Resource Conservation Engineering Consultant

Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc, ranked as one of Seattle's 14 hottest companies, is a professional firm specializing in sustainability, water resource management, education, outreach & social marketing, and solid waste management consulting throughout the country.

Pioneering a sustainable future, Cascadia Consulting Group works with its clients to develop and implement creative solutions to twenty-first century environmental challenges. Cascadia provides a wide range of services to government and business sector clients. Because we focus on meeting or exceeding our clients' expectations, most of our clients are repeat customers. We also recognize that it is our employees who make this exceptional service and quality possible. We strive to hire and retain intelligent, interesting, and proactive people with complementary skills.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting resource conservation audits for commercial and industrial customers, identifying energy and water conservation opportunities and calculating financial returns (including utility rebates) and paybacks associated with those opportunities,
• Initiating business development opportunities with local utilities and business clients.
• Participating in climate change related work such as: conducting carbon footprint assessments, developing additional quantitative tools to measure emissions and model the costs and benefits of specific mitigation strategies.
• Developing and providing expertise to clients related to purchasing more efficient energy consuming products, improving operation and maintenance practices, and various carbon registries/offsets.
• Developing new quantitative tools to assist clients in assessing their sustainability impacts, setting goals and targets and measuring their progress with indicators and metrics.
• Assisting with providing strategic and management consulting services to clients that links environmental performance, including climate change, to achieving corporate outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Engineering degree preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Facilities Manager (CFM) or Certified Building Operator (CBO) designation desired.
• LEED certification preferred.
• 3-5 years of related work experience.
• Knowledge of energy and water conservation opportunities and technologies appropriate for commercial and institutional applications.
• Ability to articulate cost savings resulting from energy/water conservation initiatives/technologies in terms of payback periods, ROI, and other metrics commonly used to justify capital expenditures by business professionals.
• Proven success securing new business and interest in fostering partnerships with other firms and agencies.
• Ability to translate technical information into written reports, presentations and proposals that appeal to customers.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills.

Compensation: Salary DOE; compensation is competitive within the resource conservation management consulting field.

To Apply:

Please email your resume and letter of interest with "Resource Conservation Engineering Consultant" in your email subject line. The position will remain open until filled. Please note how you learned of this job opening in your cover letter or email message.

Cascadia Consulting Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.