Senior Commissioning Engineer - Altanova

Senior Commissioning Engineer (New York) - Full-Time (Long Island City, Queens – Hybrid or remote)

Why join Altanova?

• We are an interdisciplinary and diverse team of super collaborators working hard to innovate at the forefront of our field on a variety of projects worldwide.
• This role offers the opportunity to engage in a technical leadership position and contribute to meaningful innovation in ambitious new and existing buildings as well as real estate portfolios.
• We care deeply about sustainability and creating a positive impact is part of our core mission.
• We offer generous benefits, ranging from profit-sharing to 5 weeks of vacation so we can all focus on the mission.

Please visit our website at altanova.io for additional firm information.

What this is all about?

We are looking for a qualified Senior Commissioning Engineer with mechanical engineering experience and field experience delivering commissioning projects and optimizing building systems.

The ideal candidate should have a strong quantitative mindset and be interested in working alongside engineers, strategists, architects, and designers with diverse perspectives. Together, you will develop and support unique strategies or original solutions to support our commercial, industrial, and corporate clients and guide them through the process of identifying energy efficiency measures, implementing them, and participating in state and regional energy efficiency programs.

What you will be doing?

As a Senior Commissioning Engineer, you will be spearheading new construction, monitoring-based/ongoing, and retro-commissioning projects for a wide range of clients.  You will be able to perform technical analyses necessary to interpret building operating data, independently review and provide technical feedback on construction documents, and communicate the business value of recommendations to a wide range of stakeholders within client organizations. 

You have genuine interests in a multitude of topics, including infrastructures, real estate, technologies, energy and environment, employee engagement, and change management, as they all pertain to our holistic view of energy management and sustainability.

You will work with cross-functional teams to serve primarily large commercial and residential development projects in the U.S. and internationally. You will do this by leveraging your technical expertise and collaborative approach to problem-solving to continuously evolve and improve commissioning processes and resources to meet client needs.

Given the nature of our work, you will receive robust support, but you should also be comfortable with ambiguity and independent work, which will sometimes include a certain degree of uncertainty through evolving strategies, new approaches to test, and concepts to distill into multiple deliverables with very different audiences in mind. This will require you to proactively engage with the team and clients in order to collect feedback and adjust your course of action. 

As a member of Altanova, you will be asked to participate in cross-pollinating all the lessons learned on your projects as far as new strategies, concepts, and methodologies, so that we can continuously improve our work and amplify our impact as a company. 

To join us, you need:

• A Bachelor's Degree (Master's preferred) in Mechanical Engineering, building science, or a related background is required.
• PE license (Tri-state, NY in particular), Commissioning, Retro-commissioning, HBDP, Certified Energy Manager, and/or Certified Energy Auditor accreditations.
• Experience as the commissioning authority on a minimum of two (2) LEED-certified projects.
• Successful completion of at least two (2) large-scale retro, ongoing, or monitoring-based commissioning projects.
• Energy Efficiency, high-performance building experience.
• Familiarity with federal, state, and regional energy efficiency programs, including EnergyStar MFNC, EGC, DOE ZERH, PHIUS, CHP, NYSERDA, NJ's P4P, ConEd, PSEG, or other energy conservatory programs.
• At ease attitude approaching ambiguous questions and thinking from first principles. 
• Aptitude to understand and build financial analysis to create simple and complex models for decision-making.
• Outstanding math and statistical skills, including experience in Excel modeling.
• Excellent technical writing and presenting skills.
• Business level ability in English.

It would be a bonus if you had

• Practical experience extracting building data (sub-meter & BMS data) into production analytics platforms.
• Building Energy Modeling and Simulation with EQuest/DOE2, EnergyPlus, and/or DesignBuilder exposure to modeling to ASHRAE Standard 90.1, Standard 55, and 62.1 in various design stages
• LEED accreditations, CPHC (Certified Passive House Consultant) professional certification
• High-Performance Building Design Professional Certification
• Experience coding in Python
• A second or a third language (as most of the current team)
• The desire to work in a small team environment with values of teamwork, creativity and optimism.

Application instructions: 

Altanova offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and background, a comprehensive benefits package, and an unlimited opportunity for growth for outstanding, engaged people.

If you desire to work for an energetic and growing company casual but highly professional environment, please submit your resume, a cover letter explaining your interest in energy efficiency, and salary requirements in PDF or Word format. Resumes without cover letters and salary requirements will not be considered.

Equal Opportunities

Altanova is an Equal Opportunity Employer that encourages diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

[ED1]Old version: At Altanova, you will be part of a resourceful team of skilled engineers, technologists, and strategists developing high-impact sustainability solutions by aligning our clients' businesses with all their stakeholders to create a positive impact, synergies, and shared value. We have a curious and vibrant culture united in the pursuit of solving vital problems while making our clients' organizations more successful since 2006. We draw from a multicultural team with diverse skills to identify innovative solutions that move markets. Our culture is open, flexible, and inclusive but also fierce and ambitious when it comes to the impact we wish to see in our world.