Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.
PSE's Customer Energy Mgmt & Renewables team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Sr Energy Mgmt Engineer position!
Job Description
Puget Sound Energy's Business Energy Management (BEM) department is looking for a Senior Energy Management Engineer to support commercial & industrial efficiency programs. This role in particular will support the Clean Buildings Law (HB1257) as a technical subject matter expert, including external and internal program support, development of tools and resources, as well as developing projects for customers looking to come into compliance with the law.
Duties include responsibility overseeing and performing all aspects of efficiency projects with business customer facilities for several PSE energy efficiency Programs under tariffed electric and gas conservation schedules. Specific duties may include:
1) Management of specific programs and initiatives.
2) Managing and implementing all phases of projects with customers from development through final installation verification.
3) Negotiations with and oversight of outside contractors. Assignments involve customer projects with substantial technical complexity and initial identification and development of programs, including budgets and savings targets.
Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE's operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety.
Job Responsibilities
- Provides technical and project management leadership to customer projects to produce sustainable energy savings by performing or overseeing energy audits of building energy systems including: review of facility energy-usage patterns; detailed analyses of complex efficiency measures including energy use modeling; the applicability and recommendations of measures for achieving greater energy efficiency of measures to customer facilities and operations; final inspection of completed projects; and end-use monitoring of electrical loads with data analysis.
- Is a subject matter expert in electrical or mechanical aspects of energy efficiency and mentors others in their field of expertise.
- Is a lead for program planning and leads efficiency programs.
- Provides exceptional customer service by managing customer expectations by clearly communicating status and next steps.
- Identifies, evaluates, develops, and implements market-centric programs and related tariffs to produce sustainable energy savings more effectively by identifying barriers and developing solutions.
- Implements projects and programs while ensuring compliance of all tariffs and all financial procedures, develops new and revised department policy proposals to increase effectiveness of programs and services.
- Markets efficiency programs to eligible customers and various organizations.
- Maintains positive contractor relationship to ensure positive project development and follow-through.
- Provides technical expertise to others within the Company, assists in the development of the efficiency supply curves analysis.
- Oversees the work of and consults with other energy engineers on technical, regulatory policy and financial analyses.
- Monitors the development and market acceptability of new energy technologies.
- Supports emergency response work as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree or PE license in electrical, mechanical, civil or other appropriate engineering field.
- Substantial experience in energy efficiency project planning, design, specification review, technical field work, project cost estimating (typically achieved after 8 or more years practice as a degreed engineer). Years of acquired experience is provided as a guide and alone does not constitute readiness for job level as individual's skill acquisition rates can vary significantly.
- Subject matter expert in electrical or mechanical aspects of energy efficiency
- Demonstrated project and/or program management skills managing energy efficiency projects
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills
- Ability to work effectively and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external customers
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in aspects of program development, including understanding both internal and external processes necessary to market, sell, deliver, verify and track energy efficiency project activity.
- Experience with Strategic Energy Management concepts, including whole-building modeling and linear regression analysis.
- Familiarity with the Clean Buildings Law.
- Customer service experience.
- Utility industry experience.
- Possession of a Professional Engineering License and CEM or other energy credentials.
Puget Sound Energy
10885 NE 4th St
Bellevue
Washington United States
www.pse.com
