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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Sustainability & Resilience Engineer/Specialist to join our team!
In this role you will have the opportunity to lead design, construction, and client teams through strategy development, implementation, and documentation of sustainability and resilience project activities. You will also collaborate on business development pursuits as well as to cultivate experience among staff within and outside of the core sustainability team.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Applying sustainability and resilience concepts and analyses to complex and rewarding infrastructure projects (e.g. transportation and water conveyance).
- Coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to assess impacts of projects on the natural and built environment
- Project planning, strategy development, preparation of calculations, studies, and reports, interdisciplinary coordination, management of project budgets and schedules, team education, and client communication.
- Planning, administering, and preparing client deliverables and third-party sustainability certification applications (e.g. LEED or Envision).
- Providing technical guidance, oversight, and mentorship to more junior colleagues in the delivery of sustainability products or services.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, architecture, environmental planning, or related field (Master’s degree preferred)
- 5+ years of experience focused on sustainability and resilience-specific services (application to transportation projects preferred)
- Current ENV SP and LEED AP with specialty credentials
- Documented completion of third-party certifications (e.g. U.S. Green Building Council/LEED, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure/Envision, etc.) as the Project Team Administrator, or equivalent.
- Experience preparing project-specific and programmatic sustainability plans, climate risk and vulnerability assessments, and resilience mitigation plans.
- Experience in contractual scope, staffing, and budget management.
- Familiarity with ISO 14040 and 14044 compliant Environmental Life Cycle Assessments, greenhouse gas inventory preparation, and ISO 31000 Risk Management principles and framework
- Ability to manage the demands of multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks, and collaborate effectively within and outside of the sustainability and resilience team.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication, management skills, and attention to detail.
- Mastery of MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, or similar reporting, visualization, and analytical tools.
- Ability to work as a member of the team or autonomously, as needed.
Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
Not Applicable/NoneThis position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.For more than 75 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in diverse, collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see new possibilities.We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
