Building Intelligence Engineer
Washington DC, DC
Full Time
Mid Level
ABOUT US:
Buildings in our beautiful cities, where we live and work, are producing 40% of the CO2 going into our atmosphere contributing to global warming. We need to HEAT, VENTILATE, AIR CONDITION our buildings 24/7. Most of the energy consumed in a building is for our comfort and as much as 50% of it is wasted!!! This is because buildings have little to no technology to control this.
Parity Inc. is a software as a service (SaaS) designed to reduce energy waste from buildings!! Using advanced algorithms, Parity is able to predict the amount of energy needed ahead of time to operate a building to meet its residents' demand and adapt the building's systems and machinery in real time. We save our customers and building operators:
Buildings in our beautiful cities, where we live and work, are producing 40% of the CO2 going into our atmosphere contributing to global warming. We need to HEAT, VENTILATE, AIR CONDITION our buildings 24/7. Most of the energy consumed in a building is for our comfort and as much as 50% of it is wasted!!! This is because buildings have little to no technology to control this.
Parity Inc. is a software as a service (SaaS) designed to reduce energy waste from buildings!! Using advanced algorithms, Parity is able to predict the amount of energy needed ahead of time to operate a building to meet its residents' demand and adapt the building's systems and machinery in real time. We save our customers and building operators:
- Time by automating setpoint adjustments and through our mobile platform that provides early alerting services when problems occur
- Money. Parity typically contractually guarantees the savings that we expect to deliver our customers. We provide quarterly and annual energy savings reports.
- Emissions by providing sustained reductions in the carbon footprints of the buildings we work with.
THE ROLE:
We are looking for a Building Intelligence Engineer based in the Washington DC metro area to join our team and help us to ensure that all client buildings are adapted to work successfully with the Parity platform.
Leveraging your background in engineering and knowledge of HVAC systems, you will partner with our Sales & Operations teams to ensure that all buildings in our portfolio are quoted, set-up and optimized throughout their time with us. This is a high-impact role as you will be the second member of our building intelligence engineering team based in the Mid-Atlantic. You’ll also work closely with leaders from the sales and operations teams. We are looking for someone hungry, eager to learn, and passionate about the climate technology space!
RESPONSIBILITIES:
We are looking for a Building Intelligence Engineer based in the Washington DC metro area to join our team and help us to ensure that all client buildings are adapted to work successfully with the Parity platform.
Leveraging your background in engineering and knowledge of HVAC systems, you will partner with our Sales & Operations teams to ensure that all buildings in our portfolio are quoted, set-up and optimized throughout their time with us. This is a high-impact role as you will be the second member of our building intelligence engineering team based in the Mid-Atlantic. You’ll also work closely with leaders from the sales and operations teams. We are looking for someone hungry, eager to learn, and passionate about the climate technology space!
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conduct on-site assessments of our client's buildings to prepare initial estimated savings, integration costs and savings for Parity service
- Use Parity modeling tools to compete energy analyses of our client’s buildings based on the on-site assessments, historical utility data, mechanical equipment specs, available building drawings, and current control sequences in order to estimate the energy savings potential from implementing Parity’s solution
- Interviewing building staff to understand existing control protocols as well as challenges
- Supporting sales team as they develop proposals
- Develop and maintain understanding of local incentive landscape including determining eligible incentives and relevant requirements for Parity service
- Develop and maintain relationships with local electrical, mechanical and controls contractors
- Mange procurement of necessary hardware and installations services pricing from contractors
- Manage installation and set-up phase of Parity service from start to finish to ensure projects are completed on-schedule and on-budget while keeping clients updated on progress throughout the length of each project.
- Establishing communication between Parity’s software platform and field controllers/devices in our client’s buildings, along with establishing and testing of control sequence(s) with support from Parity’s programming team to reduce energy waste.
- Manage incentive application and procurement process on behalf of Parity
- Complete final commissioning and sign off of systems to ensure that Parity, Client and incentive program requirements are met
- Support Party service delivery team as a local technical resource as needed for buildings that are live in the Parity system
- Help to optimize existing systems and process to best serve the Washington DC market
- Support business development efforts by providing the sales team with market details and other useful information and/or contacts.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on Washington DC’s and Maryland’s Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) and other relevant local policies, regulations and trends
QUALIFICATIONS:
- An academic background in Engineering, with a passion for HVAC, building automation or mechanical/electrical engineering
- 2-5 years experience working in at least one of the following areas:
- Energy auditing, and/or energy services
- MEP Engineering
- Controls/Building Automation
- Familiarity working with energy incentive programs
- Ability to travel to client sites within the Washington DC and Baltimore metro areas
- You are eager to grow, learn and tackle new opportunities in a fast-growing startup environment
- You are a quick learner, and only need to be shown something once before doing it yourself, and then going back to improve the process
- You constantly seek efficiency and optimization of processes and procedures; you look for gaps and work to fill them.
- Preference will be given to candidates with any of the following additional qualifications:
- Experience working with MEP drawings, including controls drawings
- Experience managing installation/retrofit projects
- Experience working with building automation systems
- Experience with Niagara Tridium products and applications
WHY JOIN US?
Join our organization in a key role during a period of tremendous growth and directly contribute to its future success. Contribute to a world-changing product that is working to make the world a better place through reduced CO2 emissions in multifamily buildings. Have the autonomy to learn and grow in a fast-moving, start-up environment.
OTHER GREAT STUFF:Join our organization in a key role during a period of tremendous growth and directly contribute to its future success. Contribute to a world-changing product that is working to make the world a better place through reduced CO2 emissions in multifamily buildings. Have the autonomy to learn and grow in a fast-moving, start-up environment.
- Benefits: Parity offers a comprehensive health benefit package - health is wealth!
- Wellness programs: This year we launched a partnership with FitnessBound. Every week we offer a virtual HIIT or Yoga.
- In addition to a competitive vacation package we also offer an additional 10 days of PTO: sick/personal days
- Remote Position: This is a fully remote position. However, it will require time onsite at customer buildings.
- Purpose and Impact: We hire top talent that cares about the social impact and vision, to help make urban living sustainable. It really makes a difference to work alongside a group of individuals who are all dedicated and passionate about creating positive change.
- Training and development: Each employee has a $1000 training allowance that can be used however they like, as long as it supports their role or growth within the company.
- Employee Options: Every single employee in the company has the opportunity to participate in our equity incentive plan.
Equal Opportunity Employment: Parity is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We are happy to consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, or other accommodations, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Parity welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.Apply for this position
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