Energy & ESG Data Analyst — Real Estate

Cushman & Wakefield; Roseland (NJ); On-site; USD 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Retirement savings plan

Paid time away from work

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield in Roseland, NJ, seeks an Energy Analyst to support sustainability programs across the client’s real estate portfolio. You will analyze energy use, benchmark performance, and help with sustainability reporting and compliance.

You’ll collaborate with senior energy professionals to develop management tools, improve reporting processes, and visually communicate ESG metrics to stakeholders, driving efficiency and responsible decision-making across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in environmental science, energy management, sustainability, or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience in an analytical role related to commercial real estate, ESG, sustainability, consulting, or similar.
• Experience in administration and maintenance of sustainability data management and reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating multiple projects, tracking timelines and priorities, and keeping projects on budget and schedule.
• Establishing data reporting governance across the portfolio to ensure timely, accurate reporting.
• Administering sustainability data collection and reporting systems and processes across the client portfolio (energy, emissions, water, waste).
• Synthesizing research into key themes and drafting recommendations for client deliverables.
• Evaluating sustainability data and trends to inform the account team and sustainability strategy.
• Providing benchmarking and market intelligence, including Energy Star benchmarking via Portfolio Manager.
• Coordinating ESG compliance reporting support across local, regional, and national regulations, including external audits and close-out of audit actions.
• Supporting preparation of utility consumption data for sustainability reporting, disclosures, green building certification, and BPS submissions where applicable.
• Support utility data management, validation, and quality assurance processes to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of reporting.
• Continually improving and streamlining sustainability reporting systems, processes, and training.
• Developing, supporting, troubleshooting, and enhancing analytical tools that improve decision-making for business and project teams.
• Prepare and deliver monthly utility reporting packages that include usage and cost trends, weather-normalized and non-weather-normalized analyses, variances, and historical performance benchmarking.
• Track global energy and sustainability regulations, local ordinances, and industry best practices, and provide clients with actionable guidance on compliance obligations, reporting requirements, deadlines and risk mitigation strategies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

PowerBI

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in environmental science, energy management, sustainability, or equivalent

Tools

MS Excel

PowerBI

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield in Roseland, NJ, seeks an Energy Analyst to support sustainability programs across the client’s real estate portfolio. You will analyze energy use, benchmark performance, and help with sustainability reporting and compliance.

You’ll collaborate with senior energy professionals to develop management tools, improve reporting processes, and visually communicate ESG metrics to stakeholders, driving efficiency and responsible decision-making across projects.