Principal Building Performance Engineer/Analyst (NORESCO)

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CAAZO: Carrier - Home Arizona Remote Location, Remote City, AZ, 85012 USA

Carrier is the leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions with a world-class, diverse workforce with business segments covering HVAC, refrigeration, and fire and security. We make modern life possible by delivering safer, smarter and more sustainable services that make a difference to people and our planet while revolutionizing industry trends. This is why we come to work every day. Join us and we can make a difference together.

NORESCO’s group of talented individuals, possessing diverse and specialized skills covering a wide range of capabilities in the energy efficiency sector, leverages unique and existing client relationships, providing you with limitless opportunities for growth and having an impact in shaping the compliance landscape in California and beyond.

NORESCO helps customers create modern, sustainable, and healthy buildings, campuses and communities, while saving energy and water, and optimizing operational and capital budgets. NORESCO is also a leader in the effort to address the modern energy infrastructure challenges facing the nation and our world, including decarbonization, electrification, grid flexibility, sustainability, and resiliency. Through its projects, NORESCO has guaranteed more than $5 billion in energy and operating cost savings at more than 10,000 facilities throughout the U.S. and abroad, while reducing customer CO2 emissions by more than 25 million metric tons, equivalent to planting 1.4 million acres of forest.  

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

About this role:

We are seeking a Principal Building Performance Engineer/Analyst to join our Codes and Standards Team with a focus on energy codes compliance software development. You will be a member of the Sustainability Division of NORESCO and will execute projects with the Codes and Standards team members. The person selected to fill this position shall have deep knowledge of building science and energy codes (IECC and/or Title 24, Part 6.), energy-efficient technologies, energy modeling EnergyPlus (CBECC experience a plus), and be able to mentor junior staff in energy simulation software (development and validation) projects.

As a Codes and Standards team member, you will have significant impact on the effort to decarbonize buildings in California and across the US.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and conduct energy efficiency analyses using energy modeling software (EnergyPlus and CBECC) and applied techniques, cost-effectiveness analyses, and other analyses related to energy policy
• Provide technical review of others, energy simulations or analysis and strategic guidance to others
• Provide clear and well-written memorandums and reports to various clients (investor-owned utilities, state energy commissions, building owners, architects, engineers) regarding energy policy and other analyses
• Ensure technical quality and accurate technical content of project-related documents and provide oversight and review of supporting staff
• Meet and contact clients as appropriate to discuss methods, and present results and recommendations
• Support business development efforts
• Develop and manage project budgets, schedules, and tasks with minimal oversight
• Less than 10% business travel 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 15+ years in Sustainable Building industry, or a Master’s Degree with 12+ years of experience in Sustainable Building industry

Preferred Qualifications:

Other qualifications you may have that would be beneficial in this role include:

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Environmental, Architectural, or related sustainability field
• Deep knowledge of Title 24, ASHRAE Standard 90.1, IECC, and other energy codes and standards
• Expertise in complex building mechanical systems and state-of-the-art energy efficiency technologies and applications
• Experience with developing and validating novel modeling approaches for new building technologies, strategies, and policy responses
• Deep experience with EnergyPlus, OpenStudio, and eQuest energy modeling software; experience with CBECC-Com or CBECC-Res compliance software is a plus
• Experience with large-scale simulations and data analysis/visualization, and the supporting technologies (Python/Ruby, Tableau/Pandas, AWS/Docker, DBMS flavors); familiarity with revision control systems (e.g. SourceForge, Git) and source code management a plus
• Demonstrated ability to write technical reports, papers, and provide presentations to knowledgeab