Business Energy Efficiency Engineer

About the role

DNV – Energy Systems is seeking a Business Energy Efficiency Engineer to join our New Mexico team supporting the PNM Business Energy Efficiency Programs (BEEP).

This is a high-accountability, results-driven position focused on engaging commercial, industrial, governmental, and multifamily customers; supporting trade allies.

Responsibilities

• Carry out customer site audits and assessments, both virtual and in-person, to verify existing equipment and operating conditions, and recommend energy-saving equipment installations and operational changes.
• Recognize, identify, and catalog energy-saving equipment types, consulting with customers, facility managers, and contractors as needed.
• Identify and document opportunities for installing energy efficiency products.
• Build rapport with customers on site.
• Educate customers about the energy efficiency program and advise them on energy-consuming equipment, such as lighting, HVAC, building envelope, and controls, in their facility.
• Interpret customer billing data, meter data, rate information, and similar technical information, and communicate findings to customers in layperson terms.
• Enter and analyze energy savings opportunity and customer building data using spreadsheets, report templates, and web-based tools.
• Author and edit weekly and monthly reports in accordance with client requirements and standards.
• Review and verify energy savings calculations, and guide other staff on best practices across energy-saving technologies, including lighting, HVAC, fans, pumps, air compression, and industrial process applications.
• Perform site-specific engineering analysis and evaluation of energy efficiency projects involving industrial process equipment such as pumps, fans, and compressed air systems, complex central plant systems, and advanced HVAC equipment.
• Assess existing and emerging measures, incorporating performance trends and operational data to support updates.
• Complete technical and financial analyses for program applicants.
• Conduct building energy use assessments and building simulations using software packages such as eQuest, DOE2.2, EnergyPro, and Trace.
• Communicate technical and program-related information through presentations, trainings, and stakeholder engagement events.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or related field.
• One year of related experience.
• Able to lead and/or perform on-site and virtual audits and customer site visits across commercial, industrial, school, and government facility environments.
• Strong customer service capability, including phone-based communication, with excellent verbal and written communication, organization, and grammar skills.
• Proactively identifies customer needs and manages customer expectations.
• A positive, collaborative, and team-oriented attitude.
• Able to work well under pressure in time-critical situations; productive and self-motivated.
• Advanced Excel skills; intermediate MS Word skills.
• Occasional evening or weekend event attendance.
• Willing and able to travel 10% of the time within New Mexico, including some overnight travel. Most travel will be within the Albuquerque metro area.
• Reliable transportation and a current driver's license.
• Able to lift 20 lbs to waist height, climb a ladder, kneel, crawl, and stand for extended periods.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.

Qualifications

• Two plus years of relevant engineering or field work experience.
• Demonstrated experience with energy audits and energy codes/standards (IECC, ASHRAE, etc.).
• Certified Energy Manager (CEM).
• Demonstrated knowledge of lighting components, HVAC equipment, HVAC and lighting control systems, and building envelope components.
• Experience with M&V under IPMVP.
• Familiarity with eQuest or similar building simulation software.