Energy Engineer (Facilities Management)

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University seeks an Energy Engineer to lead campus-wide energy programs and projects aligning with the university's climate change initiative. You will work with design engineers, staff, and end users to assess feasibility, perform energy audits, and propose ECMs for implementation, ensuring systems operate at peak efficiency and meet energy codes.

You will analyze building energy performance, forecast savings, and promote high-performance standards across the BSPH campus,

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering required.
• Seven years' experience with major building mechanical systems, notably HVAC, BAS, and Energy Management systems.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience or education.

Responsibilities

• Supports development and implementation of the university's climate change initiative by prioritizing projects and programs to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Recommends retro-commissioning and auditing of building envelopes, systems, and controls to optimize energy consumption.
• Performs energy audits, analyzes energy models, and identifies ECMs to reduce consumption and costs.
• Analyses energy usage and operating costs across buildings to target energy reduction opportunities.
• Ensures compliance with energy codes and promotes high-performance building practices in new and existing facilities.
• Collaborates with consultants, design engineers, and operations staff to ensure energy, systemic, and serviceability standards are met.

Skills

HVAC systems

Building Automation

Energy Management

Energy codes

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Reporting to the Associate Director of Building Operations (ADBO), we are seeking an Energy Engineer (EE) who will lead and execute a university-wide effort to prioritize and implement programs, strategies and projects focused on reducing energy consumption and reducing greenhouse gases in accordance with the University's climate change initiative. In doing so, the EE works with design engineers, departmental staff, and end users to determine project feasibility. From identification of energy conservation measures (ECMs), feasibility studies, and financial analyses, the EE will recommend projects to be advanced for implementation. Additionally, the EE performs ongoing technical analyses of existing building envelope, mechanical and electrical systems to ensure proper functionality and performance to original design intent and promotes operating performance and energy characteristics that are consistent with the latest energy codes and operational best management practices.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Supports the continuing development and implementation of the University's climate change initiative, which guides the university's overall environmental efforts by prioritizing projects, strategies, and programs to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Recommends retro-commissioning and auditing efforts of existing building envelopes, systems, and controls to ensure proper functionality and minimizing energy consumption.
• Performs physical audits and analytical analyses of project energy models, existing building systems, metering and energy consumption data to determine if original design meets contemporary energy standards and recommends projects or adjustments to reduce consumption.
• Performs and reviews energy audits to identify and implement energy conservation measures (ECMs) designed to reduce the University's consumption of electricity, fuel, chilled water, steam, and water. This includes forecasting energy savings on any recommended ECMs. Promotes high-performance lab initiatives, which modifies existing labs to meet research and HSE guidelines while safely reducing their energy intensity.
• Works with consulting firms, internal design, project management and operations staff, and end users to ensure building support systems are designed, constructed, or retrofitted in accordance with the University's energy, operational, and serviceability standards.
• Establishes and maintains a portfolio of energy and operational standards (JHU's High-Performance Building Standards) created to ensure energy conscious architectural and engineering practices are applied to university projects.
• Participates in the design review process to ensure the latest energy code (ASHRAE 90.1), University standards for energy efficiency and conservation, higher performing products and upgraded operating strategies are employed in new construction, renovation projects and by operations staff.
• Evaluates energy use at the building level to improve operating strategies, new equipment strategies and systems improvements that also support energy reduction targets.
• Proficient with energy efficiency, conservation and renewable energy opportunities and applications.
• Develops and analyzes statistical reports designed to compare energy usage and operational costs among buildings, which can be used to emphasize areas representing potential energy reduction opportunities. Can perform energy audits and evaluate energy models.
• Monitors and analyzes energy consumption and costs in buildings and utility plants to identify energy reduction opportunities.
• Ensures energy management initiatives meet or exceed energy code requirements and don't compromise occupant comfort, productivity or safety.
• Provides engineering expertise as it relates to mechanical, electrical and building automation supporting the development of renewable energy projects.
• Performs specification writing, contract review, financial analysis, proposal review and code interpretation as needed.

Scope of Responsibility

• Campus wide and include all buildings that comprise of the BSPH campus, approximately 1.5 million gross square feet (gsf) of owned space. Geographical locations include: the Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH) and the School of Nursing (SON).
• Reporting to this position are three full time employees - the Environmental Specialist, Controls Technician and Sustainability Manager.

Decision Making

• Annual budgets approximately $6M

Communication

• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• EE communicates with various senior facilities and administrative representatives; presents viable projects for approval; engages and manages consultants and design engineers, departmental staff, and end users to determine project feasibility.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must have broad knowledge of all phases of academic and commercial building design, construction, and maintenance, with a strong background in mechanical and electrical equipment and HVAC systems, including energy management and building automation systems. A solid understanding of federal, state, and local environmental rules, regulations, and building codes desired.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to operate a computer and other equipment on a frequent basis.
• Ability to frequently communicate with coworkers.

This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continuous basis. It does not exclude other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering required
• A minimum of seven years' experience with major building mechanical systems, notably HVAC, Building Automation (BAS), and Energy Management systems is required.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Certified Energy Manager (AEE), LEED AP (USGBC), and Professional engineering license are desirable.
• Strong background of both design and field experience with major building mechanical systems including laboratory spaces; experience in commissioning HVAC systems and/or BAS systems initiatives and project management experience

Classified Title: Energy Services Engineer
Job Posting Title (Working Title):Energy Engineer (Facilities Management)
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE
Starting Salary Range: $75,135 - $131,510 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30am - 5:00pm
FLSA Status:Exempt
Location: Hybrid/School of Public Health
Department name: Maintenance
Personnel area: School of Public Health