Engineering Lead (Energy Efficiency)

Location: Hybrid, with remote work available from any U.S. state or Ontario, Canada; up to 20% travel to project sites across Canada and the United States.

Base salary: $86,000–$101,000 annually, plus potential discretionary annual bonus.

Company

Women-led energy transformation firm developing clean energy and energy-efficiency solutions for utilities, including load flexibility, electrification, and carbon reduction.

What you will do

• Lead technical projects supporting energy-efficiency studies, utility programs, and engineering initiatives for commercial and industrial customers.
• Develop algorithms, calculation tools, data-collection instruments, work papers, scopes of work, project plans, budgets, and technical methodologies.
• Perform and review energy-savings analyses for HVAC, building controls, lighting, refrigeration, compressed air, building envelope, and natural gas systems.
• Lead measurement and verification using engineering calculations, utility billing analysis, interval data, regression modeling, and energy simulation.
• Use Python, spreadsheets, and analytical tools to clean, analyze, automate, and visualize energy and program data.
• Supervise staff, coordinate engineering and analytical resources, and review reports, calculations, presentations, proposals, and client deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Energy Engineering, or a related field with at least four years of relevant experience, or a related master’s degree with at least three years of relevant experience.
• Experience developing and reviewing energy-savings calculations for commercial and industrial systems, including natural gas end uses.
• Experience managing technical projects, including scopes, budgets, schedules, staff assignments, and client deliverables.
• Experience using Python and/or Excel for data cleaning, statistical analysis, regression modeling, automation, and data visualization.
• Experience conducting measurement and verification using engineering calculations, utility billing analysis, interval data, or regression modeling.
• Interest in sustainability and environmental impact.

Nice to have

• Experience with boilers, furnaces, water heating, process heating, steam systems, building controls, and other natural gas technologies.
• Experience applying ASHRAE standards, CSA standards, technical resource manuals, and energy-efficiency program requirements.
• Experience reviewing third-party program evaluation reports, field inspections, technical algorithms, analytical tools, and emerging energy-efficiency technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Three weeks of paid vacation annually and paid holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter benefits, and supplemental benefits.
• Employment is subject to background and reference checks; a pre-employment drug screen may apply.