Senior Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization Lead

Enerlife; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Enerlife Consulting is seeking a Senior Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization Lead to work primarily in healthcare across Canada and the US, with a focus on high‑performance building strategies. The role involves leading technical teams, shaping capital planning decisions, and guiding clients through decarbonization pathways.

Located in the greater Toronto area or southern Ontario, the ideal candidate has a strong background in mechanical systems, project leadership, and a collaborative approach

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare or institutional facilities design or operations.
• Proven ability to lead commissioning or system performance optimization projects.
• Ability to analyze performance data and translate into practical actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical teams in recommissioning and system optimization in complex facilities.
• Guide client and team discussions on ventilation, central plant optimization, and energy intensity with capital planning context.
• Lead meetings with facility teams, consultants, and stakeholders; ensure progress and deliverables.
• Communicate technical issues clearly and constructively; address project challenges.
• Contribute to tool and process development; ensure analytics reflect realistic system behavior.
• Translate analytics into practical decision-making for clients.

Skills

Healthcare design

Facility operations

Commissioning

Data-driven optimization

Education

P.Eng designation

Job description

At Enerlife Consulting, we work closely with hospitals, institutional and private sector clients to improve building performance in practical, measurable ways. Our approach begins with how building systems operate day to day — air handling systems, hydronic distribution, central plants, controls, ventilation strategies, sequencing, and capital upgrades. From there, we help clients strengthen performance immediately while planning thoughtful, long‑term decarbonization pathways.

We are looking for a proven Senior Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization Lead to work primarily in healthcare but also across other institutional portfolios in Canada and the US. We are looking for someone who has a strong foundation in the design and operation of mechanical building systems. You possess the experience, curiosity and ingenuity to join our ongoing exploration of high‑performance buildings and are excited to contribute to our continuing development of hands‑on services, processes and tools to make every building the best it can be. You are equally comfortable on site, in a design office, leading project teams and in meetings with clients and contractors.

This role is ideal for someone at a career inflection point with opportunity for growth into advising senior leadership on capital and decarbonization strategy, leading research initiatives, shaping performance standards, mentoring developing engineers and informing company strategy.

What you’ll do

Technical direction

Combine technical depth with leadership of client relationships, requiring creativity, sound judgement and steady project direction.

• Lead technical teams in recommissioning and system optimization initiatives in complex facilities. This includes reviewing system intent, assessing operational performance, identifying improvement opportunities, and working collaboratively with client teams to implement practical solutions.
• Guide client and team conversations on ventilation performance, central plant optimization, heat recovery, controls strategies, and energy intensity that include connecting operational findings to capital planning and long‑term transition decisions.

Client and team development

Lead and develop collaborative, accountable relationships with clients and colleagues including:

• Lead meetings with facility teams, consultants, and senior stakeholders
• Communicate technical issues clearly and constructively
• Have primary responsibility for project progress and deliverables
• Address project challenges and persevere

Strategic direction to tools and processes

As we develop and adapt advanced analytics and AI‑supported tools, use critical thinking and systems understanding to help guide the development of tools and processes.

• Contribute engineering perspective to tool design
• Help ensure output reflects realistic system behaviour
• Ask critical questions when interpreting data
• Support the translation of analytics into practical decision‑making

What you bring

A strong understanding of mechanical system behaviour and comfortable discussing air systems, hydronic systems, central plants, and controls within complex facilities. Your experience may come from:

• Healthcare or institutional design
• Facility operations or plant leadership
• Commissioning or system performance optimization

P.Eng designation (or in the process of achievement)

5–10+ years of experience in healthcare or institutional facilities

Experience with system upgrades, commissioning, retrofits, or capital renewal projects

Comfort working with performance data and system metric

Clear and professional communication skills

A collaborative leadership style

Located in greater Toronto area or southern Ontario

About Enerlife

Enerlife Consulting is a Canadian‑owned firm focused on improving building performance across healthcare, government, and institutional portfolios.

Our work includes recommissioning, capital planning support, performance benchmarking, and long‑term transition planning. We focus on practical improvements informed by data, engineering experience, and collaboration with our clients.

Join us — and help lead the evolution of high‑performance, low‑carbon buildings.

www.enerlife.com

Salary range: $120,000 - $140,000

AI Disclosure: AI is not used at any stage of our hiring process.

Vacancy: This posting is for an existing vacancy.