Job Title: Senior Project Associate, Clean Energy Building and Electrification
Primary Work Location: Within 20 miles of Downtown Los Angeles. Candidates must have the ability to travel within this region by car.
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Projected Salary Range: $70,000 - $90,000/year
Overview: Association for Energy Affordability (AEA) is a rapidly growing nonprofit energy services and training organization dedicated to achieving energy efficiency in buildings to foster and maintain affordable and healthy housing and communities. Energy consulting services are completed through AEA’s participation in a variety of federal, state, and local energy efficiency initiatives. AEA is a New York based organization, with over 20 years of industry experience and has been operating a West Coast office since 2010. For more information about AEA, see http://www.aea.us.org.
Position Summary: AEA West is seeking a Senior Project Associate to join our tight-knit, talented team of “Energy Geeks”. The candidate must be passionate about energy efficiency and green building, highly organized, and have strength in data analytics. The candidate will perform energy audits and modeling, as well as assist property owners through complex energy retrofit projects. If you are passionate about building decarbonization, electrification, energy conservation, and renewable energy; you love buildings; and you’re seeking to learn from an experienced team in a hands-on environment, then this is the place for you.
Senior Project Associate will work independently to manage retrofit projects, conduct energy audits of multifamily and commercial buildings, evaluate construction feasibility and system design, provide analysis at both the project and program levels, perform green building
assessments, and conduct a variety of technology and market assessments. Candidates will engage infield and over-the-phone data collection, building diagnostics, research, data analysis, job costing, energy modeling, and report production as needed to complete a range of project types. They are expected to be a self-starter, an independent problem solver, and a strong team-player.
AEA is hiring for primary work locations based within 20 miles of Downtown Los Angeles. Candidates located outside of these boundaries in the greater Los Angeles regio may also be considered. Candidates must have the ability to travel within California upon request.
Responsibilities:
The Senior Project Associate responsibilities may include:
- Managing energy efficiency retrofit projects
- Conducting energy audits and in-field energy assessments, on-site diagnostics, field data collection and analysis, and renewable energy feasibility assessments.
- Performing energy modeling and building simulations.
- Preparing energy and green building assessment reports based on analytic findings which include detailed equipment specifications and cost & emissions reduction analysis.
- Job costing, construction feasibility, and contractor bid walks
- Performing basic system engineering analysis and sizing
- Working with building owners, architects, and other decision makers to successfully incorporate energy efficiency, electrification, and renewable upgrades in their projects.
- Construction site visits to inspect in progress and completed work.
- Performing LEED, Green Point Rated and HERS consulting services.
- Performing commissioning and retro-commissioning studies.
- Conducting training both internally and publicly on energy efficiency technologies, energy auditing principles, and decarbonized building operations.
- Working on national projects to help develop industry standards and guidelines.