ReCycle North Building Materials Store Clerk

ReCycle North is a small non-profit in Burlington that accepts reusable building materials as donations and makes them available for sale or donation. Full time, part time and summer positions are available. These positions require excellent customer service and communication skills; willingness to work inside and outside in all kinds of weather; Saturday availability; knowledge or experience with building materials; and an ability to lift and move up to 50 pounds through the work day and up to 200 pounds using a hand truck. The work is often hard and always fun.Spend your time protecting our environment by keeping reusable goods out of the landfill and making a difference to the people in our community!General Requirements:1 year experience in sales, building trades or customer serviceKnowledge and interest in environmental conservation and reuseExcellent customer service skillsTo Apply:Send resume and cover letter to: jobs@recyclenorth.org or mail to HR, ReCycle North, 266 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401; ORStop in to 266 or 339 Pine Street to complete an application

Green Infrastructure Coordinator

Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, Buffalo, NY

Overview: Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper has been actively involved with the identification, planning and implementation of waterfront public access, stream restoration, habitat and wetland rehabilitation, and open space preservation throughout the Buffalo and Niagara River Watersheds for nearly 20 years. Currently, there are numerous opportunities for implementation of “green infrastructure” projects with a focus on stormwater management, wetland rehabilitation, and bioengineering. In its current strategic plan, Riverkeeper has mapped a role for the organization as a nonprofit partner in the execution of green infrastructure projects throughout the Niagara region– meeting a capacity need in the region for project development and implementation. Our focus is on implementing projects with a wide base of consensus that achieve ecological, technical, recreational and economically sustainable objectives.

Function: To coordinate and manage all Riverkeeper green infrastructure activities

Qualifications: Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper seeks highly talented, organized, creative and motivated individuals with a commitment to technical excellence and community-based river revitalization. We offer a challenging and exciting work experience where professionals can truly have an impact on the health of our community and Great Lakes ecosystem. Masters in environmental engineering, landscape design/architecture or similar with three years experience in green infrastructure planning and implementation, habitat/wetland restoration, open space protection including technical planning, stakeholder engagement and support, project management, grant writing and program implementation. Position will require effective public presentation skills and comfort with actively advocating for Riverkeeper interests.Familiarity with the Great Lakes ecosystem, Niagara River Greenway Plan and environmental restoration technologies a plus. Must be willing to design a schedule that will accommodate necessary community meetings including evenings. Staff will be expected to work from the Riverkeeper office although some telecommuting is permitted. Personal transportation is expected within the entire Niagara River watershed.Compensation will be commensurate with educational and professional experience. While the position could easily fill a full time position, Riverkeeper will consider part time professionals and an adjusted work program in the interest of securing the most talented and appropriate person for this position. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

Senior Associate, Building Efficiency

Description: The Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) is seeking a Senior Associate to work on energy efficiency in the buildings sector in its Boulder, CO office. The responsibilities for this position include:

• Conduct analysis and advocate for
  adoption of state-of-the-art building energy codes at the state and local levels in the Southwest;
• Organize workshops, prepare case studies,
  and undertake other activities to encourage construction of new homes and commercial buildings that far surpass minimum energy code requirements;
• Evaluate new and emerging energy
  efficiency technologies for buildings and promote their adoption where appropriate; and
• Conduct outreach to raise awareness and
  increase the adoption of energy efficiency measures in existing homes and commercial buildings in the Southwest.

The Senior Associate will carry out these activities in conjunction with other SWEEP staff and our state representatives.

Qualifications: Applicants should have experience working on energy efficiency in buildings for a public interest group, private company such as a consulting or architectural firm, research institution, or government agency. Masters degree plus at least five years of experience or Bachelor's degree plus at least eight years of experience. Strong analytical and communications skills, ability to work independently, and a personal commitment to a cleaner environment and more sustainable future. Experience working for a non-profit organization is also a plus.

Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience, plus excellent benefits, as well as the opportunity to work in a relaxed environment close to the mountains in Boulder, CO.

Timing: The position will be filled as soon as possible.

To apply, send brief cover letter and resume (no phone calls, please) to:
Building Efficiency Program Opening
SWEEP
2260 Baseline Rd. Suite 212
Boulder, CO 80302
SWEEP is a public interest organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
For more information, visit www.swenergy.org
SWEEP is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination with regard to race, sex, color, age, religion, creed, class, sexual orientation, national origin, and
disability.

Wild Gift Fellowship opportunity

Wild Gift -- a fellowship program for environmental leaders and entrepreneurs, ages 21-30. Wild Gift recipients are given grants (up to $12,500 each) to support projects that benefit the natural environment and human communities. Wild Gift recipients are also awarded a three-week trek in Idaho's Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, where they refine their projects by working with mentors and classmates. At the end of the funding year, each class of recipients reunites with other Wild Gift alumni for a whitewater kayaking trip on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Past recipients have used Wild Gift funding to launch a solar design firm in India, a nature-writing program for urban youth in San Diego, a sustainable chicken farm in Arkansas, and a green real estate development company in Boston (just to name a few). The application is due April 1 and can be found at the Wild Gift website (http://www.wildgift.org/). You'll also find an interactive map of past recipients and their projects, as well as a new video with footage from last year’s trips.

NEW Mastate Charitable Foundation Internship Opportunity

(posted March 11, 2009)

We are elated to announce a new, dynamic and exciting internship opportunity for a motivated, hard-working, organized, patient, bilingual Spanish/English speaker with building experience who is interested in natural design, green construction and community development in rural Latin America (specifically Costa Rica).

The Mastate Charitable Foundation (MCF), a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and based in Seattle, WA, works to advance benevolent, educational and scientific efforts in and around the small community of Mastatal and La Cangreja National Park, Costa Rica. They are offering a 6-month to 1-year internship to one fortunate individual willing and able to coordinate the construction of a Community Learning and Sharing Center (CLSC) in the middle of the small community of Mastatal. The position offers a monthly stipend of $100, includes all food and lodging, and provides an amazing opportunity to work in an incredible environment doing influential, empowering work. For more information about MCF, please see their website at (http://www.mastate-foundation.org).

The CLSC will be a library, an artisan and visitor’s center, a gathering place and a focal point in the community. It will serve as the heart of the town and will be constructed by local hands with native materials and resident knowledge. It will be a place to learn, conduct business, read, rest and tell stories and a space for sharing and creating. The CLSC will be inclusive by nature, and from the initial planning to the final construction and operation, Mastataleños will be participating in their future.

As the intern overseeing this project, we will expect you to be the liaison between the community, the local government and MCF; the project manager supervising the construction of the building; the budget director managing the project’s finances; and more. Rancho Mastatal will provide you with all of your delicious meals and a comfortable bed and living situation. MCF will cover all of your project related expenses. You will have complete access to Rancho Mastatal’s extensive library and facilities. MCF expects you to work a 40-hour week. We are currently seeking a qualified and motivated individual to direct this amazing project starting as soon as possible. To apply, please go to (intern application link) and fill out an application. Please specify that you are interested in the MCF CLSC internship. Feel free to correspond with us directly as well at info@ranchomastatal.com.

Landscape construction estimator

Looking for a Landscape construction estimator:
• who knows how to BUILD, draw construction details, administer a construction site, manage tender packages, bids, colleagues and clients;
• Who knows G.T.A., specifications, suppliers, trades, construction techniques, and production rates; can also handle purchasing, inventory control, cost controls, a small fleet of trucks, deadlines and stress.
• Who knows the importance of “cost to complete” analysis, hands on accountability, and common sense and manners, who practices to an uncompromised professional standard of honesty and integrity.
• “who can make a silk purse from a sow’s ear”, if necessary.
• Who is comfortable with challenging opportunities in a creative, innovative environment
Full time position available for someone who wants to establish and develop their credentials. 2, 3, 4 days a week for someone who already has. Salary commensurate with ability to create and sustain value and our future together. Fax Resume at 416-461-1747. Email: acme@acmeenvironmentals.com

Acme Environmentals Landscape Workers

Looking for Landscape Construction, Planting and Maintenance Workers.

Crew Foreman, Lead Hands, Skilled Masons, Carpenters, Professional Gardeners

Not many: just the best, who want to become better!

Diplomas, Trade Certification, driver’s license, experience and common sense required

Foreman –
You are capable of leading a site crew, reading a set of plans, laying out and organizing a project site, scheduling work. Deliveries, productivity and paperwork. You lead by example and earn respect with your skill and competence. You are a stonemason or carpenter, a concrete or planting specialist and a jack-of-all-trades but a Master of some.

Lead Hands –
You are experienced at stone, excavation and grading, concrete, precast and carpentry and skilled at more than one. You have nursery experience in moving and planting large trees and you are a machine operator with a truck license and operator’s qualifications and certification. You have knowledge of materials, equipment, safety and site conditions coupled with a strong work ethic.

Maintenance/Gardeners –
You have professional or industry experience training and qualifications, horticultural licenses, a drivers license. Pruning, planting, seasonal display, cultivation, propagation, editing and planting renovations. Perennials to trees. For a sustainable seasonal maintenance program. Not the same old clip, blow and run.

We are a design/build firm in downtown Toronto’s Portlands, with an exclusive and challenging portfolio of new work, 30 years of experience in developing and maintaining an unrivalled standard of creativity and excellence.


416-461-2263
or see our web site – www.acmeenvironmentals.com for email

Construction Manager, Project Manager at Acme Environmentals

Construction Manager, Project Manager

Can you build? Can you administer, organize and inspire a job site or five? 2 workers or 20? Can you build the unheard of, on an over night schedule, with difficult cash flow, impossible sites, conditions, indifferent suppliers, challenging colleagues, , and still bring out the best in the project, the clients, the people working on it, AND get the cheque in the bank?

Do you know landscape construction techniques, trades, suppliers, specifications, costs, AND the challenges of managing construction projects on time, within budget to professional performances standards or better?

Do you need work? New horizons? New opportunity? Someplace that needs you?

Smallish but stylish, established but innovative, unparalleled reputation for excellence in design & construction Landscape Company in the “art and crafts” style, needs profitability, hands on direction and development for construction department.

Only those who are hard working, experienced, qualified, courteous, courageous, full of productive common sense, pride of purpose and integrity need apply. Degrees, diplomas, certificates, licenses also nice. Fax Resume at: 416-461-1747.

Email: www.acme@acmeenvironmentals.com

Rose Architectural Fellowships

Hi all,

This sounds like an amazing program. We have 2 YM alumni who have participated in it over the years-- a great opportunity to pursue design with a community focus.