Sustainable Building Materials Embodied Carbon Specialist

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.

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

• 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.

Brightworks Sustainability is Leading Living Wage Certified with the highest level of Leading Plus. Our salaries are competitive and commensurate with experience.

Additionally, we provide generous employee benefits that include:

• Medical – Monthly Premium 100% Paid for Employee
• Dental
  - Monthly Premium 100% Paid for Employee
• Vision – Monthly Premium 100% Paid for Employee
• Life and Short
  -Term & Long-term Disability Insurance
  - Monthly Premiums 100% Paid for Employee
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid time off – starting at 4 weeks PTO accrual annually
• Paid holidays – 11 per year
• Paid Volunteer Time – 8 hours per year
• Paid Parental Leave – up to 12 weeks family bonding leave for either parent, in addition to 6-8 weeks childbirth recovery
• 401(k) plan with many sustainable & socially equitable fund options
• Company 401(k) match
• Sustainable Commuting & Connectivity Subsidy
• Employee Fitness Benefit
• Hybrid schedules – 2 work-from-home days per week
• Flexible schedules

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 foster connections and creates a welcoming environment for all.

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

Materials Specialists manage, perform, and deliver technical, materials-focused analysis and strategic consulting to support clients in shaping and achieving materials goals related to embodied carbon, circularity, health, and equity. Materials Specialists may work directly with Materials Analysts by handing off and reviewing tasks, and are guided by senior staff. Specialists will also work with project teams and other internal Brightworks’ practices.

The role involves working on projects both at the building and portfolio scale, including strategizing around how to communicate requirements clearly and reduce barriers for the project teams to implement them.

The Embodied Carbon-focused Specialist
’s tasks may include generating whole building lifecycle assessment (WBLCA) models, gathering bill of materials (BOM) data, comparing product certifications, engaging manufacturers, and advocating for industry change, as well as educating peers, designers and owners.

This role requires very strong project management skills as…