Sustainability Designer I

WATG is the world's preeminent destination and hospitality design firm. We are employee-owned, home to more than 500 professionals globally, located remotely and in our offices in Atlantic City, California, Dallas, New York, Honolulu, London, Singapore, and Shanghai.

WATG is hiring a Sustainability Designer I for our office in Los Angeles. This role requires in-person collaboration, with the option to work remotely only on Friday.

The Sustainability Designer I demonstrates the ability to think critically, apply scientific methods, ideate, set goals, synthesize strategies, and communicate solutions that result in positive environmental impact. The Sustainability Designer exhibits a firm grasp of passive and active design strategies, mechanical systems, climate knowledge, and materiality.

- Curates high-performance project solutions to help decarbonize the built environment for WATG's master planning, architecture, interior design, and landscape teams

- Simulates life cycle assessments to forecast carbon debt and establishes reduction measures

- Oversees efforts to track and collect project performance vitals for reporting to the AIA's and RIBA's 2030 Reporting platform

- Leads efforts to develop in-house environmental design guides and workflow guides

- Assists the Director of Sustainability on large projects and global initiatives, such as the firm's climate action plan

- Master's degree in Architecture, Building Science, or an equivalent field

- Professional license or certificates such as LEED, WELL, or similar preferred

- Ability to gather, analyze, iterate, and interpret information to advance high-performance architecture and sustainable master planning solutions

- Proficiency in ClimateStudio, Forma, Insight, IES iCD, or similar environmental assessment software

- Proficiency in life cycle tools such as OneClick LCA and EC3

- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Rhino, Revit, and AutoCAD

- Intermediate to advanced Grasshopper or Dynamo scripting is desired

- Strong graphics composition skills and familiarity with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to compose illustrations for client presentations

- Problem-solving mindset and ability to work in a team environment