Sustainable Design Professional I

Hks • Full-time • Dallas • 3m ago

Overview:

HKS Dallas is searching for a talented Sustainable Design Professional to join their team.

This role will have a focus on building energy modeling on assisting building owners and design teams with optimizing their architectural, mechanical, and electrical designs to maximize a building's energy performance through building energy modeling in alignment with the 2030 Commitment. Additionally, support project teams using a wide range of developing architectural and engineering professional skills. Performs basic design and technical tasks requiring application of standard techniques and knowledge of sustainability while working under general supervision. Eager to learn, highly organized and willing to contribute creatively to the team.

Responsibilities:

Prepares whole-building dynamic thermal and energy building simulation models for various building types and scales, including advanced mechanical systems evaluations, architectural response to enhancing daylighting, lighting control systems and detailed thermal and moisture response of building façade components
Performs detailed engineering analysis for the purpose of minimizing energy consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions related to a building’s architectural design, construction and operation
Performs comfort studies, life cycle costs analysis, energy simulation, daylight simulations, solar shading analysis and renewable energy evaluation to provide analysis-based recommendations that inform design and operational decisions made by architects, engineers, contactors and operators
Supports DesignGreen team and Enterprise leadership to expand and further integrate design performance, building energy modeling and building operation modeling for all projects across the firm, including informing design decisions by predicting a building’s performance with respect to energy efficiency, passive and active design strategies, building massing, daylight availability, glare control, shading analysis, thermal comfort, natural ventilation, mechanical systems alternatives, loads analysis, renewable energy systems integration and similar design factors/elements throughout the project’s life cycle
Confidently predicts a building’s anticipated energy use and corresponding energy savings, as compared to a standard baseline by applying whole-building energy simulation and verify performance through industry standard calibration procedures for post-occupancy evaluations
Collaborates with design teams to promote integrative sustainable strategies and leverage complex data sets to support design decisions and research
Assists with specialized project and enterprise research activities including but not limited to energy, environmental, carbon and general sustainability issues
Reviews professional publications/journals and identifies areas of opportunity (innovation) to increase energy efficiency by utilizing new or existing technologies, provide creative market transformation ideas, and/or innovative implementation strategies
Advances enterprise level Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts such as the AIA 2030 Commitment and the United Nations Global Compact
Produces technical reports and presentation materials
Participates in team meetings to discuss project issues, technical issues and coordination with other disciplines

Qualifications:

Accredited professional degree in Architecture, Engineering, Sustainable Design or related field
0-1 years of experience
Sustainable design accreditation (e.g., LEED GA) preferred
Familiarity with design and energy modeling applications such as Rhino, Grasshopper, Radiance, DIVA, REVIT, AutoCAD, Sketchup, IES VE, Sefaira, Energy Plus, EnergyPro preferred
Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchup and InDesign graphic software preferred
Proficiency in MS Office Suite preferred
Familiarity with energy modeling preferred
Knowledge of sustainability and integrated design guidelines
Familiarity in interpreting and applying high-performance building standards such as ANSI, ASHRAE, IESNA and ASTM as well as building energy codes such as IECC and T24
Familiarity of architectural building systems
Working knowledge of building physics, energy transfer
Ability to research and apply/incorporate into technical documents
Ability to maintain existing client relationships and build new client relationships
Ability to communicate and present ideas in a clear, concise and professional manner both verbally and in writing
Ability to problem solve and apply innovative solutions
Ability to work and collaborate in a team environment
Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
Ability to effectively meet deadlines at expected quality
Travel will be required