Senior Building Technologies Specialist

Position Description

Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation's largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle's electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

City Light's Electrification and Strategic Technology (EST) Division oversees the Utility's efforts related to transportation and building electrification, grid modernization, and strategic technology. The Lab at City Light is part of the EST division and serves as a workforce education and training resource for architects, designers, engineers, contractors, installers, facility owners and operators, and similar roles involved in building electrification projects.

The Lab's core offerings include virtual, in‑person, and hands‑on education and training, technology evaluation and demonstration, tools and resources, and tracking and reporting on market and industry trends.

The Lab at City Light is hiring a Senior Building Technologies Specialist to assist us in developing and deploying training and education, providing technical assistance on customer projects, and serving as a subject‑matter expert to inform internal program and policy development and in representing City Light at regional and national forums and committees.

The successful candidate will have field experience and expertise in HVAC, water heating, building envelope, building engineering, and commissioning; have strong communication skills; and the ability to educate audiences with different levels of technical understanding. This position will report to The Lab at City Light's executive director.

Here is more about what you'll be doing:

This position's key responsibilities include:

• Research and evaluate building electrification products, technologies, and design approaches
• Design, develop, and deliver educational content, tools, and resources on building electrification topics for a diversity of audiences in virtual and in‑person settings
• Conceptualize, plan, and design lab‑scale and in‑situ evaluations and demonstrations of building electrification products, technologies, and design approaches for the purposes of assessing and comparing performance, capabilities, practices, and features
• Lead projects, programs, and project teams with strong project and time management skills; these efforts may include (but not limited to) capital improvement projects, pilots, demonstrations, education programs, et cetera
• Provide technical assistance on building electrification topics to internal and external stakeholders
• Establish relationships within the city, public‑sector partners, and market actors for collaboration on programs, projects, and programming
• Contribute to and draft articles, white papers, reports, grant proposals, blog postings, newsletter entries on behalf of Lighting Design lab and City Light
• Represent the Lab and City Light at local and national industry conferences and gatherings, and contribute to industry‑led committee work including codes and standards development
• Create computer simulations, conduct cost‑benefit analyses, perform and prepare building audit reports, and present findings and best practice recommendations to technical and non‑technical audiences
• Develop and conduct technology evaluation and validation processes
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

Baccalaureate degree in energy management, engineering, architecture or a related discipline and three years experience in professional commercial or industrial energy management analysis (other combinations of education, training and experience will be evaluated on an individual basis for comparability).

Desired Qualifications -

• Expert knowledge of, understanding of, or experience with the following concepts:
• 4 or more years of designing or managing construction projects, as well as experience and knowledge of residential and commercial building science and electrification technologies, topics, and design practices, including heat…