Federal Project Development Engineer - ESPC / UESC (Job number: 1404)

We are seeking a Senior Federal Project Development Engineer to join our federal team. This role is responsible for developing comprehensive ESPC and/or UESC projects within the Federal Government marketplace.  This individual will lead the development and design of innovative technical solutions that solve Federal agency and site energy-efficiency, renewable energy, energy resilience, decarbonization, facility, and operational needs and goals.  This individual will possess a strong understanding of the regulatory, legislative and business environment, as well as procurement requirements unique to Federal government ESPCs and UESCs, as required to ensure that every project provides best-value to our customers. 

At Johnson Controls, we support our nation’s most critical facilities, the people who occupy them, and the missions they enable. Johnson Controls Federal Systems (JCFS) is a specialized team serving as a trusted partner to the federal government. We help modernize U.S. military installations, Department of Defense and other federal agency facilities to be smarter, more resilient, efficient, sustainable, and secure.

Location: Remote / Virtual (work from home) with the ability to travel as needed.
Salary: $130,000 - $180,000 base salary. Negotiable based on experience
Bonus Eligible: Yes
Benefits: Eligible for benefits on first day of employment
Travel Required: Up to 60% at times, serving our US Federal customer sites both inside and outside of the continental United States. Travel is sporadic. At times it can be heavy and other times have no travel.

As a Senior Development Engineer, you will:

• Provide engineering leadership and technical support for all phases of the Federal Government market ESPC / UESC process beginning with the preparation of competitive RFP responses through Contract Award and Performance Period support.
• As an active participant of the account team, and jointly charged with increasing secured sales and margin metrics, this individual will be accountable for aligning Johnson Controls and specialty subcontractor capabilities into customer solutions, shortening the project development and design cycle, increasing win rates, applying appropriate solution “best practices” and minimizing development costs
• Participate in the sales process by quantifying the potential opportunities and preparing technical and financial feasibility analyses.
• Prepare and manage the project development plan to include scope, budget, schedule, and staffing for each phase of the development and contracting process
• Lead teams of subject matter experts, development engineers, M&V engineers, and strategic partners to establish the technical solution, accurately develop it within projected costs and schedule, and provide a final solution consistent with customer’s procurement process
• Provide oversight and quality control and assurance of engineering development efforts. Manage, and in some cases, mentor team members in the development of large, complex technical solutions.  Provide engineering and financial modeling expertise to the team throughout the development process
• Validate technical and financial feasibility of the technical solution throughout the development process. Align the solution with the Federal Government buyer to ensure agency and site goals, technical guidelines, and contractual requirements are met.  Monitor and mitigate project technical and financial risk in accordance with customer and Johnson Controls guidance.
• Work with the sales team by positioning yourself as a trusted technical advisor to our Federal Government customer throughout the project lifecycle
• Facilitate customer meetings and workshops throughout the project development process to gain incremental buy-in of the project building blocks and technical details vital to project success.
• Coordinate active involvement and effective performance of engineering, project management, performance assurance (M&V), and service teams to provide smooth transition of projects between phases of the ESPC / UESC process
• Engage the Johnson Controls Advanced Solutions Engineering team and other internal and external SMEs (national renewables team, lighting services, national operations, legal, contracting, risk governance, etc.) as needed to validate the technical solution and address the risk profile through