Hybrid Building Performance Engineer – Energy & Decarbonization Job Town of Middleton Wisconsin USA,Engineering

Location: Town of Middleton

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!

Building Performance Engineer

Job Location s

US-WI-Middleton

Job

Category
Engineering - Building Performance
Position Type
Regular Full-Time
# of Openings
2
Posted Date
1 month ago (10/30/2025 11:05 AM)
Remote
No

Overview:

Bring Your Engineering Passion, Collaboration, and Expertise to HGA!

Join Us as a Building Performance Specialist/Engineer

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

In this role you will:

identify and document high performance opportunities for existing and new construction buildings through commissioning and retrocommissioning;

assist design teams to increase design projects' energy performance;

assist design teams with strategy and compliance with energy-related documentation such as code, LEED, and region-specific programs such as Minnesota B3 and California Title 24;

collaboratively identify opportunities and develop appropriate and effective performance studies;

execute a wide range of simulation workflows including climate analysis, energy benchmarking, occupant comfort criteria (thermal, day lighting and glare), facade and envelope optimization and conceptual energy modeling;

clearly communicate the findings/results to project teams through effective documentation and visualizations;

assist with planning study projects;

interact and communicates effectively and professionally with other team members;

show flexibility and adaptability to change within a fast-paced, team environment, often with tight deadline; and

support an internal network charged with advancing…