| Description |
IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
| Location: |
Santa Cruz, CA |
| Salary Range: |
TBD based on skills and experience |
| Exempt/Non-Exempt: |
Exempt |
| Benefits: |
Ecology Action offers a generous benefit package that includes a cafeteria plan with medical, dental, and flexible spending benefits; a 401k-retirement plan with 4% employer match; and group life insurance. |
| Employment Type: |
Full Time |
| Description: |
This is a full-time exempt position with benefits and is responsible for supporting Ecology Action’s engineering work including: field delivery of engineering services, design and review of engineering specifications, assisting with the evaluation of new energy efficiency technologies, program delivery and development, securing and delivering direct customer engineering services.
This position requires the candidate to utilize engineering skills and experience to identify, provide conceptual designs, and implement energy solutions for small businesses, casinos, lodging facilities, municipal buildings, and other customer types. The Senior Engineer will work independently to: identify and overcome obstacles hindering new measure adoption; collect necessary data to support analysis; organize and analyze information; model systems performance; develop engineering calculation solutions; provide budgetary cost analyses; prepare detailed documentation of recommendations; and present results and proposals to program managers. The Senior Engineer will have the demonstrated capability of managing projects from concept to completion, meeting strict time constraints, and managing expectations of internal and external stakeholders.
Minimum BS in Mechanical Engineering with ten or more years OR MS in Mechanical Engineering with five or more years of directly applicable experience in code compliance and facilities and utilities engineering experience or with industrial experience related to process heating, HVAC, compressed air, chilled water, steam and hot water generation, and/or power generation systems. Candidate will also need to demonstrate strong verbal communication, presentation, and technical writing skills. |
| Duties: |
• Coordinate with Ecology Action program management team for the successful delivery of energy efficiency programs
• Support positive client and customer service engagement
• Analyze systems and processes with heat transfer, fluid dynamic and thermodynamic principals for energy efficiency improvements.
• Evaluate commercial & industrial HVAC, mechanical, electrical, hot water and building envelope systems and components for energy efficiency.
• Prepare energy savings calculation tools, energy models and data analyses for new measures and new proposals.
• Perform and document energy audits, for commercial, institutional, municipal, lodging and residential customers using knowledge of utility data bases and HVAC equipment.
• Develop simulated models using eQuest or other certified software’s to quantify energy savings.
• Develop and implement Measurement & Verification (M&V) plans to document realized energy savings.
• Work with staff, manufacturers and consultants to develop work papers for new measures and refine existing work papers.
• Work with staff to adopt new energy efficiency measures |
| Qualifications: |
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field with 10 year experience OR
• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field with 5 year experience
• California Licensed Professional Engineer
• LEED Accredited Professional - Preferred
• Certified Energy Manager - Preferred
• Previous work experience in Retro-commissioning (RCx)
• Formal training on certified energy modeling software (e.g. eQuest)
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, talk and hear, climb stairs, and use a computer keyboard and monitor.
Work Environment: This position involves a variety of working environments including office and field situations involving customer types of a wide range.
Ecology Action believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to our success and should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. This position description outlines primary duties, qualifications, and job scope, but is not intended to be a comprehensive description of job responsibilities. We expect each employee will offer his/her services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our endeavors.
Ecology Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in its workforce. Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work directly as an employee for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Ecology Action does not offer a company paid relocation program. |
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