Energy Engineer

About the Job

 
In this role, you will be helping to build the world’s most sophisticated and accurate building energy models and leveraging these models to evaluate energy saving measures. The success of this energy model hinges upon the application of your engineering and problem solving skills: studying mechanical and electrical systems, analyzing data, identifying discrepancies, recommending improvements, and evaluating results. Our customers rely heavily on this technology and your insights to track, optimize, and ultimately reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions across their portfolio. In this role, your efforts have a direct impact on reducing the energy consumption and environmental impact of the built environment.

This is a full-time position based in our Austin office.

Required Skills:

• Able to easily explain HVAC and engineering concepts
• Adept at learning/using new technologies and software tools
• Able to identify retrofit/replacement opportunities for existing commercial buildings
• Comfortable with managing multiple projects while still meeting deadlines
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and familiar with entire Microsoft Office suite

Preferred Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to identify key operational parameters via data mining of large building data sets
• Basic understanding of programming languages and software development
• Comfortable using modern team collaboration software tools (ex: Slack, Google Suite, Dropbox, Airtable)

Role Accountabilities / Responsibilities

As a Bractlet Energy Engineer, you can expect to:

• Determine and critically evaluate the operating strategies of HVAC and lighting systems
• Serve as the primary owner of incoming information flow from the customer into Bractlet’s software platform
• Provide guidance to customers during all phases of our process — onboarding, bidding, implementation, verification, and continuous support
• Continuously improve quality control standards and efficiency within the onboarding process
• Identify and document savings opportunities, leveraging Bractlet’s savings measure database
• Work with product teams to implement sequence of operations
• Contribute to Bractlet’s savings measure, implementation cost, and equipment databases
• Work directly with Modeling and Analytics, contributing to savings measure payback analysis
• Quality assure key incoming data streams, using both experience and engineering fundamentals

Education and Experience

Degrees and Certifications

Required:

• Bachelors in ME, ArchE, Architecture, or related programs

Preferred:

• EIT (Engineer in Training) Certification or Professional Engineer License
• Applicable ASHRAE certifications (ex: BEAP, BCxP)
• Applicable Association of Energy Engineers certifications (ex: EEP, CEM, CFM)
• Applicable LEED certification(s) (ex: Green Associate, AP BD+C, AP O+M)

Professional Experience

Required:

• 2+ years in the HVAC or building Energy Engineering industries
• Experience in predicting savings and estimating costs for recommended savings opportunities
• Adept at building and managing customer relationships

Preferred:

• Experience in the design and/or implementation of retrofit/replacement projects
• Background in energy simulation and data analysis
• Experience deciphering sequences of operations for the control of building automation systems
• History of self-managing and quickly assessing timelines
• Experience in a cross-functional team environment

More about Bractlet

Bractlet is on a mission to solve climate change through efficiency.

Leveraging the world’s largest energy efficiency dataset — over 1 trillion data points and counting — our team marries decades of industry experience in design, construction, and maintenance of building energy systems with machine learning and advanced thermodynamic simulation technology to provide the real estate industry’s most effective solution for optimizing building performance and maximizing invested capital.

To that end, we are building the world’s first comprehensive and open energy resource management (ERM) to provide a single source of truth for the built environment’s energy data. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data originates from many disparate sources and must ultimately satisfy the ever-evolving reporting requirements of several ratings services and agencies, creating a logistical data nightmare. Bractlet provides software tools to streamline and automate the management of this data, enabling our customers to proactively identify issues and satisfy any and all reporting or planning requirements on time and under budget.

Bractlet’s progressive culture features diverse, intelligent, and inquisitive individuals — characterized by their drive, innovation, integrity and humility — who excel in a close-knit and fast-paced team.

Benefits

Working at Bractlet is more than just a job; we support our employees in becoming the best versions of themselves. What that means to us:
 

• Flexible work and flexible schedule; whether or not you are fully-remote, part-time in the office, or coming into the office every day, Bractlet supports you to work your way, on your schedule
• Above market benefits; we believe your health and your family’s health are vital to your success, and offer competitive healthcare programs to ensure you and your family are covered
• Participate in the company’s success; we believe that all employees, from entry-level to the c-suite, are key to the company’s financial success, and we offer an ownership stake in the company to all employees

Equal Opportunity Employer

We believe that an individual’s unique background and experiences are vital to building a great culture and business that takes into account diverse perspectives, as such we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.

Additional Information

This job has an FLSA Status: Exempt. Management reserves the right to modify or alter job duties and responsibilities. These job duties are not all inclusive and may be subject to change without notice.