Project Engineer – Energy
Resource Innovations
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $95,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Responsible for conducting technical engineering reviews and inspections of energy efficiency projects in alignment with standard Energy Efficiency (EE) program guidelines
- Review comprehensive energy assessments/audits for commercial and retail customers
- Perform energy efficiency calculations by using spreadsheets
- Oversee energy efficiency inspections
- Coordinate the day-to-day aspects of inspection including customer communication, scheduling, and inspection assignments
- Responsible for overseeing inspection QC process
- Communicate with subcontractors, customers, and clients on high-incentive projects, reviewing equipment and specifications to ensure they meet program requirements and timelines
- Manage measure design tasks, develop and review energy savings calculations for different baseline and efficient equipment, and review technical work papers
- Investigate and identify additional opportunities and energy efficiency measures to expand portfolio
- Create and maintain a sustainable method for inspection forecasting and inspection goal tracking
- Provide technical assistance to other teams when clarification about technical topics is needed
- Provide mentorship to junior engineers and other teams on various energy efficiency areas, including inspections, technical engineering reviews, measures design, and inspection tracking and forecasting
- Help improve the program procedures, workflow, and cross-team communication
- Develop training and reference materials for project life cycle
- Oversee the Standard EE program safety program and ensure all teams on the program comply with the required safety standards
Requirements
- Master's Degree or foreign equivalent in Energy Systems, Energy Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field of study plus 1 year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation in the field of energy engineering
- Alternatively, a Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent in Energy Systems, Energy Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field of study plus 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation in the field of energy engineering
- Designing and working with incentive programs and energy regulations
- Working with several cross-functional teams and collaborating seamlessly across various parties
- Working on several projects at the same time and ensuring their timely completion
- Designing and maintaining the inspection forecast
- Tracking a team's progress, and ensure the team is on track to meet its goals
- Managing client communications, and scheduling and inspection assignments
- Performing technical engineering reviews of energy efficiency projects
- Performing inspections of energy efficiency projects
- Performing energy efficiency calculations
- Technical assessments for Commercial and Industrial HVAC and lighting systems
- Applying energy efficiency codes and standards, including ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC
- Supporting Inspection goals by monitoring procedures, KPIs and providing timely progress reports
Benefits
- three weeks of paid vacation per year
- paid holidays
- a 401(k)-retirement plan with employer matching
- health, dental and vision insurance
- other supplemental benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
energy efficiency calculationstechnical engineering reviewsenergy assessmentsinspection forecastingmeasure designenergy savings calculationsHVAC systemslighting systemsenergy regulationsinspection QC process
Soft Skills
customer communicationschedulingmentorshipcross-team communicationproject managementcollaborationworkflow improvementtechnical assistanceteam trackingtimely completion