Senior Energy Engineer

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BAE Systems Electronic Systems (ES) is seeking an energy engineer to join our energy management team supporting the New England region properties; this technical position will report to the Energy and Utility Manager. The energy management team is part of the ES Facilities organization and is focused on driving progress towards the business’s resource use reductions goals, lowering utility costs, enhancing environmental performance and embracing new technologies in the operation of the ES sectors national portfolio of buildings. The energy management team is committed to enhancing the bottom line by effectively managing energy, water and waste through design and operation of our facilities.

This is a hybrid position with the selected candidate needing to reside within the New England region. The New England region consists of 16 properties encompassing 3.2M square feet of space. The New England region is supported by three energy engineers who will divide the properties; this position will be responsible for 3 properties encompassing approximately 1.3M square feet. The candidate selected for this position will be primarily responsible for facilities in Nashua, NH, and Hudson, NH. Preference will be for candidates within the southern NH or northern MA area. The successful candidate will be required to travel regularly to these locations; at times and to start out travel will be weekly. The New England Energy Engineer will be an active member of the team at each site, driving engagement in the energy management program at each site and driving the sites progress towards the business’ resource reduction goals. The primary function of this position is to act as an energy management resource for each facility.

The Role:
• Lead engagement with site teams at the assigned sites through regular meetings; supporting the sites in identifying reduction opportunities, developing a strategy to meet resource reduction goals, establishing project measurement and verification methodology, and reviewing design documents for upcoming projects.
• Travel regularly to each site to support the site team in identifying new reduction opportunities, in conducting internal audits and in supporting external audits, in commissioning new projects and in gaining a thorough understanding of the sites operation as it relates to energy consumption. Site visits will likely be weekly to gain familiarity with the facilities and their operations.
• Develop and scope out capital improvement measures as well as building optimization, operations and maintenance measures.
• Remotely support site team in the development of new reduction projects by conducting feasibility studies and total cost of ownership assessments, estimating energy savings, calculating return on investment estimates, developing project scopes of work, and proactively pursuing funding for new projects to ensure timely implementation.
• Identify and capture rebates and incentives associated with reduction projects.
• Make use of building management systems to optimize the buildings operations and to expand the departments insight into energy use at each site.
• Support quarterly environmental reporting through collection on utility consumption data.
• Collaborate with the energy management team in piloting new technology and building out a more comprehensive energy management program throughout the business.

Required Education, Experience & Skills:
• Bachelor's degree in Energy Management, Engineering, Facilities Management, Environmental Technology or 3-5 years of experience in the areas of commercial energy management, energy efficiency, energy auditing, and building infrastructure and systems or equivalent experience
• Strong interpersonal skills involving interfacing with both internal and external parties
• Reporting and documentation and proficiency in Microsoft Outlook. Word, Excel, Power Point
• Strong communication skills
• Team oriented
• Proven problem solver, proactive in driving your sites path to net zero
• Strong organizational skill
• Strong experience in building automation and management systems and MEP systems
• Experience in developing energy reduction projects
• Experience with energy savings calculations