Building Performance Analysts (IMPACT Specialist II) SmithGroup Inc. subsidiary of SmithGroup Co. Inc. 301 Battery Street 4th Floor San Francisco CA
Under the supervision of a Senior Building Performance Analyst Building Performance Analyst will work in collaboration with Architects Engineers and Sustainable Design leaders within SmithGroup to develop performance models (energy daylighting thermal comfort visual comfort airflow carbon) at a variety of scales (urban district building system) in support of SmithGroup IMPACT (Integrated Multidisciplinary Performance Analytics Climate Impact Team). Job duties include: Collaborate across disciplines to inform high performance sustainable resilient design strategies on projects across markets. Provide modeling expertise and technical parametric analysis in support of project design team. Provide modeling concepts and report to clients and other external parties for use in qualification interviews project team meetings and community/agency reviews. Develop tools processes and standards to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of performance modeling. Research validate and implement modeling software programs and tools. Create staff training/development to increase the knowledge of project teams in the application of modeling methods. Provide data analysis and visualization using Microsoft Excel PowerBI and Python. Create custom computational tools and workflows using Python and Grasshopper. Regularly work with building performance modeling software: SimScale Ladybug Honeybee Tools Climate Studio Pollination IES-VE EnergyPlus Autodesk Forma OneClick LCA and HelioScope. Regularly work with architectural design software: Rhino Grasshopper Autodesk Revit SketchUp and AutoCAD. Regularly work with collaboration software: Microsoft Office Suite Affinity Designer Publisher and Photo. Telecommuting is permitted. Regional travel may be required less than 5% of work time.
Minimum requirements: Bachelors degree in architecture architectural engineering or a closely related field of study (foreign equivalent degrees accepted) and at least 3 years of professional experience in any related occupation providing performance simulations design criteria & feedback for façade and building development indoor and outdoor thermal comfort daylighting energy use reduction and renewable systems. A LEED AP certification is also required. Basic annual pay range is one hundred ten thousand dollars to one hundred eighteen thousand dollars for full-time employment and standard company benefits.
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SmithGroup is a 1,400 employee, integrated design firm with 20 offices in the U.S. and China. SmithGroup creates exceptional design solutions for healthcare, science and technology organizations, higher education and cultural institutions, urban environments, diverse workplaces, mixed ... View more