Zero Waste Project Designer (4-8 years experience)

Description

• Help develop NYC-specific design guidelines on compost application for healthy soils in urban green spaces of all sizes, including best practices for collection and local processing, on-site composting and use for soil regeneration and green infrastructure projects.
• Research the context of waste management in different cities, including urban form, building code requirements, policies, local infrastructure & zero waste plans, see for example case studies on other cities, see Copenhagen.
• Assist with promotional materials and social media.
• Develop research and design strategies for containerizing waste in NYC and other cities as a continuation of our report, On Containerization.
• Manage consulting projects for architectural design teams working on new or renovated developments, typically housing, to ensure they are designed with best practice strategies for reducing and better separating recycling and food scraps, enabling future zero waste operations. Perform waste calculations, figure out storage areas and represent waste movement and storage on building plans. Example projects include Kingsboro Sparrow Square and the New York Climate Exchange
• Create and modify graphic diagrams to represent material storage and flows in buildings and cities, similar to those for this Vital City article on how to containerize NYC’s waste, or for our recent report The Hidden Cost of Trash.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in architecture or urban design
• Experience with Vectorworks and GIS (or equivalent) preferred
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills
• 4-8 years of work experience in architecture, urban design or similar field
• Knowledge of CAD software, Adobe Illustrator and Excel
• Proficient at research and writing
• Well organized, analytical and conscientious
• Systems thinker, able to understand interrelated issues affecting material flows

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance