Energy Engineer

Since 1970, SCS Engineers has delivered economically and environmentally sound solutions for solid waste management and site remediation projects throughout the world. Our award-winning firm provides engineering, construction, and long-term operations and maintenance to private and public sector clients through a network of over 47 offices in 23 states.

Position Overview:

SCS BT Squared is looking for an individual to join our energy management team, based in Madison, Wisconsin. Our energy team focuses on identifying and implementing cost-effective energy efficiency opportunities, with teams focusing on commercial and industrial facilities. Individuals with backgrounds in HVAC or process equipment design, facility engineers, or energy engineers are likely candidates for this position.

Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate has significant experience with identifying, evaluating, and designing energy efficiency retrofits, and possesses technical capabilities in a number of the following areas:

• Conducting energy audits at industrial, government, or commercial facilities, including metering/measuring energy use, data analysis, and technical report preparation.
• Evaluate billed energy and demand data to determine facility energy trends.
• Implementing energy efficiency measures.
• Evaluating the performance and cost-effectiveness of existing and replacement energy technologies.
• Experience designing or optimizing existing energy-consuming equipment, including HVAC equipment, pumps, and heat recovery equipment.
• Ability to review and/or prepare design drawings and specifications for energy efficiency/conservation retrofit project bid packages.
• Proficiency at cost estimating, project scoping, and grant/funding applications.
• Coordinating communications between energy users, power utilities, regional energy cooperatives, and demand-side energy management program representatives like the Focus on Energy program in Wisconsin.

Qualifications:

SCS BT Squared anticipates the ideal candidate will have particular experience to increase the capabilities of our commercial or industrial energy efficiency groups.

The ideal candidate for the industrial group will have technical capabilities in the following areas:

• Familiarity with industrial processes and related equipment, including boilers, chillers, pumps, motors, and compressed air systems.
• Calculating baseline and optimized energy consumption for process equipment. Experience with DOE Industrial Technology Program's software tools.
• Specifying, designing, and calculating savings for process heat exchangers.
• Programming and installation of data loggers for data collection on process equipment.

The ideal candidate for the commercial group will have technical capabilities in the following areas:

• 3 to 5 years of retrocommissioning experience in large commercial facilities.
• Facility energy modeling, using eQuest or other modeling software.
• Experience with a range of Building Automation Systems (BAS). BAS controls programming is a plus.
• Trend analysis, including data collection through data loggers or BAS.

Job Qualifications/Competencies/Experience:

• The ideal candidate has 5 or more years of experience.
• Professional Engineer in the state of Wisconsinor another state and the ability to obtain registration as a Professional Engineer in Wisconsin within 6 months.
• Bachelor or Master's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or other technical field, with relevant experience being an equal or higher priority than the specific degree program.
• Certified Energy Manager.
• Excellent oral and written (technical) communication skills, including proposal preparation and presentations to clients.
• Strong aptitude for using and developing Excel spreadsheets and graphics to represent data and/or complete cost-benefit analysis.
• Willingness to assist with business development activities.
• Some travel with limited over-night stays can be expected.

Compensation: SCS Engineers offers excellent opportunities for career advancement and a competitive compensation package, including: medical, dental, vision, 401K, ESOP, paid holidays and paid vacations.

This position is subject to a pre-employment background check, driving record check and drug test based on SCS Engineers workplace policy.  SCS Engineers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. EOE/M/F/D/V