Senior Building Performance Analyst- Hybrid

ZipRecruiter; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderweil Engineers is seeking a Senior Building Performance Engineer in Boston. This role involves leading complex energy analysis, collaborating with project teams, and mentoring junior staff to achieve sustainability goals. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in building performance and a relevant degree.

Benefits

Flexible & hybrid work culture

Wellness programs

Opportunity for career growth

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in building performance analysis or design engineering.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers.
• Experience with energy codes and decarbonization policies.

Responsibilities

• Propose energy, water, and carbon reduction opportunities.
• Evaluate system design to optimize performance.
• Lead junior engineers in energy savings calculations.

Skills

Building performance analysis

Project management

Energy analysis

Water reduction strategies

Carbon reduction strategies

Data visualization

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering

Degree in energy systems

Degree in architectural engineering

Tools

eQuest

IES

EnergyPlus

Job description

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Who we are!

Vanderweil Engineers is a top ranked full-service engineering firm specializing in MEP/FP, and technology services. Working in multiple sectors including Science & Technology, Mission Critical, Academic, Healthcare and Commercial buildings. In our 75th year in operation with a staff of 500+ located across ten offices, we are proud to be one of the leading independently owned engineering firms in the country.

We are one of the largest and most respected privately-held MEP engineering firms in the United States. Sustainability is at the core of what we do. Recent projects include the largest solar photovoltaic array in New York City, multiple net-zero designs, a research facility designed to be the world’s most sustainable lab, and a zero-carbon steam-generating heat pump which will reduce the emissions of millions of square feet in Greater Boston.

More than 280 of our projects — a combined total of $24 billion in construction — have achieved certification under frameworks such as LEED, WELL, Fitwel, SITES, and Green Globes, and over 100 of our projects in design now are actively pursuing these certifications and others including Living Building Challenge. Vanderweil is a founding signatory of both the AIA2030 and the MEP 2040 Challenges, pledging to reduce and ultimately eliminate both the operational and embodied carbon in our infrastructure. We’ve also been reporting our design energy performance to AIA 2030 for a decade and a half as we work toward achieving net-zero across our portfolio.

About This Opportunity:

If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds in the industry on world-class projects, we’re looking for you. We offer stable career growth via our expanding book of services and geographic footprint across a diversified project mix. Join us to do the best work of your career as a Senior Building Performance Engineer (Hybrid Role) in our growing Building Performance Group in Boston, MA, or in one of Vanderweil’s satellite offices.

As a Senior Building Performance Engineer, you will proactively collaborate with our project managers and engineers internally, as well as externally with our owner, design, and construction partners to provide the analyses and insights that help clients solve complex challenges and exceed their sustainability goals. You will lead our clients to maximize the full potential of each project through design experience; energy, water, and carbon analyses; and certification achievements.

Some of your responsibilities will include the following:

• Propose and develop holistic energy, water, and carbon reduction opportunities early in the design process, and back those ideas up with rigorous analysis and thoughtful data visualizations to clearly communicate complex concepts.
• Evaluate architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing system design and controls to optimize performance and track progress towards project goals.
• Identify savings opportunities in existing buildings as part of energy audits and decarbonization assessments. Work with building owners to quantify and prioritize scope of upgrades and produce implementation plans.
• Search for and synthesize applicable energy codes & policies (e.g., Massachusetts Stretch Energy Code, BERDO, Local Law 97, Washington DC BEPS, etc.). Compare paths to compliance, advise owners and design teams how these impact their buildings, and manage the project team to minimize compliance risk to the project.
• Perform life-cycle cost analyses, solar photovoltaic feasibility analyses, and water reduction studies.
• Lead junior engineers to create complex energy savings calculations and technical client-facing reports. Educate, delegate, and provide quality control for their analysis efforts.

Essential Skills & Requirements:

• 8+ years of building performance analysis or design engineering in a consulting environment.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and delegate work.
• Experience interfacing with internal and external clients.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering, energy systems, or architectural engineering.
• Well-tuned understanding of building physics and awareness of metrics used to quantify different dimensions of building performance (e.g. energy use intensity)
• Ability to use sound engineering judgement and project management skills to make decisions based on project goals.
• Familiarity with local and standards (ASHRAE 90.1, IECC, LEED Reference Guides, etc.), decarbonization policy and trends (e.g. methodologies for beneficial electrification), and complex project typologies (laboratories, data centers, etc.).
• Familiarity with alternative / renewable energy estimation techniques.
• Experience with eQuest, IES, or EnergyPlus, and the ability to generate spreadsheet energy calculations are required.
• PE registration a plus

Our Flexible & Hybrid Work Culture:At Vanderweil Engineers, we believe our best work is done when flexibility is offered. We know that work/life synergy is crucial to our employees, our flexible and hybrid work style allows team members to have the freedom to be innovative, and drive results their way.

Our wellness programs are above and beyond, as our team members physical and behavioral health are a priority.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to equity and in the workplace.

If you would like to connect with us for more information, please contact a member of our recruitment team or to learn more about our work culture, please visit us at www.vanderweil.com.