Sustainable Economist

Firm: AECOM
Location:
San Francisco, CA

Payment: Paid
Category: Economic Development
Contact: Melissa Hooper
Melissa.Hooper@aecom.com

Posted: Jan 28, 2015

Job Summary:
The selected candidate will join the Sustainable Development Group, part of AECOM’s Global Planning + Economics Practice Line. The primary emphasis of the group is to promote socioeconomic and environmental sustainability in urban design, city planning, and policy projects. This is accomplished through employing rigorous economic techniques and developing innovative analytical approaches to providing solutions for delivering sustainability in varied domestic and international contexts.

Qualified candidates will have excellent analytical and writing skills with education and/or professional background in sustainability and/or natural resource planning, urban and real estate economics, urban planning, or policy modeling/design. The candidate must also have a demonstrated interest in sustainability, with a particular emphasis on quantitative analytical approaches to developing innovative solutions to complex challenges facing cities and regions. Spanish speaking ability is preferred.

Example Project Types:
- Cost-benefit analysis for climate action plan
- Triple bottom line assessment of infrastructure alternatives
- Economic impact of greenhouse gas reduction policy
- Energy efficiency / green building policy modeling
- Market study for master-planned sustainable community
- Development projections and carbon emissions modeling
- Pro forma and feasibility analysis for urban redevelopment
- Socioeconomic analysis for environmental impact report
- Cost effectiveness of alternative energy investments
- Nexus study for planned infrastructure in response to new development
- Tracking model for conservation easements
- Fiscal impact analysis for transit village
- Economic assessment of the ecological value of endangered species

For more information, including how to apply, please see the following posting: https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=20052&siteid=5022&areq=108927BR