and overseeing the development of various technical models beyond basic whole building energy modeling
Utilize energy and GHG modeling tools to complete carbon modeling and develop net zero carbon road maps
Interpret climate information and building use typologies to inform building design strategies
Provide LEED and other certifications strategy and advice, particularly around energy
Develop and provide quality control reviews for Built Ecology deliverables related to energy and climate strategy, planning, analysis, and implementation
Contribute to the development and improvement of our project delivery standards, to ensure a high quality of work is consistently delivered by the national team
Provide quality control reviews for Built Ecology analysis and deliverables
Strengthen WSP’s relationships with existing clients and develop new clients
Have a leadership presence in the industry and support business development
Integrate with all aspects of the business to weave sustainability into all our service offerings
Manage and support staff
Produce or oversee the production of high quality, visually compelling deliverables
Ideal candidates will exhibit the following characteristics:
Passionate about creating a sustainable, healthy, resilient, and equitable built environment
Expertise in high-performance MEP systems, building science, high-performance façades, and energy codes
Expertise with analytic tools to support various aspects of high-performance design, stretch code compliance, decarbonization strategy, climate-responsive design, adavnced building systems analysis, whole building energy and daylight modeling, parametric modeling, operational carbon analysis, envelope modeling, climate assessments, renewable energy analysis, district energy simulations, embodied energy analysis, etc.
Passionate about mentoring, and supporting individuals across WSP’s national sustainability team
Committed to collaborating with and supporting the growth of our integrated national team
Presents ideas and solutions that are clear, concise, comprehensive, creative, and compelling
Uses integrative thinking and problem-solving
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
Bachelor and/or master’s degree in a technical built environment sustainability or building design-related discipline
10+ years of experience providing sustainability and high-performance design consulting, at least 4 years of this should have been in supervisory and project management capacity and demonstrated areas of specific subject matter expertise and industry presence
Demonstrated ability to grow and manage a portfolio of work and support the staff needed to deliver that work
Ability to generate new work both from new and existing clients
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Expertise in using EnergyPlus and associated plugins for parametric modeling of inter-related desig parameters in complex buildings
Ability to utilize large data sets for advanced analysis of building solutions
Knowledge of a wide array of national and global sustainability-related rating systems, codes, and programs
Experience with BIM, energy modeling, computational design tools, and early-phase design analysis
Highly technical with the ability to communicate, present, and generate enthusiasm and buy in for ideas and solutions
Preferred Qualifications:
Professional Engineer or Registered Architect
Experience with energy modeling (IES-VE, OpenStudio, EnergyPlus), load calculations, and district systems
Software coding capability, particularly to serve the advanced analysis of building performance
Familiarity or expertise in smart building solutions for energy and IAQ management
Expertise in low and Net Zero water systems, including water treatment and reuse opportunities
Ability to lead an integrative design process and facilitate complex sustainability discussions and workshops
Experience coordinating green building, healthy building, and building performance certifications
Experience with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Science-based Targets, and other climate-related reporting frameworks
Knowledge of mechanical systems and building physics for data centers, hospitals, laboratories, advanced manufacturing, and battery energy storage systems
Experience developing and delivering compelling public presentations
Strong external presence in the real estate, architecture, and sustainability industry
WSP Benefits
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation
Expected Salary (all locations): $107,000- 150,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $170,000-145,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
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