Sustainability Specialists

Also called: Sustainability Consultant, Sustainability Coordinator, Sustainability Specialist, Sustainable Design Coordinator,

What they do:

Address organizational sustainability issues, such as waste stream management, green building practices, and green procurement plans.

On the job, you would:

Develop sustainability project goals, objectives, initiatives, or strategies in collaboration with other sustainability professionals.
Monitor or track sustainability indicators, such as energy usage, natural resource usage, waste generation, and recycling.
Assess or propose sustainability initiatives, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and acceptance.

Business

management
customer service

Safety and Government

law and government

Arts and Humanities

English language

Education and Training

teaching and course design

Basic Skills

reading work related information
talking to others

Problem Solving

noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it

Verbal

communicate by writing
read and understand what is written

Ideas and Logic

make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
use rules to solve problems

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

They do well at jobs that need:

Initiative
Cooperation
Persistence
Analytical Thinking
Integrity
Leadership

You might use software like this on the job:

Computer aided design CAD software

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
Autodesk Revit

Presentation software

Microsoft PowerPoint

Analytical or scientific software

PE INTERNATIONAL SoFi software
PRe Consultants SimaPro

bachelor's degree
master's degree

usually needed

New job opportunities are very likely in the future.

$73,570

$39,930

$128,420