Building Performance Engineer
Listed on 2025-12-25
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Engineering
Energy Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineer
Building Performance Engineer
Job Location s:
Middleton, Milwaukee (US-WI)
Bring Your Engineering Passion, Collaboration, and Expertise to HGA!
Join Us as a Building Performance Specialist/Engineer
Are you passionate about high-performance buildings and sustainable design? HGA is seeking a Building Performance Specialist/Engineer to support our offices and diverse market sectors across the country.
In this role, you'll collaborate with project teams to address a range of building performance and energy optimization goals throughout all phases of design, construction, and operation. Your contributions will directly support and elevate HGA's commitment to industry-leading sustainable design.
As part of HGA's Building Performance Group, you'll engage in a variety of meaningful services, including:
- Leading commissioning efforts from design through construction for MEP systems
- Leading retrocommissioning projects to enhance performance and reduce energy costs in existing buildings
- Designing renewable energy systems, including solar PV and battery storage
- Leading decarbonization planning for new and existing facilities
- Performing energy modeling and analysis to provide strategic sustainability guidance to design teams
- Applying knowledge of HVAC and electrical systems to design high-performance solutions, including heat pumps and geothermal systems
- Helping to develop effective training tools for architects and engineers to advance building performance
This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on sustainable architecture, engineering, and integrated design. If you're ready to shape the future of building performance — we'd love to hear from you!
Responsibilities- Researching emerging tools and assisting in the development of new workflows;
- Assisting in ongoing office-wide training efforts to elevate our internal knowledge and support a network of experts in all HGA offices;
- Collaborating with an internal team of building performance practitioners.
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in architectural engineering or mechanical engineering
- PE license preferred
- 3-5 years' experience in engineering, sustainable design, energy analysis, or commissioning
- LEED AP credential and/or ASHRAE credentials and/or CABEC Certified Energy Analyst (CEA) preferred
- Familiarity or experience with the new and existing building energy performance services such as commissioning & retro-commissioning
- Experience with digital building performance analysis tools such as Open Studio, Trane Trace, eQuest, Energy Plus, IES, Design Builder, TRNSYS, Climate Consultant, Ladybug and Honeybee for Grasshopper, DIVA for Rhino, COMFEN, WUFI, Therm, etc.
- Knowledgeable in building certification programs (LEED, LBC, WELL), building energy codes, and ASHRAE Standards such as 55, 62.1, 90.1 and 209.
- Knowledge and experience with economic grants and incentive programs preferred
- Working knowledge of architectural production software:
AutoCAD, Revit, Sketch-Up, Rhino and/or related software - Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
The pay range listed aligns to the geography of the office for which this position is posted. Actual compensation will be based upon work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Individuals in this role working more than 24 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in HGA's robust benefit programs which include an annual bonus and success sharing bonus program, 401(k) guaranteed contribution, paid parental leave, medical, dental and life insurance plans as well as PTO and short- and long-term disability programs.
Salary Range: $53,300 - $72,100.
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