Senior Architect - Kansas City, United States - Burns & McDonnell

Description

The Senior Architect - Sustainability Specialist works with clients and project teams to establish and achieve goals related to sustainable building design and construction.

• Comply with federal and state high performance and/or sustainable design standards for client projects.
• Provide leadership to project design and construction teams in compliance with the "Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings" and guide projects through associated third-party certification programs.
• Provide leadership to project design and construction teams in compliance with commercial green building rating systems, including LEED, and guide projects through associated third-party certification programs.
• Present new trends, data, and sustainability goals to internal and external clients.
• Assist with developing innovative strategies to improve performance and sustainability in building and construction and provide measurable metrics and help implement best demonstrated practices.
• Assist with sustainability initiatives through integrated design to achieve energy savings, protect and conserve water, enhance the indoor environment, reduce environmental impact of materials, and address building resiliency.
• Responsible for compliance with company and site safety policies.
• Responsible for diversity initiatives.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from an accredited program and 8 years of related architectural experience required, consulting preferred.
• 8 years related professional experience in sustainable design field is highly preferred. Federal projects including DOD and DOE project experience is a plus.
• LEED Accredited Professional with BD C specialty is required.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• A strong understanding of environmental/sustainable design practices, regulatory requirements, and current trends in the profession.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to apply intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignments and devising new approaches to problems encountered.
• Expert knowledge in standard architectural techniques and procedures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Expert computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite, BIM (Revit), Adobe Suites, and 3D rendering programs).
• Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills.
• Expert attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with leading the design for large projects and delegating work tasks to team members. Ability to lead execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills, ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.
• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.
• Registered Architect Preferred