Green Building Engineer

Frontier Energy is seeking a Green Building Engineer in Davis, CA, to support energy efficiency programs for various clients. Responsibilities include understanding client goals, building relationships, planning tasks, and executing projects. The role involves collaboration, communication, and technical analysis in areas like Title 24 energy code improvements and building energy modeling. This full-time position requires some overnight travel and is based in the office.
The Green Building Energy Engineer will support energy efficiency programs for a range of customers, including utilities, national laboratories, private industry, and state/federal/local governments. This position will support Frontier's operations by understanding client goals, building collaborative relationships, planning and successfully executing medium complexity tasks, and demonstrating professionalism and teamwork.

This position will be based out of Frontier Energy’s office in downtown Davis, California—an energetic and charming bicycle-friendly college town ideally situated between the San Francisco Bay area and the state’s capital, Sacramento.

Frontier Energy has decades of experience in program management, engineering, software, and customer engagement. Frontier Energy carries a wide-ranging portfolio of R&D, monitoring and evaluation, and Title 24 Codes and Standards-related projects focusing on building energy usage in the residential, multifamily, commercial, and mixed-use sectors. This makes Frontier Energy well-positioned to make a difference by preserving resources for current and future generations.

Though each project will have its own specific set of goals and objectives, the expectations of an Engineer will generally include:
• Understands the types of clients, their reasons for engaging the organization, and proactively works to achieve client goals and positive program outcomes based on that knowledge,
• Builds positive connections with clients and stakeholders through sound reliability and collaboration,
• Provides information to value adding teams on relevant issues pertaining to role and makes recommendations for improvements in through-put/efficiency,
• Interprets a complex scope into a simplified project plan,
• Provides concise communications on changes needed to plans including WHAT, WHEN, HOW, and WHY,
• Take responsibility for the budget and scope of work breakdowns at the task and subtask level,
• Demonstrates a high attention to detail and practices methods to catch mistakes,
• Actively pursue collaborations across project teams,
• Accepts and gives feedback constructively,
• Identifies execution issues and suggests solutions for consideration,
• Actively seek out opportunities to expand knowledge and share opportunities with others,
• Demonstrate application of discipline area expertise to technical problems, and
• Stays current with trends affecting discipline.

Depending on the applicant’s skills and current Frontier staffing needs, work will focus on one or more of the following technical areas:
• Developing and analyzing proposed Title 24 energy code improvements and reach codes
• Performing or overseeing building energy modeling activities,
• Supporting federal, state, and local efforts to decarbonize buildings through community-scale pilot programs,
• Planning and executing field or lab testing in support of research projects, and
• Applying technical analysis to support policies and programs.

The position is a full-time (exempt) position. Some overnight travel will be required.

Qualifications:
• Possess a basic understanding of the energy performance of buildings, such as the building envelope and mechanical systems, as well as familiarity with relevant technical topics, including engineering physics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, building energy efficiency measures, grid-responsive technologies, decarbonization, and renewable energy,
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field from ABET/EAC/ANSAC/ACS - accredited program institution,
• One or more years of engineering experience in the residential or commercial energy efficiency or building science arenas, or a Master’s Degree in engineering or other scientific discipline,
• Strong skills with MS Word®, MS Excel®, MS PowerPoint®, MS Outlook®, Adobe Acrobat, and Windows® operating systems,
• Solid written and oral communication skills, with the ability to create written work product under the guidance of senior staff, and ability to communicate complex technical concepts.

Highly Desirable Skills/Experience:
• Solid understanding of energy efficiency and building science principles,
• Experience with local, state, and federal government agencies, and regional and state level utility stakeholders,
• Proficiency with building energy modeling software, including EnergyPlus, OpenStudio, and/or the California Energy Commission-recognized residential energy compliance tools (CBECC-Res),
• Experience with data analysis, scripting, analysis of large data sets, and statistical analysis,
• Experience with energy efficient design of residential and/or commercial buildings,
• Hands-on knowledge in building construction, operation and/or maintenance,
• Familiarity with the California regulatory environment, including California Title 24, Part 6; utility/third party energy efficiency programs; and grid flexibility and electrification policies,
• Experience with programming languages, such as Python, and
• Specific experience with distributed energy resources and load shifting.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year

Benefits:
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person