About Brightworks Sustainability

One of the first sustainability consulting firms in the United States, Brightworks Sustainability has enjoyed a position of leadership and innovation in sustainability since its founding in 2001. We help our clients establish and implement operational sustainability programs that reduce their environmental footprints, advance their sustainability journeys, and increase their operational performance.

Brightworks’ creative and multi-disciplinary staff offer expertise in the following areas:

• Sustainable and Healthy Buildings
• Sustainable and Healthy Materials
• Energy Analysis and Optimization
• Building Performance, Operations, and Maintenance
• Corporate Sustainability and ESG Programs

Our major clients include leading technology firms, higher education institutions, life science organizations, and municipal entities. We provide our clients with unique solutions for the challenges they face meeting sustainability, innovation and community impact goals. unique to their organizations.

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About The Sustainable & Healthy Buildings Analyst Position

Brightworks Sustainability is seeking a Sustainable & Healthy Buildings Analyst in our Oakland, New York, Los Angeles, or Portland, OR (headquarters) office.

This role is responsible for collaborating with team members in Brightworks’ largest practice area, our Sustainable & Healthy Buildings (SHB) group. The SHB practice focuses on sustainability for new construction and renovation projects seeking certification through a third-party standard including LEED BD+C, WELL, Fitwel, SITES, Envision, CALGreen, and more. The analyst completes and manages tasks as assigned by team members to deliver green building certification and sustainability program management work to clients within scope, on-budget, on-schedule, and in the Brightworks way.

The analyst works closely with team members to develop expertise in technical content, project delivery process, and consulting. They contribute to the firm’s growth by developing client deliverables, creating tools, and sharing insights through project work and practice development meetings.

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Essential Duties for this Role

• Prepare, maintain, and submit green building certification documentation. Analyze and interpret data as needed. Identify trends and opportunities to streamline documentation efforts.

• Lead regular LEED/Contractor check-in calls and portions of design-phase calls.

• Complete material and submittal reviews for alignment with project sustainability goals.

• Conduct project drawing and specifications reviews to confirm the inclusion of identified sustainability strategies.

• Complete calculations to demonstrate project performance in areas such as water use reduction and construction waste diversion.

• Peer review deliverables including memos, reports, certification submissions and provide feedback on suggested revisions.

• Support training of junior staff as needed. Provide peer-to-peer training in areas of expertise.

• Track meeting minutes and ongoing documentation by others to meet scheduled milestones and deadlines for submittal for projects with greater complexity.
• Stay informed of 3^rd party Rating System updates, addendum and new versions through research, attendance at webinars and collaborating with industry professionals.

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Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Understanding of green building and sustainability certification programs, primarily LEED BD+C and ID+C.

• Knowledge and competency using project delivery software (Microsoft Office Suite, Bluebeam, LEED Online, etc.)

• Knowledge and competency reading drawings and specifications, product documentation (SDS, product certifications).

Education & Experience

• Two years of experience in a similar role
• A bachelor’s degree in an applicable area of study (engineering, architecture, construction management, sustainability, environmental science, etc.).
• Any combination of education, professional, volunteer and lived experience that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the classification duties and responsibilities.

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Your Experience as a Member of Brightworks’ Team

Our team members routinely cite the following aspects of their experience at Brightworks as most valuable to them:

• Making a difference
• Flexibility
• Learning and growth
• Amazing colleagues
• Great clients and projects
• Recognition for performance
• Competitive compensation

You will be treated as an important strategic contributor, and you will be expected to make important contributions to the business while growing professionally, intellectually, personally, socially, and financially.

A certified B Corp since 2010, Brightworks Sustainability is committed to benefiting society while serving its customers. Brightworks has received B Corp’s “Best for the Environment” and “Best for Workers” honors.

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Compensation / Total Rewards

Compensation: The hourly rate range for this position in Oakland or New York is $39.66 - $46.87.

The starting pay rate offered varies depending on location (hourly rates in Los Angeles and Portland are lower than Oakland and New York), external market value, internal pay equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Starting rate offers will typically be made in the bottom half of the listed range.

In compliance with Equal Pay for Equal Work Acts, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Brightworks Sustainability is Tier 2 Living Wage Certified. Our salaries are competitive and commensurate with experience. Additionally, we provide generous employee benefits that include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and short-term & long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with many sustainable & socially equitable fund options
• Company 401(k) match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Sustainable commute & connectivity subsidy
• Employee Fitness Benefit
• Professional development budget
• Flexible schedules
• Hybrid schedules
• Eligible to be placed in sabbatical queue after 7 years of employment

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Location

Candidates are welcome to apply to one of our four offices: Oakland, New York, Los Angeles, or Portland, OR (headquarters). The preferred locations are Oakland or New York.

Brightworks offers hybrid work schedules. A minimum of two days per week in the office is required.

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Classification

Full time, non exempt.

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Equal Employment

We are committed to an inclusive workforce that fully represents many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. This is demonstrated by the representation of women in leadership roles, as well as a workforce that is strengthened by the significant contributions of our many employees from a variety of backgrounds, including our Latinx, LGBTQI+ and AAPI communities. We remain dedicated to enhancing our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Belonging (IDEB) strategy that fosters connections and creates a welcoming environment for all.?

We invite and encourage ALL diverse candidates to apply to join our team.

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Direct Reports

None

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Visa Sponsorship

‍This position is not eligible for sponsorship.