Head of Engineering – Energy & Building Performance

Odin Global; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Odin Global is seeking a senior engineering leader to oversee energy and building-performance initiatives across a nationwide portfolio. You will drive technical development, auditing, and savings analysis while guiding project delivery and control-system integration.

The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership, requiring experience in energy services, building systems, and performance contracting. Remote work within the United States is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience leading energy engineering, energy services, or building performance.
• Strong background in commercial building systems including HVAC and controls.
• Experience taking projects from assessment to delivery with measurable savings.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical assessments and energy audits across commercial portfolios.
• Develop energy conservation measures across HVAC, controls, and building systems.
• Produce energy-savings calculations and validate technical inputs.
• Review utility data and equipment performance to guide decisions.
• Develop technical scopes to support project underwriting and investment decisions.
• Collaborate with controls teams on sequences and system integration.
• Support commissioning and ensure performance aligns with engineering intent.
• Mentor and grow the engineering team as the business scales.

Skills

Energy leadership

Mentoring engineers

Energy auditing

Controls strategy

Project development

Data analysis

Education

Engineering degree

PE or CEM preferred

Tools

Niagara/Tridium BAS

Job description

Head of Engineering – Energy & Building Performance

Location: Remote, United States

A fast-growing energy and building-infrastructure company is looking for an experienced engineering leader to take ownership of the technical development and performance of projects across a national commercial-property portfolio.

The business develops and delivers integrated solutions across energy efficiency, HVAC controls and automation, solar PV, battery storage and related building infrastructure. Its work is focused on reducing energy costs, improving building performance and delivering measurable long-term value for customers.

This is a hands-on leadership role within a lean, entrepreneurial business where engineering sits close to commercial decision-making and project delivery. The successful candidate will lead and develop the engineering team, establish technical standards and remain closely involved in project development, savings analysis, controls strategy, commissioning and troubleshooting.

You’ll take ownership of engineering quality across the project lifecycle, from initial assessment and technical development through implementation and ongoing performance.

Key areas of responsibility will include:

• Leading technical assessments and energy audits across commercial building portfolios.
• Identifying and developing energy conservation measures across HVAC, controls, lighting, ventilation, domestic hot water and other building systems.
• Producing and reviewing energy-savings calculations, technical assumptions and project inputs.
• Reviewing utility data, building operating data, equipment performance and control-system trends.
• Developing technical scopes and supporting project underwriting and investment decisions.
• Working closely with building automation and controls teams on control strategies, sequences of operation and system integration.
• Supporting commissioning and ensuring installed systems perform in line with the original engineering intent.
• Troubleshooting projects that are not performing as expected and identifying whether issues relate to controls, equipment, operating conditions, installation or the original engineering assumptions.
• Reviewing external engineering work and challenging unsupported assumptions where necessary.
• Developing repeatable engineering standards, tools, calculation methodologies and quality-control processes.
• Providing technical input to commercial and customer-facing teams during project development.
• Working across energy-efficiency, solar and battery-storage projects to ensure technical assumptions are aligned across technologies.
• Leading, coaching and developing engineers as the business continues to grow.

We’re looking for someone with experience leading energy engineering, energy services, building performance, performance contracting or a related area.

You should have a strong background in commercial building systems and be comfortable working across HVAC, controls and wider energy-efficiency measures. Experience taking projects from initial assessment through technical development and delivery will be important.

Strong experience in several of the following areas would be particularly relevant:

• Commercial HVAC and mechanical systems
• Building automation systems and controls
• Energy auditing and project development
• Energy-savings calculations and modelling
• Sequences of operation
• Utility and interval-data analysis
• Developing engineering standards and processes
• Leading or mentoring technical teams

Experience gained within energy services, performance contracting, building controls, distributed energy or a related technical environment would be particularly relevant.

Experience with BAS platforms such as Niagara/Tridium or similar systems would be useful. Familiarity with solar PV and battery storage, particularly where these technologies are being integrated alongside energy-efficiency measures, would also be advantageous.

A degree in mechanical, electrical, architectural, energy or a related engineering discipline is preferred, although equivalent relevant industry experience will also be considered. Professional credentials such as PE or CEM would be advantageous.

This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants real ownership of an engineering function while remaining close to the technical work. The role offers broad exposure across project development, engineering, controls, solar, storage, implementation and operational performance, with the opportunity to help shape how the business delivers projects as it grows.