Who Are We?

At Perkins&Will, we passionately believe that design can transform lives and enhance communities, creating healthy, sustainable places to live, learn, work, play, heal, move, and explore. We’re in it for the greater good, we design to create places with meaning, and we design with purpose. Join the brightest minds in architecture and design.

The Denver Studio is growing, and we are looking for highly motivated individuals excited to contribute to our Sports, Entertainment, and Recreation specialties while also interested in helping us grow our Healthcare, Science and Technology, Commercial, Civic, and Cultural project sectors.

Who Are You?

Perkins&Will Denver is seeking a highly motivated individual with a minimum of 7 years of professional experience to fill the role of Sustainable Design Advisor III.

To join us you should have:

• A degree in Architecture, Engineering, or a related field to sustainable building design.
• At a minimum, attain LEED Green Associate or Living Future Accreditation within 6 months of hiring. If LEED track is chosen, LEED with Specialty Accreditation must be attained within 12 months of hiring.
• Minimum 7 to 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Strong mentorship skills, as proven in previous experience. Have a strong knowledge of and applied experience directing and coordinating the US and/or Canadian LEED Green Building Rating Systems (LEED v4), at minimum.
• Living Building Challenge, Passive House, WELL, Fitwel, and/or other sustainable design performance tools are beneficial as well.
• Development in sub-set of areas to build expertise, including: climate positive planning, biophilia, biomimicry, green materials selection and specification, embodied carbon, energy efficiency, renewable energy, water and waste systems, permaculture, passive heating and cooling, daylight modeling, natural ventilation modeling, energy modeling and more.
• Knowledge across interiors or architecture scopes of work required. A sub-set of knowledge in one more of the following market sectors is desired, including: corporate, commercial, civil, cultural, higher education, K-12 schools, healthcare, S&T, sports and recreation, and commercial interiors.
• Strong working knowledge of project specifications and familiarity with architectural drawings and building construction.
• Think critically and strategically and be able to conduct self-directed research and analysis with limited supervision.
  Communicate effectively (oral and written) with both clients and colleagues, and strong attention to detail.
• Be highly proficient with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, Revit.

What will you Do?

As a Sustainable Design Advisor III on the Perkins&Will team, you will:

• Manage projects appointed by leadership, including management of project hours and project schedule.
• Deliver presentations to different clients and lead stakeholder groups.
• Interact comfortably with clients, consultants, and team members, while maintaining client’s objectives.
• Work collaboratively and liaise with architectural, interiors, and urban design projects and consultant teams in undertaking targeted sustainable building performance calculations and product research.
• Direct and advises project managers in various projects pursuing third-party rating systems, including LEED.
• Advisement includes assessment, coordination, and documentation of green building strategies.
• Conduct green product research to verify the transparency, health, and carbon claims made by product manufacturers.
• Complete building performance analysis (i.e., daylight and energy analysis, embodied carbon).
• Analyze data and interpret trends and statistics as required to support project deliverables.
• Prepare technical content for sustainable design presentations, reports, and other client deliverables.
• Be responsible for tracking and reporting on trends and programs within service sectors.

We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair, competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidate’s qualifications, including skill sets, education, experience and training, licensure and certifications credentials if applicable, and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees, including performance considerations for merit increases, job promotions, and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices, conduct pay equity audits, and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting this job advertisement, the annual pay salary range for this position is between $68,400 and $83,600 commensurate with qualifications

Qualified and interested candidates should submit a resume and work samples. Include your resume and a compact, representative sample of your work (no larger than 4MB).

• Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Perkins&Will has established and adopted an Equal Employment Opportunity policy (“EEO”), which is part of the Company’s Human Resources Policy. The purpose of this EEO policy is to ensure that all employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis, and without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. In some cases, local laws and regulations may provide greater protections than those outlined here and employees will be covered by the laws of their local jurisdiction.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision
Perkins&Will will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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