Sustainable Environmental Reviewer

The Urban Design Division is responsible for crafting and executing a beautiful humanscale and inclusive vision for the design of the built environment across Boston. We champion the transformative power of beautiful sustainable walkable communities for everyone that support social mental and physical health while improving resiliency and promoting equity.

Under the direction of the Deputy Director of Design Review the Sustainable Environmental Reviewer will contribute to new and ongoing sustainable and environmental design review planning and interdepartmental efforts focused on sustainability resiliency affordability equity and the built environment. The Sustainable Environmental Reviewer will also contribute to a wide range of sustainable design initiatives and projects including producing analysis and conducting reviews of projects of varying scales and working in collaboration with other urban design planning and city staff.

Sustainable Resilience and Environmental Design Review:

• Conduct and assist with the sustainable resilience and environmental design review of projects undergoing development review. This includes a wide range of building uses and scales. Project design review includes meeting with project proponents reviewing project designs and filing for compliance with green building zero carbon and environmental policies including LEED standards building carbon emissions embodied carbon related design and engineering requirements as well as wind shadow and other environmental impacts.
• Coordinate closely with internal and interdepartmental staff on how environmental sustainability green building and zero carbon measures impact the design and function of buildings the built environment and the public realm. Coordinate project review with city departments and agencies with corresponding environment historic resources public realm and accessibility oversight and jurisdiction. Serve as a liaison between the Planning Department and other public review bodies.
• Provide timely and concise review comments and advise project proponents on development review procedures including Zoning Articles 80 37 and 25A as it pertains to sustainable development green building zero carbon climate change preparedness resiliency and/or environmental impacts. Communicate feedback in a professional and collaborative manner to external and internal stakeholders.
• Analyze and evaluate through verbal written and graphic media project planning and design proposal and built environment impacts.

Planning Policy and Urban Design:

• Engage in aspects of planning policy urban and development design processes including environmental site building and existing conditions analysis as well as conceptual and scenario development guided by the citys planning and environmental goals and design vision.
• Work across multiple scales and contexts including citywide neighborhood urban districts campuses and individual buildings.
• Conduct written and graphic analyses of environmental sustainable and resilient design and development practices plans zoning and policy initiatives.
• Assist in crafting and updating planning environmental sustainable development green building zero carbon and urban design guidelines and development review policies and procedures.

General:

• Assist with review of development proposals in regards to sustainability green building zero carbon resiliency and environmental impacts in conformance with city goals and objectives.
• Advise senior staff and leadership of critical projects planning and policyrelated issues requiring their input and/or approval.
• Participate in the creation and definition of goals and objectives. Present materials dispense information conduct tours and /or prepare exhibits about specific projects programs policies designs and planning work to private citizens civic and community groups private and professional organizations and other interested parties.
• Participate in the management drafting and implementation of related local state and federal policies funding opportunities projects and requests for proposals (RFPs).
• Create maintain and update records and reports to meet City of Boston documentation requirements.
• Perform other related duties as required.

The position requires a bachelors masters or professional degree in architecture urban design engineering sustainable design environmental science or a closely related field plus at least one 1 year of related professional experience.

Other requirements include:

• Working or academic experience with the USGBCs LEED rating systems and sustainable development and green building principles and practice. LEED Associate or Accredited Professional certification preferred.
• Experience with and strong interest in highperformance building planning design engineering and construction.
• Ability to assess and solve complex building design and engineering problems; analyze and interpret technical planning and design issues; communicate clearly in written verbal and graphic form; and operate effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Work proficiency in Microsoft Office programs and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Working proficiency of building performance modeling and lifecycle assessing AutoCAD Rhino and Sketch up is desirable but not required.
• Clear ability to exercise good judgment and focus on technical details.
• Demonstrated selfinitiative and independent decisionmaking skills.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants are required to submit a cover letter resume and work samples that illustrate strong written and graphic communication skills. All materials need to be combined as a single PDF.

BOSTON RESIDENCY REQUIRED

Terms:

Union/Salary Plan/Grade: NonUnion/$68000$95000

Hours per week: 35