Sr Sustainability Specialist Embodied

Job Requirements

Sr Sustainability Specialist - Embodied Carbon Service

Job Location s:
Minneapolis, MN;
Milwaukee or Madison, WI;
Boston, MA;
Washington, DC;
Sacramento, San Francisco, or Los Angeles, CA.

Join our national Building Performance certification team - bring your sustainability project leadership expertise for embodied carbon to HGA! As demand for sustainable, high‑performance environments continues to rise, our work increasingly centers on elevating building performance across a diverse portfolio. As a Sr Sustainability Specialist, you will contribute to projects spanning healthcare facilities, corporate offices, laboratories, museums, local, state, and federal government buildings, higher‑education campuses, and major infrastructure improvements.

The ideal candidate brings experience in sustainable design and certification administration. This role requires working in person and/or onsite three days per week, with the option to work remotely for the remaining two days.

• Expand HGA's LCA services through building strategic partnerships with clients alongside our principals and business developers.
• Provide recommendations to project teams on low‑GWP products, structural/material optimization, and procurement strategies.
• Refine and streamline LCA workflow through the development of LCA tools, templates, and other resources to ensure high quality analysis and reports are consistently delivered by the national team.
• Perform WBLCA in partnership with design teams.
• Effectively communicate complex climate mitigation and GHG emissions concepts, in written and oral form, to a diverse range of professionals including clients and multi‑disciplinary project teams to give everyone a common understanding.
• Maintain expertise in whole building life cycle assessment methodologies (e.g. ISO
  14040/44, EN 15978).
• Provide sustainability leadership on projects, including leading visioning/goal setting workshops and sustainable design charrettes with project teams and clients; advising PMs and principals on staffing to best leverage in‑house experts to achieve the project’s sustainability goals; sustainability and certification project management, including completing certification credit forms and supporting documentation.

HGA is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered without discrimination with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or other statuses protected by state, local or other applicable laws. This policy extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment and hiring.