Building Intelligence Engineer - DMV

About the role

We are looking for a Building Intelligence Engineer based in the greater Washington DC area to join our team and help us ensure that all of our client’s buildings are adapted to work successfully with Parity. Leveraging your background in Engineering and knowledge of HVAC automation/control systems, you will partner with our Sales & Operations teams to ensure that all buildings in our portfolio are quoted, set up, and optimized throughout their time with us. We are looking for someone hungry, eager to learn, and passionate about the energy and ClimateTech space!

Responsibilities

• Conduct on-site assessments of our client's buildings to prepare initial estimated savings, integration costs, and savings for Parity’s service
• Use Parity’s modeling tools to complete an energy analysis of our potential client’s buildings based on the on-site assessments, historical utility data, mechanical equipment specs, available building drawings, and current control sequences to estimate the energy savings potential
• Manage the installation and set-up phase of Parity’s service from start to finish to ensure projects are completed on schedule and budget while keeping clients updated on progress throughout the length of each project
• Establishing communication between Parity’s software platform and field controllers/devices in our client’s buildings, along with establishing and testing control sequence(s) with support from Parity’s programming team to reduce energy waste
• Complete final commissioning and sign off of systems to ensure that Parity, Client, and incentive program requirements are met
• Manage incentive application and procurement process on behalf of Parity
• Interview building staff to understand existing control protocols and challenges
• Support the sales team by providing them with market details, contacts, and help them develop proposals
• Support Party’s service delivery team as a local technical resource as needed for buildings that are live in the Parity system
• Work with our Operations team to provide support to our customers during and after installation
• Develop and maintain an understanding of the local incentive landscape including determining eligible incentives and relevant requirements for Parity service
• Develop and maintain relationships with local electrical, mechanical, and controls contractors
• Manage procurement of necessary hardware and installation services pricing from contractors
• Help to optimize existing systems and processes to best serve the Maryland-DC-Northern Virginia market
• Serve as a subject matter expert on Washington DC’s and Maryland’s Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) and other relevant local policies, regulations, and trends

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or higher), ideally with a focus or demonstrated interest in HVAC, building automation, or mechanical/electrical engineering
• 2-5 years experience working in at least one of the following areas: Energy auditing, and/or energy services; MEP Engineering; Controls/Building Automation
• Familiarity working with energy incentive programs
• Ability to travel to client sites within the greater Washington DC area
• You are eager to grow, learn, and tackle new opportunities in a fast-growing startup environment
• You are a quick learner who only needs to be shown something once before doing it yourself, and then going back to improve the process
• You constantly seek efficiency and optimization of processes and procedures; you look for gaps and work to fill them
• Preference will be given to candidates with any of the following additional qualifications: Experience working with MEP drawings, including controls drawings; Experience managing installation/retrofit projects; Experience working with building automation systems; Experience with Niagara Tridium products and applications

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits package
• Hybrid work environment (primary focus home office, with short‑term onsite visits 1‑2 days per week over 3‑5 weeks)
• Purpose and impact: contributing to reduced CO₂ emissions in multifamily buildings and hotels
• Training and development allowance usable for role‑related growth
• Employee equity incentive plan (opportunity to participate in equity)