Senior Technical Manager, Building Codes & Policy

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Full Time Chicago, IL, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $85,000.00 To $ Annually

Mission:
The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) is a collaborative network, promoting energy efficiency to optimize energy generation, reduce consumption, create jobs and decrease carbon emissions in all Midwest communities.

Vision: MEEA seeks an achievable pathway for all people and communities in the Midwest to receive the economic, environmental and societal benefits of energy efficiency and the larger clean energy economy.

At MEEA, we leverage our expertise to be the Midwest’s leading resource for our members, allies, policymakers and the broader energy sector to promote energy efficiency as the essential pathway to achieve a clean, affordable, equitable and sustainable future. We see energy efficiency as the least cost foundation of the clean energy economy, creating immediate energy savings, providing career pathways, reducing emissions, improving new and existing buildings and boosting Midwest business and industries.

MEEA develops connections and engagement opportunities for a diverse group of organizations to collaboratively create practical solutions. MEEA serves as a technical resource and promotes program and policy best practices and highlights emerging technologies, all to maximize energy savings, reduce costs, improve resilience and lower energy burden.

MEEA is seeking a hybrid/remote Senior Technical Manager to join the Building Codes & Policy (BC&P) Team. This position will lead and expand MEEA’s technical capabilities and resources to help advance building energy codes and standards, Building Performance Standards (BPS), and other building policies at the local, state, and regional level across MEEA’s 13-state region.

In this role you will:

• Develop content and train the code officials, builders, designers and policymakers necessary to ensure the benefits of building policies are realized in the Midwest
• Lead new research and energy modeling-based analysis to inform building policy decisions
• Develop new technical resources and tools that industry stakeholders rely on
• Represent MEEA as a technical expert in building policy and regulatory activities

Success in this role requires a deep technical understanding of energy codes and building science, and the ability to convey complex information to audiences ranging from code officials to legislators. You will work closely with the BC&P Director and collaboratively across all of MEEA’s teams and broader portfolio of work.

• Design and deliver virtual and in-person technical training for code officials, builders, design professionals, utilities, and policymakers across the region
• Coordinate educational and outreach activities to increase awareness and understanding of building energy policy and programs, including the key role of energy efficiency

• Develop new research concepts and lead research focused on energy codes, BPS, and intersecting research areas
• Lead residential and commercial energy modeling and cost-effectiveness analyses of proposed codes, amendments, stretch codes and other building policies

• Develop technical resources including compliance tools, code comparison documents, cost-effectiveness analyses, fact sheets and presentations to improve policy implementation
• Track construction and building policy trends across the region to serve as a resource for MEEA membership and other MEEA staff