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# Building Energy Engineer
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# Description
We are currently seeking a Energy Engineer to join the team as a member of our growing Energy division in Salt Lake City\.
McKinstry's success isn't a matter of fate or luck\. It's the natural consequence of our commitment to innovation\.\.\.how we support our employees\.\.\.the unique truly integrated way we deliver\.\.\.the long\-term relationships we forge with our clients\.\.\.and our unwavering commitment to creating buildings that are good to their owners, occupants, and the environment\. Innovation runs on ideas, which can come from anywhere\. Projects at McKinstry are not owned by individuals or departments, but by all of us, which is why it's common to see new employees from one discipline collaborating with 30\-year veterans from another\.
Established in 1960, McKinstry is a full\-service design, build, operate and maintain \(DBOM\) firm with over 1,600 employees\. McKinstry’s professional staff and trades people deliver consulting, construction, energy, and facility services\. As an early adopter of the DBOM process, the company advocates collaborative and sustainable solutions that are designed to ensure occupant comfort, improve systems efficiency, reduce facility operational costs, and ultimately optimize client profitability for the life of their building\. While we are well known for our expertise in design build delivery, our full service offerings of mechanical, electrical, data and plumbing have been the hallmark of our success\.
This person will be responsible for:
Analysis
+ Quantifies facility improvement measures including electrical, mechanical, control, water, wastewater, envelope, solid waste, irrigation, and lighting systems\.
+ Performs calculations using modeling software, spreadsheets and utility calculation tools\.
+ Performs schematic design for building mechanical and lighting systems including drawings and layout and written design narratives\.
+ Develops Key Performance Indicators for projects\.
Project Management
+ Coordinate facility site visits and communicate with outside vendors\.
+ Coordinate with Design team to measure feasibility, basis of design and scope of work development\.
+ Provide technical assistance to the sales team in developing overall projects in a strategic manner\.
+ Facilitate and structure Project Risk Reviews for Energy Calculations prior to presenting ROM or Final savings\.
Other duties as assigned\.
Qualified candidates will possess the following:
REQUIRED EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE and ABILITIES
+ Must have demonstrated proficiency for all the responsibilities of a Building Energy Analyst\.
+ Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite \- Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook required; working knowledge of SharePoint preferred\.
+ Demonstrated proficiency for all the responsibilities of a Building Energy Analyst/Auditor required\.
+ Understanding of Energy Services Performance Contracting required\.
+ Industry calculation methods including degree\-day method, bin method, hourly simulation, lighting, affinity laws, and electrical load and power calculations required\.
+ Previous Energy Auditor, Commissioning, HVAC design or building controls experience preferred\.
+ 2 \(two\) years of mechanical or electrical design experience preferred\.
+ CEM, PE, LEED, CPM professional designations preferred\.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
+ Ability and willingness to travel regionally\.
+ Physical ability to navigate jobsites in uneven terrain\.
+ Provide personal transportation for meetings and job visits away from the office; reimbursed\.
Our company culture includes a robust mix of sound business practices and employee initiatives that promote personal and professional development, work/life balance, health and wellness and community involvement\.
The Company is an equal opportunity employer\. We believe every employee has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination\. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, ancestry, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, or Veteran or military status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by local, state or federal law in the relevant jurisdiction\. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to employment, advancement, assignment and training\.
McKinstry is committed to strengthening our diversity through recruiting and retaining minority and women professionals from all backgrounds\. Our commitment is consistent with our recognition that it is the outstanding people within McKinstry who have always been the source of our strength\. We recognize that promoting diversity is an integral component of our continuing quest for organizational excellence\.
This commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity is made equally as a social responsibility and as an economic and business necessity\.
Anyone with questions or concerns regarding Equal Employment Opportunity should contact their direct supervisor or the Human Resources Department without fear of retaliation of any kind\.