Energy Team Lead

Essential Job Functions:

The following duties are considered essential to the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions:

Manage and oversee energy consulting projects, including energy modeling, energy audits, retro-commissioning, electrification feasibility studies, and decarbonization planning.

Provide technical consulting to clients and internal project teams on energy efficiency, decarbonization, and resiliency strategies.

Develop and deliver comprehensive plans to support net-zero energy, carbon neutrality, and energy resilience goals for buildings, campuses, and portfolios.

Mentor and support junior staff, including providing guidance, technical review, and QA/QC of energy models and project deliverables.

Improve internal project delivery workflows, contribute to internal knowledge management efforts and support firm wide training initiatives.

Manage the financial performance of energy projects and programs.

Build and maintain strong client relationships to support repeat business and long-term partnerships.

Lead sales activities for energy services throughout California with existing and new clients including client relationships and proposals.

Support external business development with conference presentations, client meetings and presentations, participation in industry events, and thought leadership pieces.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Building Sciences, or a related technical field.

Minimum of 10+ years of experience in sustainable building design or the energy sector.

Demonstrated expertise in MEP systems, sustainable building design, electrified heating technologies, renewable energy, microgrid systems, and energy codes and standards.

Deep understanding of California Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards

Advanced experience with building energy modeling software including IES-VE and CBECC.

Experience managing energy modeling, energy audit, or retro-commissioning projects involving large project teams and diverse clients.

Ability to analyze complex data and communicate technical findings clearly and effectively.

Experience with business development, responding to RFPs, and writing proposals.

Experience mentoring and directly supervising junior staff.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience directly supervising and managing a team of energy analysts, consultants and engineers.

Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain long-term client relationships, identify and successfully pursue new project opportunities, and expand service offerings.

Experience delivering building decarbonization plans for buildings, campuses, and portfolios.

Experience delivering retro-commissioning (RCx) and monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) utilizing automated fault detection and diagnostics (FDD).

Experience with data analytics, dashboarding, and programming tools such as Python, R, and SQL.

Experience with parametric modeling tools such as Grasshopper, Honeybee, Ladybug, etc.

Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Energy Manager (CEM), or equivalent certification.