Energy Efficiency Engineer

Michaels Energy•Glen Allen, VA

1d•$90,000 - $120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Michaels Energy is a veteran-owned energy consulting firm that exists to help businesses minimize waste and maximize value. Our energy and engineering gurus are obsessed with optimizing buildings and processes to maximize energy savings and profits, minimize utility grid stress and carbon footprints, and keep this big, beautiful planet in tip-top shape. Our passion is developing long-term client relationships with energy users, utilities, consultants, and partners. This passion combined with our core values of proactive and responsive service, intuitive analysis, collaborative partnerships, and fanatical execution, forms the foundation of our corporate culture. We’re proud to share that Michaels Energy is one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces of 2024 & 2025. This award is given to workplaces that foster an environment where employees willingly go above and beyond in their work, advocate for the organization, and intend to stay in the future. Michaels Energy is seeking an engineer to deliver technical support for utility energy efficiency programs in Virginia. An engineer in this position will perform energy assessments on commercial and industrial buildings, recommend changes to building automation systems, perform energy calculations, and write reports. Technical tasks include identifying energy efficiency measures, diagnosing building HVAC control issues, assessing equipment condition, estimating project costs, and performing site visits. Client and customer communication is critical in this role. Types of communication include meetings, presentations, and non-technical and technical writing. Work may also include working with data centers, verifying new construction projects, energy modeling using OpenStudio, custom rebate analysis, industrial new construction projects, developing regression models, and on-going energy consulting of individual customers through strategic energy management. We are looking for an engineer who is passionate about energy efficiency and removing barriers for the customer that will result in the implementation of projects. After 3 months, you have Learned company processes and procedures Completed at least two energy audits independently Completed at least one verification site visit with another engineer Learned program rules and processes After 6 months, you have Fully trained on at least one energy efficiency program Led customer meetings and project report outs Completed at least ten audits independently

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in mechanical, chemical, or building systems engineering
Zero to six years experience combining any of the following:
Energy efficiency industry – e.g., utilities or performance contracting
HVAC operations, controls, and/or building energy investigations
Utility program experience in retro-commissioning, ASHRAE level 2 energy audits, or custom rebate calculations
Software-based building energy modeling
Managing building retrofit projects
Design or implementation of HVAC Controls
Building codes/safety standards
HVAC consulting/design-build engineer
Excels at communicating complicated ideas to a variety of audiences
Skilled at interfacing with contractors and building owners
Deep interest in energy, systems, and process efficiency, and improving productivity
Lifetime self-learner
Ability to travel up to 30% regionally

Nice To Haves

EIT or PE (Professional Engineer) is preferred but not required

Responsibilities

Perform energy assessments on commercial and industrial buildings
Recommend changes to building automation systems
Perform energy calculations
Write reports
Identifying energy efficiency measures
Diagnosing building HVAC control issues
Assessing equipment condition
Estimating project costs
Performing site visits
Client and customer communication
Meetings
Presentations
Non-technical and technical writing
Working with data centers
Verifying new construction projects
Energy modeling using OpenStudio
Custom rebate analysis
Industrial new construction projects
Developing regression models
On-going energy consulting of individual customers through strategic energy management