Building Intelligence Engineer - DMV

Parity•New York, NY

48d•Hybrid

About The Position

Parity is a Remote HVAC Optimization as a Service company. We remotely control and optimize HVAC systems 24/7/365 to deliver automatic energy savings and revenue to multifamily residential buildings and hotels. Using advanced algorithms, Parity can predict the amount of energy needed ahead of time to operate a building to meet its residents' demands and adapt the building's systems and machinery in real time. We save our customers: Time - we automate setpoint adjustments and demand response protocols. Our Pi (Parity Insights) dashboard provides early alerting services when things go down. Money - Parity contractually guarantees the savings that we expect to deliver to our multifamily customers. We also provide quarterly and annual energy savings reports. CO2 Emissions - we reduce a building’s emissions by optimizing its HVAC systems and reducing energy waste. We are looking for a Building Intelligence Engineer based in the greater Washington DC area to join our team and help us ensure that all of our client’s buildings are adapted to work successfully with Parity. Leveraging your background in Engineering and knowledge of HVAC automation/control systems, you will partner with our Sales & Operations teams to ensure that all buildings in our portfolio are quoted, set up, and optimized throughout their time with us. We are looking for someone hungry, eager to learn, and passionate about the energy and ClimateTech space!

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or higher), ideally with a focus or demonstrated interest in HVAC, building automation, or mechanical/electrical engineering
2-5 years experience working in at least one of the following areas: Energy auditing, and/or energy services, MEP Engineering, Controls/Building Automation
Familiarity working with energy incentive programs
Ability to travel to client sites within the greater Washington DC area
You are eager to grow, learn, and tackle new opportunities in a fast-growing startup environment
You are a quick learner who only needs to be shown something once before doing it yourself, and then going back to improve the process
You constantly seek efficiency and optimization of processes and procedures; you look for gaps and work to fill them

Nice To Haves

Experience working with MEP drawings, including controls drawings
Experience managing installation/retrofit projects
Experience working with building automation systems
Experience with Niagara Tridium products and applications

Responsibilities

Conduct on-site assessments of our client's buildings to prepare initial estimated savings, integration costs, and savings for Parity’s service
Use Parity’s modeling tools to complete an energy analysis of our potential client’s buildings based on the on-site assessments, historical utility data, mechanical equipment specs, available building drawings, and current control sequences to estimate the energy savings potential
Manage the installation and set-up phase of Parity’s service from start to finish to ensure projects are completed on schedule and budget while keeping clients updated on progress throughout the length of each project
Establishing communication between Parity’s software platform and field controllers/devices in our client’s buildings, along with establishing and testing control sequence(s) with support from Parity’s programming team to reduce energy waste
Complete final commissioning and sign off of systems to ensure that Parity, Client, and incentive program requirements are met
Manage incentive application and procurement process on behalf of Parity
Interview building staff to understand existing control protocols and challenges
Support the sales team by providing them with market details, contacts, and help them develop proposals
Support Party’s service delivery team as a local technical resource as needed for buildings that are live in the Parity system
Work with our Operations team to provide support to our customers during and after installation
Develop and maintain an understanding of the local incentive landscape including determining eligible incentives and relevant requirements for Parity service
Develop and maintain relationships with local electrical, mechanical, and controls contractors
Manage procurement of necessary hardware and installation services pricing from contractors
Help to optimize existing systems and processes to best serve the Maryland-DC-Northern Virginia market
Serve as a subject matter expert on Washington DC’s and Maryland’s Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) and other relevant local policies, regulations, and trends