Job Description

About NORESCO:

NORESCO’s Sustainability Services consulting group offers a full suite of energy, decarbonization, and sustainable services, including energy auditing, new building commissioning and retro-commissioning, energy & daylighting analysis, building certification consulting (including LEED®, WELL, Fitwel, Green Globes, ENERGY STAR), and sustainability and climate action master planning.

As part of one of the largest energy services companies in the U.S., NORESCO’s consulting group can coordinate and collaborate with its internal design-build and performance-based contracting teams as they deliver energy and maintenance savings and significant infrastructure upgrades to existing facilities. This intercompany synergy provides exposure to a vast array of clients and project types and allows for continual personal and professional growth.

What makes NORESCO unique is our ability to provide clients with a full suite of building solutions, from consulting services to engineering and implementation of turnkey energy solutions that meet each customer’s individual needs. At NORESCO, we pride ourselves on the excellent relationships we maintain with our customers. We earn their respect with our technical aptitude and maintain our relationships through listening and providing custom-tailored solutions to address their needs and concerns. These relationships, along with pursuing and hiring the most qualified people, are truly why NORESCO is a leader in the energy industry.

NORESCO is a Carrier company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages.

About This Role

As an Energy Engineer at NORESCO, you will lead the technical development of smaller projects or specific energy conservation measures in support of large complex projects. You will collaborate and interact with customers as well as other NORESCO staff including Senior Project Engineers, Sales, Project Developers, Design Engineers, Construction Managers and Measurement and Verification (M&V). You will also be representing NORESCO at customer sites visits and conference calls as part of the engineering team. You must have a thorough understanding of technologies and technical solutions, development processes of ESPC and UESC contracts and federal customer expectations, requirements and standards. Must possess a strong technical background with excellent communication and technical writing skills.

Key Responsibilities

Support the technical team during all phases of project development including overall responsibility in conducting energy audits, site investigations, ECM scope development, energy savings calculations, and developing cost estimates for smaller federal, commercial and institutional facilities. Work within the engineering team to improve processes and procedures.

• Conduct energy audits, site investigations, energy savings calculations and develop cost estimates to Identify and quantify energy conservation opportunities associated with a variety of technologies and solutions.
• Coordinate and schedule site visits with customers and NORESCO personnel.
• Complete energy calculations using whole-building modeling and temperature- bin analysis methods to calculate energy savings associated with ECM upgrades.
• Analyze utility bill data to determine customer energy performance parameters.
• Analyze customer operational costs to develop operational savings models associated with proposed technical solutions.
• Write detailed Energy Conservation Measure descriptions to be included in proposal submissions as well as scopes of work for subcontractors.
• Support improvement of processes and tools for development and analysis of technologies and offerings.
• Support technical discussions of scope, savings, and M&V methods during Customer and Senior Management review calls.
• Support the development of measurement and verification plans with M&V team.
• Mentor and support training of lower-level engineering staff.
• Work cross functionally with Sales, Project Developers, Design Engineers, Construction Managers, Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and Measurement and Verification (M&V) during the project lifecycle and support functional improvements.
• Travel up to 30%

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• 5+ years’ experience working in the Energy or Sustainability Services industry

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Architectural Engineering
• MBA, PE, and CEM are not required, but are considered a plus
• Experience using building energy modeling software

• Demonstrated collaboration skills and working within a team environment
• Proven track record developing technical solutions and projects
• Advanced technical abilities to understand and analyze a wide variety technical solutions
• Strong organizational, technical writing and verbal communication skills with a high level of attention to detail
• Proficiency in MS Office including Word, and Excel