Building Modeller - Environment (3 month fixed term)

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Are you passionate about buildings, their environmental sustainability and climate change?

Do you want to be part of a high performing, highly regarded team in a leading research organisation?

If so, we want to hear from you!

Our client, BRANZ is an independent and impartial research, testing and consulting organisation focussed on inspiring the building and construction industry to provide better buildings for New Zealanders.

At our client's heart is a commitment to investing in and delivering insightful research. But our client's work doesn’t stop there. BRANZ work hard to make sure that research can be turned into knowledge that the industry can access and use to solve problems, reduce cost and improve the quality of buildings.

Reporting to the Industry Performance and Social Research Team Leader, this role will contribute to our client's building environmental science work. The person in this role will carry out applied research focussed on high performance, low carbon buildings.  It will ideally suit a recent graduate. You will work in the Industry Research group of sustainability scientists, economists, social scientists, building physicists and others as part of a collaboration delivering industry good knowledge.

This is a great opportunity to join a vibrant and dynamic organisation at a critical time for the building and construction industry.

To be considered for this role ideally you will have the following:

·        A graduate degree in architecture, building science or quantity surveying.

·        Experience in developing Building Information Models (BIM) using Revit, gained minimally through your degree.

·        Experience in or an interest in learning to develop whole building energy simulation models.

·        Experience in manipulating data in Excel, ideally with knowledge in the development and use of VBA macros.

·        Good written and oral communication skills.

·        Be numerate, have an eye for detail and checking the quality of the building models you develop.

·        An enthusiasm to learn and contribute your knowledge and ideas to the team.

·        The ability to manage your work to achieve deadlines.

This role is for an 3 month Fixed Term Employment. We require someone who can start immediately. The hours of work are 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday working at the premises of our client.

Hourly rate will depend on prior experience and is negotiable within a band.

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