Energy Auditor

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Job Type: Full-time, Exempt

Location:

Wilmington, DE

Hiring Rate: $51,000-$68,000 per year, dependent on experience and education

Benefits:
Generous benefits package

Work Location:

Hybrid—three days remote and two days in-office. This role requires regular on-site client or field visits, including on days scheduled for remote work. Employees may work from home before or after site visits, depending on scheduling and operational needs.

New Ecology seeks an Energy Auditor to provide technical and project administrative support to projects in residential single family energy efficiency programs operated within New Ecology’s Existing Building Decarbonization team, primarily across the greater Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE areas. This includes evaluating existing buildings to improve their performance, scoping upgrades and full retrofits of existing heating, cooling, ventilation and hot water systems, and performing inspections to ensure work is completed to specification.

The Energy Auditor, who will be based in New Ecology’s Wilmington, DE office and working regionally, also supports the Engineering team with field visits and installations related to individual projects across New Ecology’s Mid-Atlantic region (from Washington, DC through central Pennsylvania) as needed.

• Residential Single Family Energy Efficiency Program Technical and Administrative Support
• Conducting energy audits for residential properties, including on-site assessment of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems and building enclosures;
• Developing recommendations for energy efficient upgrades to systems, including plumbing, HVAC, lighting, on-site generation, and other energy and water systems;
• Conducting quality control inspections of in process and completed projects;
• Communicating, verbally and in writing, with New Ecology staff, bidding and installation contractors, building facility staff and residents;
• Representing New Ecology at meetings and on site-visits;
• Generating audit and inspection reports;
• Managing a large volume of projects and associated documentation to ensure that the scoped and completed work is to specification;
• Use of modeling tools to determine load, savings, solar potential, etc., e.g. Be-Opt,Manual J and [SOLAR];
• Other tasks as the program requirements evolve.

New Ecology typically seeks to hire multidisciplinary, lifelong learners who naturally seek deeper understanding of how buildings operate and how systems impact buildings, residents, and communities.

• Technical certifications relevant to energy, resiliency, health and safety evaluation of single-family homes;
• 2+ years of experience in single-family home evaluation, inspection, construction, or delivery of other energy services;
• Ability to be in the field (at building sites) regularly, as often as 3-4 days per week;
• Ability to work in New Ecology’s office during scheduled team times, 1-2 days per week;
• A valid driver’s license and ability/ willingness to drive to sites within Greater Philadelphia and across the state of Delaware;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

• An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in a related, technical field, such as engineering, construction or HVAC;
• Understanding of building science principles and energy conservation methods for buildings;
• Professional designations such as AEE EA, BPI, BPI Multifamily or similar, relevant;
• Ability to manage time effectively and within project budget constraints;
• Ability to be responsible for projects and deliverables;
• Strong writing skills and experience writing reports for clients;
• Knowledge of utility rebate programs;
• Experience auditing single and multifamily buildings;
• Physical abilities to inspect all aspects of buildings including accessing basements and roofs, working outside, climbing stairs/ladders, and the ability to handle and carry equipment.

Position is based in Wilmington, DE and serves initiatives from greater Philadelphia through Washington, D.C. Physical presence at the Wilmington, DE office is required two…