Senior Sustainability Engineer
On-siteAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Senior Sustainability Engineer to support planning, design, construction, and operation of aviation infrastructure leveraging sustainable engineering practices. Responsibilities include integrating sustainable design into projects, energy and water performance analyses, supporting decarbonization and climate action plans, assessing renewable energy technologies, preparing specifications and grant materials, contributing to certifications (LEED/Envision/Parksmart), producing technical reports and ESG benchmarking, and guiding project teams in sustainability initiatives. Requires 10+ years’ experience, PE license preferred, strong communication and project-management skills, and knowledge of sustainability metrics and lifecycle cost analysis. Based in Atlanta, GA.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in sustainability engineering, environmental design, energy management, infrastructure planning, or related fields.
- Professional Engineering license preferred, similar licensure, or ability to obtain.
- Experience integrating sustainable design principles into planning, design, and construction projects.
- Experience collaborating with architects, engineers, contractors, owners, and other stakeholders to implement sustainability initiatives and project objectives.
- Experience evaluating and implementing sustainability measures, including energy efficiency, renewable energy systems, carbon reduction strategies, water conservation, waste diversion, resiliency, or climate adaptation initiatives.
- Experience developing, supporting, or implementing sustainability plans, decarbonization strategies, climate action plans, or environmental performance programs.
- Experience supporting sustainability initiatives for buildings, transportation, aviation, municipal, industrial, or infrastructure projects.
- Strong understanding of sustainability performance metrics and lifecycle cost analysis.
- Experience analyzing operational performance and identifying opportunities to improve energy usage, water consumption, waste diversion, greenhouse gas emissions, and overall environmental performance.
- Experience performing technical evaluations of sustainability opportunities and developing business cases that quantify environmental, operational, and financial benefits.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare technical reports, presentations, and recommendations for both technical and executive audiences.
- Strong understanding of sustainability engineering principles and best practices.
- Knowledge of energy systems, renewable energy technologies, environmental stewardship, and sustainability reporting frameworks.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, and construction documents.
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong organizational and project management abilities.
- Ability to evaluate and implement innovative sustainability solutions.
- Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in Engineering, Sustainability, Environmental Science, or related field; PE license; LEED AP, ENV SP, CEM, WELL AP; experience with aviation/airport/large-scale infrastructure; familiarity with LEED/Envision/Parksmart/WELL/SITES; experience supporting ACA, ESG reporting, carbon accounting, climate resilience; experience securing sustainability grants; experience with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, BIM, energy modeling software; knowledge of contracting/procurement/capital project delivery processes.
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