Position Description
At Seattle City Light, we power Seattle. As a community owned utility, public service is at the core of our mission. We are dedicated to delivering customers affordable, reliable, and environmentally responsible electricity services. City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship and strives to fulfill its mission in a socially responsible manner.

City Light’s Electrification and Strategic Technology Division is responsible for creating the utility’s energy future and oversees the utility’s efforts related to transportation and building electrification, grid modernization and strategic technology. Within the Electrification and Strategic Technology Division, the Lighting Design Lab is a regional resource and education hub for strategic technologies and leads the development of the utility’s building electrification strategy.

The Lighting Design Lab is seeking an inspired intern who can help shape the utility’s near- and long-term building electrification strategy. Our municipal electric utility has an important role to play in the evolving decarbonization objectives of Washington state, the City of Seattle, and our individual customers. Particularly with recent and developing legislation around buildings, we want to better understand how our customers are impacted and how the utility can best support them and the trade ally community through this transition. The intern will collaborate with staff from across City departments and utility divisions to analyze and ultimately develop visualizations of how state and local policies are impacting our customers, trade allies, and utility. The intern will lead additional projects (as assigned or self-identified by the intern) to support the development of the utility’s building electrification strategy. The intern will report to the Building Electrification Strategic Advisor.

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Green Path Careers Program Coordinator:
The Program Coordinator helps to implement, coordinate, and market ECC – Los Angeles’ program initiatives. The position reports directly to the LA Program Director but is part of the larger SoCalREN program team.

The Economic Inclusion Manager, Northwest:
The Economic Inclusion Manager will implement policies, models and programs that advance ECC’s mission with a focus on workforce development and creating community wealth for black and brown communities.

Energy Efficiency Account Executive (3 openings)
PSE is currently seeking (3) Energy Efficiency Account Executives to help drive awareness and participation in our Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency programs. As an integral member of PSE’s Business Energy Management team, you will work with multiple internal PSE groups and third-party resources to engage with groups such as contractors, distributors, building owners, developers, property managers, as well as our commercial & industrial customers to develop energy efficiency projects over time. These three new positions are key to help achieve PSE’s two-year and long-term energy efficiency targets. View the full job description and application requirements.

Energy Management Engineer II (3 openings)
Puget Sound Energy’s Business Energy Management (BEM) group is looking for three (3) Energy Management Engineers to support the industrial energy management program, clean buildings program, and building performance team. You will work closely with customers to develop projects that produce sustainable energy savings. This work involves visiting customer facilities, evaluating energy consumption data, recommending energy efficiency measures to customers, calculating project energy savings, developing incentive documentation, and creating measurement & verification plans. View the full job description and application requirements.

Product Development Manager
PSE is currently seeking a Product Development Manager who will support our commercial and industrial energy efficiency programs. As an integral member of PSE’s Business Energy Management group, you will work with program managers to increase participation in PSE’s Energy Efficiency Programs, including: creation of a program and measure development process that leverages internal and external resources, match programs and measure development to evidence-based outcomes, streamline existing program design, create simplified programs for commercial and industrial customers, develop new standard and calculated measures. This position works in conjunction with cross-functional Energy Management staff. View the full job description and application requirements.

The Seattle 2030 District is a non-profit membership organization with a mission to support its members in creating and operating high-performance buildings that dramatically reduce energy, water, and transportation impacts. The District works to break down market barriers to building efficiency to make Seattle and the surrounding communities more sustainable and contribute to the region’s environmental resilience, livability, and affordability.

The organization’s membership consists of property owners, developers, managers and industry professionals and stakeholders that influence and support the built environment.

The Executive Director is responsible for advancing the organization’s mission towards its goals through development, facilitation, and execution of a strategic plan, management of multi-disciplinary programs and initiatives, and supervising a team of professional staff and consultants. The individual provides effective leadership, strategic direction, and organizational and financial management. The Executive Director must have the skills and experience to manage a broad range of tasks.

This position works closely with, and reports to, the Seattle 2030 District Board of Directors. View the full job description and application requirements here.

 

About NEEC and the Smart Buildings Center:
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) is a non-profit business association of the building efficiency industry. NEEC’s mission is to promote energy efficiency policies, programs and technologies that create jobs and foster economic growth and environmental improvement.

The Smart Buildings Center (SBC) is a 501c3 organization with a mission to accelerate the adoption and commercialization of smart buildings technologies and practices through education and demonstration.  Through partnership with NEEC, the two organizations offer a physical meeting space in the Pacific Tower in Seattle and offer training, educational events and webinars, networking opportunities, and loan out diagnostic tools through the Center’s Tool Lending Library.

General Description:
NEEC is seeking an inspired, passionate, and dynamic Senior Project Manager to support the organization’s footprint with Grid-interactive Efficient Building (GEB) operations, and act as a strategic lead and technical advisor on smart buildings technologies, overall building electrification and policies that support the role of higher performing buildings in the clean energy economy.  This role would entail managing multiple projects and clients, as well as seeking new and creative ways to drive the smart buildings conversation through curriculum and content development, trainings, and other initiatives with the Smart Buildings Center.  The role requires knowledge of grid-interactive efficient buildings, smart buildings technologies, building systems and diagnostic tools, the energy management industry, and overall project management skills.  The position reports directly to NEEC’s Director of Education and Training and will work both independently and collaboratively throughout the organization, as well as with SBC partner organizations as needed. This is a full-time position based in Seattle, WA.

Responsibilities:

• Develop curriculum on the topic of Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings and smart buildings technologies for NEEC’s Building Operator Certification program
• Manage process of creating and launching a credential in the operation of smart buildings to augment the BOC program
• Work with Certification team to enhance BOC certification exam with new content relevant to technologies and trends in building operations
• Contribute subject matter expertise to the development of forward-thinking solutions that accelerate the demand for smart buildings through new programs and policies
• Generate and publicly present thought-leading ideas through public presentations, written resources, publishable articles, and/or blogs

Qualifications:

• 5+ years’ experience with project management
• Familiarity with and passion for grid-interactive efficient buildings, smart buildings, and smart buildings technologies
• Experience working with federal contracts and grants
• Ability to manage multiple projects, including planning, reporting, and meeting deadlines
• 5+ years’ experience in the building design, construction, facility operation, energy management, building science or related industry
• Excellent written communication skills and comfort speaking before large audiences
• Experience with commercial (preferred) or residential building codes
• Demonstrate a high degree of professionalism and an ability to work with a variety of stakeholders including building owners and operators, policymakers, and other industry professionals
• Experience with energy savings analysis both for individual buildings and a portfolio of buildings
• Ability to travel periodically
• Education/Training:  Baccalaureate degree in building science, engineering, architecture, environmental studies, planning or a related field OR a combination of education, prior work experience, and certifications, such as CEM or BOC

Compensation and Benefits:
NEEC offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience. Benefits include: employer paid health, vision, and dental insurance; IRA with 3% employer match; flexible paid time off; ability to work remotely; public transportation program.

How to Apply:
Email resume and cover letter to Melanie Danuser melanie.danuser@neec.net

Application deadline: December 3^rd, 2021

AESC is an energy consulting firm with a collaborative and professional work environment. We are passionate about what we do and are looking for talented people who share our passion.

AESC is seeking an experienced Facilities Operations Specialist or Building Operator to provide technical support to energy efficiency programs in our Portland, OR office. The successful candidate would bring experience across the variety of building systems common to commercial buildings, including but not limited to HVAC, lighting, boilers, Direct Digital Control (DDC), and Building Automation Systems (BAS). This position will not manage the operations at one specific facility, but rather will focus on working with several commercial building owners and occupants to identify and implement strategies in the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of buildings resulting in energy savings. Other responsibilities may include whole building facility audits, energy analysis, and project development.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate strong communication skills, excellent customer engagement skills, and intellectual curiosity beyond their core scope. The successful candidate will have 5-8 years of experience in the facilities management and/or building operations fields.

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