Building Performace Technical Lead

Legence

1d • $90,000 - $115,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Technical Lead, Building Performance owns assigned building-performance engagements or technical workstreams for commercial real estate clients. The role combines field-based technical work, analysis, reporting, and asset-level client coordination across services such as building assessments, environmental testing, energy audits, retrocommissioning, data verification, certification-related technical support, and implementation oversight on behalf of building owners.

The role works closely with teams across the business. Depending on the service and project structure, the Technical Lead may lead a standalone engagement, serve as project manager for assigned work, or own a defined technical scope within a broader engagement led by another RE Tech team. Where certification programs require separation between certification management and assessment functions, the role serves as the assessor or technical contributor rather than the end-to-end certification manager.

The role independently executes work within established methodologies and quality standards. Final technical authority, methodology approval, and disposition of complex or disputed matters remain with the appropriate Director/Sr Director or designated senior technical reviewer. The position requires frequent domestic travel to client sites and commercial properties, including work in occupied and unoccupied buildings and operational areas such as mechanical rooms, rooftops, and equipment spaces.

Requirements

• Relevant education, technical training, professional certifications, and/or demonstrated experience in building performance, facility operations, sustainability, commissioning, controls, HVAC operations, energy auditing, environmental testing, building science, engineering, or related disciplines; equivalent professional experience may substitute for formal education requirements.
• Demonstrated experience performing building assessments, energy audits, certification-related fieldwork, environmental testing, commissioning, retrocommissioning, or similar technical services.
• Demonstrated experience independently coordinating technical assignments, deliverables, stakeholders, and deadlines.
• Experience working directly with commercial buildings, facilities teams, property management teams, or real estate clients.
• Strong working knowledge of commercial building systems and building-performance evaluation methods, including energy auditing, retrocommissioning, indoor environmental quality, environmental testing, data verification, and green building certification requirements.
• Ability to interpret building documentation, operational and performance data, field observations, testing results, and other technical information to develop practical, technically supportable findings and recommendations.
• Ability to independently plan and conduct field investigations and technical assessments within established methodologies, scope, and quality requirements.
• Strong project-management, organization, technical writing, and stakeholder-coordination skills, including the ability to manage multiple assignments and communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to identify and proactively manage delivery risks, dependencies, and issues within assigned work, escalating appropriately with relevant context and recommended options.
• Ability to coordinate work across contributors and stakeholders, establish clear expectations and handoffs, and maintain accountability for quality, schedule, and assigned scope.
• Ability to provide practical technical guidance, review, and coaching to other team members within areas of demonstrated expertise.
• Sound professional judgment, ethics, and attention to detail, including the ability to recognize uncertainty, limitations, risks, and matters requiring escalation.
• Current work authorization in the U.S.; visa sponsorship is not available.
• Ability to meet the role’s travel and work-environment demands, including frequent domestic travel and work in building operational areas.
• Occasional lifting and carrying of equipment may be required; the listed weight is “[confirm weight]” pounds.

Nice To Haves

• BREEAM In-Use Assessor credential or experience supporting BREEAM assessments.
• LEED AP, WELL AP, Fitwel, CEM, CEA, BEAP, commissioning, indoor environmental quality, or similar credential or training.
• Experience performing or supporting energy audits, including ASHRAE Level I or Level II audits, and/or commissioning or retro-commissioning studies.
• Experience with ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.
• Familiarity with building-performance regulations, standards, and certification frameworks.
• Experience working with institutional real estate owners, operators, real estate investment trusts, investment managers, or third-party property-management firms.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned building sustainability and performance work, including building assessments, environmental and indoor air quality testing, energy audits, retrocommissioning, building-performance evaluations, data verification, and other technical work.
• Independently plan and execute assigned engagements or technical workstreams within established methodologies and quality standards; evaluate building conditions and performance, interpret technical information and evidence, and develop clear, technically supportable findings and recommendations.
• Own delivery of the assigned scope, including planning, coordination, schedule, budget, deliverables, documentation, and quality; serve as project manager for an engagement or technical lead for a defined portion of broader work, depending on project structure.
• Lead asset-level technical coordination and client interaction with property managers, building engineers, facility teams, vendors, consultants, and other stakeholders; communicate requirements, findings, risks, limitations, and recommended actions.
• Partner across RE Tech to deliver integrated client work, coordinating responsibilities, handoffs, inputs, and outputs; serve in the appropriate assessor or technical-contributor role when program requirements require independence from certification management.
• Exercise independent technical judgment to interpret information, diagnose issues, and develop findings and recommendations within established approaches; escalate complex, disputed, high-risk, or out-of-scope matters to the appropriate Director/Sr Director or senior technical reviewer.
• Contribute technical input to scopes, level-of-effort estimates, proposals, contracts, and invoicing, and manage assigned work within established commercial parameters.
• Contribute to team capability and consistent delivery through knowledge sharing, technical guidance, review or delegation of defined work when appropriate, and practical input into methodologies, tools, templates, workflows, and standard operating procedures.
• Travel frequently to domestic client sites and commercial properties, potentially for consecutive days onsite and occasional early-morning, evening, or overnight work.
• Operate and transport testing equipment, monitoring devices, laptops, tablets, and required personal protective equipment; work in building operational areas and potentially noisy, hot, cold, dusty, poorly lit, or constrained spaces.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company match: dollar-for-dollar match up to 4% of eligible pay, with immediate vesting.
• Employer-provided medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, Employee Assistance Program, and accident and illness coverage.
• Employer-provided basic life insurance and AD&D coverage valued at $50,000, with the option to purchase additional coverage.
• Flexible non-accrual vacation and company holidays per policy.
• Business travel and related expenses reimbursed per company policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed