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).

Responsibilities

• Conduct customer site audits and assessments, 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.
• Perform 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.
• 1 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.
• 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

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills

Skills

• Highly self-motivated; able to work independently with limited supervision.
• Effective relationship-builder with a strong community-network mindset.
• Keen observer able to quickly identify project opportunities and customer needs.
• Positive attitude with strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Ability to switch between tasks quickly and manage a dynamic workload.
• Creative problem-solver with strong attention to detail.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
• Multiple Medical and Dental benefit plans to choose from, Vision benefits
• Spending accounts – FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, company-seeded HSA
• Employer-paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace
• 401(k) with company match
• Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
• Education reimbursement program
• Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities
• Charitable Matched Giving and Volunteer Rewards through our Impact Program
• Volunteer time off (VTO) paid by the company
• Career advancement opportunities

Pay

• Commensurate with experience

Schedule

• Hybrid schedule with three (3) days per week typically spent working from either a DNV office or client location/site.