Senior Building Performance Analyst

Senior Building Performance Analyst

Firm Overview

Do more than just model! At dbHMS, we are a collection of doers and thinkers. We combine our passion for engineering and modeling with our client's vision to realize successful construction projects in our community and worldwide. Together with our clients, we are dedicated to leaving a legacy of stewardship and innovation through our impact on the built environment. Our staff of talented individuals and unique characters is united in their dedication to deliver high-performance, efficient, and sustainable buildings worldwide.

Our Data Based+ Studio
, in our Chicago office, is seeking a Senior Building Performance Analyst
. This role will support high performance simulation for a variety of projects while working closely with our internal team in delivering efficient and long-lasting buildings.

Our dynamic work environment provides the perfect opportunity to advance your career while developing and fine-tuning your skills along with offering a supportive office culture, diverse workforce, flexible work schedules, and regular social events. At dbHMS, you will find everything you need for an exciting, challenging, and rewarding career.

dbHMS is committed to a diverse workforce and to providing a safe, accessible workplace. Most duties will be performed in an office environment. While dbHMS currently operates with both hybrid and remote-only work policies, this position is a hybrid position with in-office responsibilities. The typical work week consists of five eight-hour shifts.

dbHMS offers a competitive benefits package
* that includes:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Insurance - Health, Dental, Vision, and Life
• Paid Time Off
• Professional Organization dues reimbursement

* Waiting period may apply.

We offer a dynamic work environment where innovation and collaboration are encouraged. If you are passionate about energy efficiency and have the skills we are looking for, we would love to hear from you.

Position Overview

The Data Based+ studio within dbHMS delivers data-based, human-centered design support services to clients with a vision for industry-leading performance across sustainability, resilience, human health and wellness, and operating cost. At Data Based+, Senior Building Performance Analysts ask and answer questions that lead to design decisions which improve the indoor air quality and thermal comfort, minimize the cost, and maximize the resource efficiency of buildings, campuses, neighborhoods, or regions.

In addition, they facilitate the discussions that lead project teams toward higher performance.

Every new building, major renovation, or community planning project at Data Based+ and dbHMS has a Senior Building Performance Analyst as part of the design team. It forms the backbone of our approach to delivering the best built environment for our clients. Additionally, Senior Building Performance Analysts play a strong part in the training and mentorship of junior team members. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in energy code compliance, HVAC system modeling in tools such as IES or Open Studio, and energy performance analysis.

Primary Responsibilities

• Articulate building systems and science principles to clients in a meaningful way.
• Analyze the resource use of engineered building systems and their components at all scales from the system level up through and including the regional grid level and accurately predict their impact on energy efficiency, human health, and environmental sustainability.
• Conduct detailed energy code compliance modeling and predictive energy modeling, with a strong emphasis on building HVAC systems including DOAS VRF, ground-source heat pumps, radiant systems, and chilled beams.
• Apply knowledge of passive and active engineered systems to make recommendations about building components and design elements.
• Learn concepts rapidly, then apply them and articulate them appropriately. This includes but is not limited to: technologies/strategies associated with high performance building design, ever evolving building codes and standards, and benchmarking tools associated with high performance building design (e.g. Living Building Challenge, Passivhaus).
• Collaborate with internal and external project design teams to provide guidance on building enclosure and system design based on the results of building performance modeling.
• Survey existing buildings and identify systems and components.
• Manage client relationships.
• Schedule work responsibilities and perform quality reviews on work products within the studio.
• Mentor junior staff in both technical and professional matters.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering; graduate degree is preferred.
• Proficiency in IES or Energy Plus/Open Studio.
• Seven to ten years of experience with building projects in North America and a comprehensive understanding of energy use in buildings.
• Strong background in heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid flow.
• Ability to read and understand construction documents, floor plans,…