Senior Energy Efficiency Engineer
About The Position
Cascade Energy is seeking a Senior Energy Efficiency Engineer to assess client operations, identify opportunities, and recommend ways to improve energy efficiency and performance in industrial systems, including those in oil and gas, mining, and other industries. The engineer leads client consultation, data gathering, industrial-system optimization modeling, feasibility reporting, and overall project management. The role also provides mentorship and peer support and contributes to quality-control reviews. This is a full-time, exempt position located in Northern Colorado or Wyoming, with approximately 20% travel. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field of study.
- At least 5 years of engineering experience.
- Expert technical knowledge of industrial systems, such as refrigeration, compressed air systems, steam systems, custom computer modeling of systems, electrical distribution system design, and industrial control and data logging of system results.
- Fluent understanding of pumps and compressors.
- Ability to conduct outreach and engage customers and utilities beyond number-crunching.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to interact comfortably with internal and external customers and stakeholders and serve their needs.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of upstream and midstream oil and gas operations.
- Knowledge of mining and resource extraction operations.
- Energy engineering experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead, manage, and direct high-profile projects and maintain accountability for assigned projects.
- Calculate energy savings for system or equipment changes using existing calculation tools, original spreadsheets, and/or generally accepted methodologies.
- Engage with clients at industrial locations to understand their equipment and operations, identify energy-efficiency opportunities, and provide recommendations.
- Foster and grow client relationships and identify opportunities to generate new work from new and existing clients.
- Present complex technical issues to diverse audiences in a way that facilitates understanding and consensus.
- Compose energy-efficiency project reports based on analyses and observations.
- Document performance through customer-source data collection or installed data-logging equipment.
- Maintain expert knowledge of utility programs and their compliance requirements.
- Provide peer mentorship through technical discussions and work review.
- Gather data, create optimization models of industrial systems, and write project feasibility reports.
- Contribute to peer support and quality-control review.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Flexible spending and health savings account options, including employer contributions
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) retirement plan with a guaranteed 3% employer contribution
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Annual cash performance bonuses
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Flexible holiday policy
- $500 contribution applicable to an HSA, FSA, or Lifestyle Spending Account
- Learning and development opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements, with role-dependent remote, hybrid, and in-office options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
