ABOUT EIP
Energy Infrastructure Partners LLC (EIP) is a minority-owned business specializing in energy efficiency, electrification, decarbonization, and demand-side management programs. With offices in New York, Illinois, California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington, EIP combines national reach with local market understanding. Our work advances sustainable energy solutions, supports economic development, and prioritizes benefits for disadvantaged communities. As a leader in clean energy program implementation and consulting, EIP is proud to help clients achieve meaningful environmental and economic outcomes through innovative, high-impact projects.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
EIP is seeking an experienced Senior Energy Engineer to support commercial new construction and major renovation energy efficiency programs. In this role, you will work with building owners, developers, architects, engineers, contractors, utility clients, and program teams during the design and preconstruction process to identify opportunities to improve building energy performance before construction.
The Senior Energy Engineer will develop and review whole-building energy models, establish baseline and proposed building performance, evaluate alternative building designs and energy efficiency measures, and quantify expected energy, demand, utility cost, and economic savings. The role requires the ability to translate modeling results into practical recommendations that can be incorporated into building designs while there is still an opportunity to influence equipment, systems, controls, envelope, and other design decisions.
The ideal candidate combines advanced building energy modeling capability with strong engineering judgment and consultative skills. This individual should be able to understand a developing building design, identify technically feasible efficiency opportunities, model alternatives and interactive effects, and clearly communicate the energy and financial value of recommended improvements to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Objectives of this Role
Whole-Building Energy Modeling: Develop accurate energy models for commercial new construction and major renovation projects using architectural and engineering design documents and appropriate modeling methodologies.
Design Optimization: Identify and evaluate energy efficiency opportunities during design and preconstruction, when recommendations can be incorporated into the final building design.
Energy and Cost Savings Analysis: Quantify annual energy savings, peak demand reductions, utility cost savings, incremental costs, payback, and other economic impacts associated with proposed efficiency improvements.
Baseline and Proposed Performance: Establish appropriate baseline and proposed building conditions in accordance with applicable energy codes, standards, utility program requirements, and modeling protocols.
Design Team Collaboration: Work consultatively with owners, architects, engineers, contractors, and program teams to evaluate alternatives and support adoption of cost-effective efficiency recommendations.
Technical Quality: Ensure models, assumptions, calculations, documentation, and recommendations are technically sound, transparent, reproducible, and consistent with program requirements.
Program Performance: Support utility and government-sponsored new construction programs in achieving energy savings, demand reduction, decarbonization, and customer participation objectives.
Daily and Monthly Responsibilities
Develop Whole-Building Energy Models: Build and maintain detailed energy models for commercial new construction and major renovation projects using EnergyPlus/OpenStudio, IES VE, eQUEST, Trane TRACE 3D Plus, or comparable tools.
Review Design Documents: Read and interpret architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and envelope drawings, specifications, schedules, narratives, and other design documentation at multiple stages of design.
Establish Baseline…