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Job Posting – Tacoma Power: Senior Energy Management Engineer

June 22, 2026 By SBC staff

Tacoma Power is looking for a Senior Energy Management Engineer, could this be you? If you’re looking for a new opportunity, consider checking out the job details below or clicking here for the full posting: Senior Energy Management Engineer | Job Details tab | Career Pages

 

Tacoma Power’s Power Management team is looking for a Senior Energy Management Engineer to join their team. The Senior Energy Management Engineer plays a critical role in developing and delivering energy programs for Tacoma Power’s commercial and industrial customers. In this role, you will  conduct advanced level engineering technical activities to help customers meet their energy goals, meet Tacoma Power program requirements, and ultimately contribute to Tacoma Power’s strategic and compliance goals, including energy conservation targets. This position is responsible for in-depth stakeholder and customer engagement, project management, and will play a key role in higher level program development and management . As the customer energy program portfolio evolves, you will contribute to program design, development and continuous improvement activities to ensure that Tacoma Power continues to meet customer energy needs and adapt to the rapidly changing energy industry…

Responsibilities Include:

  • Preparing energy calculations related to commercial and industrial customer facilities, includingrefrigeration systems, industrial processes and compressed air, water and wastewater systems, HVAC systems, pumping and ventilation systems, motors and drives, lighting and domestic water systems
  • Reviewing calculations and energy simulation models, energy evaluation reports and proposals prepared by consultants and others
  • Providing specifications, recommendations, and related engineering analyses; provide economic analyses of energy efficiency alternatives, load management and billing/rate impacts
  • Providing detailed measurement and verification protocols and evaluate energy performance of installed efficiency projects
  • Conducting field audits and inspections and interact directly with customers and trade allies such as engineering firms
  • Performing complex energy analyses using large datasets, developing statistical and regression models, quantifying project and program impacts; creating analytical tools and performance metrics, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver accurate and verifiable results.
  • Researching and developing reports for new technologies for mechanical systems, products, and processes relevant to commercial and industrial energy systems.
  • Partnering with program managers in cross-functional teams, to contribute to program design, development, and continuous improvement, including  improving program workflows, developing quality-control practices, creating and testing technical tools, and supporting training efforts that ensure consistent and accurate delivery of customer energy programs.

More details and application available at: Senior Energy Management Engineer | Job Details tab | Career Pages

Filed Under: Jobs

Qualified Energy Manager Virtual Training 6/25 & 6/26

June 17, 2026 By SBC staff

The dates for the new updated live QEM training have been determined! 

June 25th & 26th from 09:00 am to 12:00 pm.

The two days will cover different content. So, you will need to attend both days to hear the complete curriculum.

Register Today!

Filed Under: Resources, Webinars

May Monthly Wrap-Up

June 11, 2026 By SBC staff

SBX Plus and a Call for Speakers!

SBX Registration is OPEN – Smart Buildings Exchange Nov 9-10 2026 register today and use this link to direct your colleagues to the registration site

SBX+, our webinar series leading up to the in-person event, is well underway. You can get access to both the webinar series and the in-person event for a bundled rate. Recordings are available of all the webinars to this point. May was marked by the Efficient Energy Management with ISO 50001 webinar, which is available to view now!

Next up: Sept. 16 – Retrocommissioning as a Tool for Compliance with Building Performance Standards

Also, don’t forget that the SBX Call for Speakers is now open! Don’t miss your chance to shape the conversation, if you or someone you know is interested in speaking at SBX this year we want to hear from you. Check out the blog post for all the details.

AEE West

We took a little trip over to the east side and set-up shop at AEE West. Here’s some highlight photos of us talking with the attendees and our very own Rebecca Sheppard presenting!

 

Operator of the Year 2026 – Nominations Closing

We’re coming to the end of the Operator of the Year nominations! Please check out the blog post for all the details and get your nominations in at this form by midnight (PT) tomorrow, 6/12. We have some excellent candidates this year and can’t wait to announce the winner in the weeks to come.

Filed Under: Featured Event, Webinars

BOC Operator of the Year 2026 Nominations Close This Friday!

June 9, 2026 By SBC staff

Do you know someone who has been improving the energy efficiency of their work environment using BOC skills? Nominate them, a co-worker, employee, or yourself for BOC Operator of the Year. We want to hear how methods learned in BOC classes are helping people make improvements in their work environment.  Click the link below and share the success stories. Nomination deadline is this Friday, June 12th!

Click here to be taken to the nomination form!

Filed Under: SBC News

City of Tacoma Job Opportunity – Customer Energy Solutions Portfolio Planner

June 4, 2026 By SBC staff

Are you looking to make a change? The City of Tacoma has a new job posting that may be exactly what you are looking for. Check out the below description or click here for all the details!

Position Description:

Tacoma Power’s Power Management team is looking for a Customer Energy Solutions Portfolio Planner to join their team! In this role you will work closely with the Customer Energy Solutions (CES) Manager and Leadership team. This position provides technical, data-driven and innovative advice informing the development and maintenance of the CES program portfolio. A key task is drafting the biennial Conservation and Energy Programs Plan, which serves as a roadmap for CES’s development and implementation of its conservation program portfolio. The plan must cost-effectively achieve energy conservation targets under the WA Energy Independence Act while also meeting policy objectives related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and supporting positive customer engagement. Another key responsibility of this position is to lead the conservation potential assessment and the demand response potential assessment activities that inform both our plan and our regulatory obligations. On an ongoing basis, the position also provides analysis to inform portfolio management and program modification using industry knowledge, program data, outside data sources and customer data from the utility’s various systems. The position actively helps to advise on a transition to new energy programs such as demand response and electrification programs into the overall CES portfolio. Additionally, this position may serve as a technical coordinator in the region in matters related to CES’s program programs and portfolio.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Serve as lead for Conservation Potential Assessment (CPA) process
  • Serve as lead for Demand Response Potential Assessment (DRPA) process
  • Provide insight, data, and analysis for Electric Vehicle Potential Analysis (EVPA)
  • Develop the Customer Energy Solutions (CES) plan which includes conservation targets and electrification strategies needed for regulatory obligations
  • Provide analysis for cost effectiveness tests (such as the Utility Cost Test and the Total Resource Cost) for new and ongoing programs.
  • Reviewing and analyzing data from internal and external sources including AMI data, market research, and business intelligence information, etc.
  • Utilize deterministic and probabilistic economic models for near term and long-term planning decisions for the CES Program Portfolio.
  • Ensuring the plan complies with internal and regulatory guidelines
  • Collecting and editing quantitative and qualitative data that describes the plan
  • Coordinating with multi-departmental / multi-disciplinary team members
  • Assist purchasing processes for program vendors
  • Working with management to create performance metrics
  • Developing business cases for initiating, improving and terminating programs bpry using sophisticated economic tools and methods
  • Presenting recommendations to management, program staff, and stakeholders as it relates to the strategy of the portfolio
  • Study, interpret and recommend actions regarding public policy impacts on programs
  • Provide recommendations for Power Management on policy matters
  • Liaisons with policy staff to track and comment and relevant state and federal legislation

If this sounds like you, you can apply directly from this link.

Filed Under: Jobs

Help Shape the Conversation at SBX 2026!

May 25, 2026 By SBC staff

Agenda Topics & Call for Speakers

Smart Buildings Exchange Fall Conference | November 9-10, 2026 | Downtown Seattle

What’s on the SBX Agenda?
We’re excited to announce the SBX 2026 agenda. Grounded in our theme, “Accelerating Performance at the Speed of Innovation,” this year’s topics center on one question: what will it take to move smart buildings from promising projects to genuine, repeatable scale? The agenda digs into the practical barriers and opportunities that matter most right now—financing structures, policy alignment, AI-driven operations, and what it will take to make smart buildings the norm rather than the exception.

SBX is built on practitioner knowledge and real-world experience. As noted in the grid below, we’re actively looking for speakers, panelists, and moderators who can bring grounded, honest perspectives to our attendees — not polished sales pitches, but genuine insight from the work you’re doing in the field.

We’re especially interested in voices from:

  • Building owners, managers, and operators
  • Engineers, commissioning professionals, and energy managers
  • Sustainability and decarbonization leaders
  • Utility and policy experts
  • Technology providers with real-world deployment stories
  • Finance and capital professionals working on building performance

We’ve designed this year’s program to be direct, substantive, and honest. We’re interested in hosting multiple perspectives; disagreement is ok and leads to progress. If you have real experience, a grounded perspective, or a passionate point of view on any of these topics, we want to hear from you.

Interested in speaking or have speaker suggestions? We want to hear from you!
Ready to share your expertise or know great speakers who should be considered? Complete our speaker suggestion form to tell us about yourself or the suggested speaker(s), areas of expertise, and which topics would be a good fit. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and our programming team will be in touch with those whose experience aligns with our conference themes.

>> Submit Your Speaker Suggestion Form Here <<

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SBX 2026 is where the Pacific Northwest’s smart buildings community comes together to do the hard work of figuring out what’s next. Whether you join us as an attendee, a speaker, or a sponsor, we hope to see you there.

Questions? Reach us at [email protected]

More information: www.sbxconference.org

Filed Under: Education & Training, Featured Event, SBC News, SBX

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