Lotus Engineering and Sustainability, LLC

Lotus has delivered responsible and progressive sustainability solutions for public and private sector clients since 2012.

Our consulting services combine the technical and pragmatic approaches of engineering and business with the holistic and innovative approaches of efficiency and sustainability. We excel at helping clients look at their sustainability and social initiatives through various lenses including public relations, financial, political, and environmental impact.

The work we do makes a difference, and we want a broad audience to engage with it.

• We recognize that great relationships form the foundation for great projects. We take the time to get to know our clients – their context, motivation, and goals. We invest in our relationships with our employees and contractors because we recognize that they are integral to our success.
• We do great work, and we turn it around quickly so that our clients can deliver on their commitments.
• We use a wide range of communication skills to deliver the results of our analysis so that non-technical audiences can use them to make decisions.

Our projects address sustainability, climate action, and resiliency planning; community solar gardens; greenhouse gas accounting; environmental justice and social equity issues; energy efficiency program development and management; and market/regulatory analyses.

Team Environment

Lotus believes that collaboration and cooperation result in better outcomes for our clients and our team members. We respect the unique talents and perspectives that each person brings to our team and encourage them to leverage those skills to bring value to our clients. Our success as a team is intertwined with the success of each individual.

We rely on our team members to deliver high-quality work on time and on budget in a fast-paced, demanding environment. We are able to be responsive to our clients because we are responsive within our team. We are a flat organization that relies on effective and proactive communication, typically during regular business hours, to achieve our goals.

 We succeed because we consider issues from many points of view. We assess how someone else’s context affects their position on an issue; we do this for each stakeholder in a discussion, whether it is inside a client organization or in a broader group. We take the time to synthesize these perspectives and identify solutions that create lasting benefits. Each team member contributes their unique experiences and perspectives to consider issues from many points of view.

A Week in the Life of a Lotus Employee in this Position

We are looking for someone who is willing to get their hands dirty – to pitch in on all tasks that come up in the course of business. We need you to be flexible and nimble, willing to adapt to the needs of a business in a rapidly evolving market.

Our business model relies on your ability to work independently and as an effective team member, ask good questions at the right time, and self-manage tasks and deadlines with the support of the team. We need you to be resourceful, quickly leveraging the contacts and resources at your disposal in a strategic manner to work through day-to-day challenges.

During the course of a given week, we’ll ask you to employ a broad range of skills. We’ll ask you to use both sides of your brain. Your work will be split between graphic design for internal and project needs and our business development needs.  Here’s a snapshot of some of the work that we currently anticipate:

We will rely on you to support marketing, administration, and graphic design for internal and external (i.e. client) needs:

• Lotus Marketing & Office Management
  • Support newsletter creation and writing.
  • Develop marketing materials and content for Lotus.
  • Supporting general office management of Lotus’ in-office workspace.
• Client Needs.
  • Create graphically designed, and appealing reports ranging from one page to 100 pages.
  • Create infographics.
  • Support website development for clients.
  • Create beautiful, engaging presentations (PowerPoints, Prezi, etc).

We’ll rely on you to identify, organize, and help respond to upcoming project opportunities:

• Identify Opportunities.
  • Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs.
  • Track and identify requests for proposals from various bid software.
  • Monitor request for proposal (RFP) opportunities from potential and current clients.
• Organize upcoming project opportunities.
  • Lead proposal team assignments and initial proposal management plan.
  • Provide regular updates to management, operations, and support staff regarding the proposal process.
  • Ensure that proposals are completed on time and meet all requirements.
  • Coordinates with the Lotus team to decide on the proposals to go after. Ensures that the Lotus team has the capacity to take on work.
  • Organizes the team that will support the proposal writing (specifically the Project Manager of the project).
  • Contribute to assigned process improvement initiatives and support implementation.
  • Coordinate development of pricing sections with the executive team as appropriate.
  • Ensure that the proposal is free of grammar, spelling, and typographical errors.
  • Lead the once-monthly business development meetings.
• Work with subs (if applicable).
  • If subs are identified for the project, work directly with them to ensure all project proposal materials are collected and provided.
• Develop proposals.
  • Reviews proposals for compliance issues.
  • Scope projects, collaborating closely with Project Managers.
  • Ensure that our client's needs and wants are met.
  • Prepares supplementary proposal documents with minimal supervision and ensures proposals are complete before being forwarded to the larger Lotus team.
• Lead interview preparation.
  • Create PowerPoints.

Once you help us win projects, we will ask that you support:

• Support the collection of insurance requirements.
• Review contract language.

This position requires a candidate with the following qualifications:

• Attitude
  • Collaborative team player and engager.
  • A history of successful, creative problem-solving.
  • A history of self-education on issues outside the immediate scope of prior work.
  • Strong history of self-management and being self-sufficient.
  • A passion and enthusiasm for the work we do with public and private sector clients.
  • An interest in and understanding of the quickly evolving world of sustainability and climate action, including green building, greenhouse gas accounting, environmental justice, transportation issues, and other sustainability topics.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and build professional relationships, connections, and partnerships with clients.
• Graphic Design
  • Experience in Adobe Creative Suite and Canva.
  • Experience in Website design using platforms such as SquareSpace, WordPress, etc.
  • Strong typography and layout design skills.
• Communication and Engagement Skills
  • Strong writer.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and an ability to share complex information in an easily understood format.
  • Excellent listening skills and the ability to hear, process, and aggregate input from multiple sources.
  • Ability to coordinate and ensure internal team alignment on project status, needs, successes, and potential barriers.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and the Google Suite (e.g., Docs, Sheets, Forms, et c.).
• Project Management
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, people, timelines, and tasks simultaneously with a high level of independence and competence within a fast-paced, complex, innovative environment. 
  • End-to-end ownership and command of the proposal development process including:
    • A) Developing an efficient, standardized process to manage organizational and creative tasks with the goal of improving Lotus’s business development efforts.
    • B) Coordinating, reviewing, editing, and writing proposals with input from a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
    • Conduct business intelligence: find out what current and future clients want that intersects with Lotus’s interests and capabilities.
  • Valid driver’s license and comfort with driving.

Other desirable attributes include:

• Familiarity with the RFI/RFP processes and procedures.
• Experience as a consultant or leading billable or client-based projects.
• Experiences with Miro, Survey Monkey, Zoom, Mentimeter, and other virtual facilitation tools.
• Spoken and written fluency in Spanish.
• Experience with ArcGIS and/or other data visualization platforms.

Denver or Remote

No Deadline Provided

Compensation and Benefits: Salary commensurate with experience with a range of $60,000-$70,000. This range is based on a 40-hour workweek. We highly value work-life balance and rarely work more than 40 hours per week. A full-time employee will be eligible to participate in Lotus’ medical and dental plan, and matching 401K (up to 3%). Lotus observes 10 holidays for full-time employees and offers a flexible work schedule with unlimited PTO that allows employees to own their work-life balance. Instead of tracking PTO, employees are assigned quarterly target hours that include 40 working hours per week with 15 suggested vacation days and 10 holidays per year - employees are not limited to that suggested time off but are fully responsible for meeting their targets. Additional benefits include: Volunteer and Board time up to 30 hours per year, annual training and continuing education budget, employee donation matches, and 6 weeks of paid parental leave. As we grow, we hope to offer additional benefits.