Senior Engineer, Measurement & Verification (NORESCO)

Job Number: 8770

External Description:

NORESCO, a part of Carrier Global Corporation, helps clients modernize aging building systems and upgrade energy and water infrastructure to meet the evolving demands of the 21st century. We implement innovative energy efficiency, distributed generation, energy storage, and renewable energy solutions that optimize the operational efficiency and improve resilience of buildings, campuses, military installations, and communities. To date, NORESCO has implemented solutions that provide more than $5 billion in guaranteed energy and operating cost savings at more than 10,000 facilities, while reducing customer CO2 emissions by more than 25 million metric tons – the equivalent of planting 1.4 million acres of forest. 

About this role

The Measurement & Verification (M&V) Energy Engineer is a position reporting to one of our Performance Assurance Managers. You will join a team of energy engineers in the department who are tasked with developing and executing M&V plans for our energy conservation projects. NORESCO is an engineering-centric performance contracting organization and has over 150 in-house engineers from nearly every discipline.

Energy Engineers are key members of our project teams and provide strong technical leadership. Our teams include representatives from multiple departments; Development, Analysis, Construction, M&V, Commissioning, and O&M.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute performance assurance and savings verification activities for assigned projects. NORESCO has a large portfolio of energy savings performance contract and utility energy service contract projects.
• Collect field data, either on-site, remotely, or using other NORESCO resources and use that data to prepare monthly, quarterly and annual M&V reports as required for each project.
• With support from their manager create project and energy conservation measure (ECM) specific M&V approaches with Project Development teams based on customer requirements and scope of project. Ensure those approaches are translated and captured in a detailed and clearly defined M&V plan. Plan development may also include baseline measurement and data collection plans and development of subcontractor scopes of work for M&V activities.
• Support M&V budget development and resource forecasting for M&V activities on assigned projects during project development, construction, and throughout the performance period. 
• Assist with calculating energy savings in accordance with the M&V plan, including:
  • Developing new and updating existing energy simulation models using methods which may include Excel bin model analysis, eQuest and/or EnergyPro tools.
  • Development of energy savings analysis tools for data from loggers, data acquisition systems (i.e. solar PV), cogeneration historians and building management systems (BMS) data using Python
  • FEMP/IPMVP Option B and Option C verification methods
  • Evaluating actual and contractual utility rates
  • Track changes to customer facilities that may affect the performance of installed ECMs
• Monitor and evaluate ECM performance remotely and on site; including data collection, review of metered data, utility bills, and BMS data
• Diagnose HVAC and building system performance issues using cross functional support from other NORESCO departments as well as with internally developed trend analytic charting tools
• Coordinate and review results of on-site inspections and O&M record reviews to verify performance and ongoing operation and maintenance practices for ECMs installed by NORESCO
• Participate in customer meetings to present findings from the ongoing M&V activities and reporting
• Work with other NORESCO departments and customers to resolve ECM performance and reporting issues
• Perform quality control reviews for peer written customer deliverables (i.e. M&V reports)
• With support from the M&V team, participate in and coordinate measurements of electric power and energy, temperature, humidity, liquid or gas flow rates, pressure, and other parameters at customer sites
• With support from their manager develop subcontractor scopes of work on assigned projects for M&V activities including data collection
• Other duties as assigned
• Travel up to 25%

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Science/Mathematics and 3+ Years experience working with UESC and/or ESPC contracts

Or

• High School Diploma/ GED and 7+ Years experience with eQuest, EnergyPro and Excel bin model analysis and software development

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with eQuest, EnergyPro and Excel bin model analysis
• Experience with industry standard energy savings calculations (i.e. lighting and water conservation)
• Experience with Python
• Familiarity with FEMP, IPMVP and M&V concepts
• PE, CMVP and/or CEM accreditation
• Experience executing M&V projects

• Experience completing measurements for electric power and energy, temperature, humidity, liquid or gas flow rates, pressure, and other parameters

What Makes Us Unique

Our employees depend on each other and the diversity of perspectives, skills, and experience we have together to support our customers and our company. We strive to hire the best people and to provide an environment where those people can do their best work while having a tangible impact on energy conservation and slowing climate change. That is why NORESCO is a leader in the energy industry.

Core Values

Our culture is rooted in the core values of Carrier. These values define the way we do business and are your assurance of engineering and construction reliability, equipment performance, energy and operating cost savings and complete satisfaction:

• Quality
• Performance
• Responsibility
• Innovation
• Customer Care
• Employee Opportunity

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Location_formattedLocationLong: Massachusetts, US