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New Jobs at NEEA: Sr Program Manager & Sr Product Manager

October 22, 2024 By SBC staff

Our friends at NEEA have some exciting positions opening and are looking for qualified candidates like you! Check out these positions at Linkedin.com/jobs or you can click the job title to be taken directly to the job posting where you can apply.

A little about NEEA:

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is an alliance of more than 140 electric and natural gas utilities and energy efficiency organizations working on behalf of Northwest energy consumers to increase the adoption of energy-efficient products services and practices. Since 1997, the region has achieved the equivalent to enough energy to power more than 700,000 Northwest homes each year.

The alliance is powered by harnessing the energy, brainpower, and innovative thinking of motivated professionals like you. NEEA places a high value on diversity, and welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, identities and fields of expertise, with or without previous experience in the energy industry. Are you talented, committed, and motivated? If the answer is yes, we encourage you to apply to help us create a vibrant future for all Northwest communities.

Follow this link to the NEEA website and learn more about the organization.

Sr Program Manager

The Senior Program Manager is the business manager of one or more programs that transform markets for energy efficient products, services, and practices. This role will have a focus on a new Commercial Whole Building Efficiency project aimed at motivating and equipping the commercial building sector to undertake deep energy efficiency and decarbonization retrofits. Working with regional stakeholders, the project will deliver tools and resources that address known barriers to commercial sector engagement and develop a new commercial whole building market transformation program.

The Senior Program Manager is responsible for:

  • Assuring the overall design, planning, resourcing, and execution of assigned market transformation program(s).
  • Leading and operationalizing the overall program strategy while building and managing critical market relationships to implement market transformation programs and is accountable for delivering the associated business results.
  • Effectively collaborating, influencing and navigating challenging issues within Program teams
  • Developing and ensuring timely implementation of program plans against milestones, as well as identifying, escalating, and resolving issues resulting from development efforts

The incumbent will share our deep commitment to diversity and inclusion and advancing practices, strategies and policies that achieve equitable outcomes for all.

Sr Product Manager

The Senior Product Segment Manager – Commercial Buildings contributes to NEEA’s strategic goal of filling the program “pipeline” with new resource efficient products, practices, and services in collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders. This position requires effective planning for the evolution of products through the full lifecycle stages of identification, assessment, confirmation and product readiness for deployment in a full-scale market transformation effort. Working across a wide range of products that use electric power and / or natural gas requires Senior Product Managers to contract with testing labs, industry experts, engineering firms, and other market partners to support the full range of analysis and testing of products.

NEEA’s product management team serves as product experts on assigned product lines, as well as conducting research on emerging technologies and practices that could bring energy and carbon savings and/or grid flexibility benefits for Northwest consumers. They partner closely with NEEA’s Market Transformation Managers and Program Managers and work in cross-functional teams as a key contributor to new and existing Market Transformation Initiatives.

This role will have a focus on a new Commercial Whole Building Efficiency project aimed at motivating and equipping the commercial building sector to undertake deep energy efficiency and decarbonization retrofits. Working with regional stakeholders, the project will deliver tools and resources that address known barriers to commercial sector engagement and develop a new commercial whole building market transformation program.

The Senior Product Segment Manager will share our deep commitment to diversity and inclusion and advancing practices, strategies and policies that achieve equitable outcomes for all.

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2030 Districts Seattle Seeks Sustainability Program Coordinator

October 4, 2024 By SBC staff

Our friends at 2030 Districts Seattle are seeking a Sustainability Program Coordinator. If you’re looking for a change this could be a great fit for you!

About Seattle 2030 District:

The Seattle 2030 District is a collaborative initiative dedicated to fostering urban sustainability and resilience. Established as a public-private partnership, our mission is to create vibrant, environmentally-conscious urban areas by 2030 through innovative strategies and community-driven efforts. As a program of the Seattle 2030 District, the Bellevue 2030 District works to break down market barriers to sustainability in the city of Bellevue, Washington.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic Sustainability Program Coordinator to lead and coordinate sustainability initiatives within the Seattle and Bellevue 2030 Districts. In particular, this role will focus on the 2030 goal for stormwater and outreach/education. The Sustainability Program Coordinator will play a pivotal role in driving the implementation of sustainable practices, engaging stakeholders, and monitoring progress toward ambitious environmental goals in stormwater management and toxics reduction.

This is a full-time, temporary, non-exempt position that is currently funded through May 2025. This role may transition to a permanent position with additional funding.

You can find more information or apply for this position here: Job Opportunities – Seattle (2030districts.org)

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Community Energy Labs Job: Lead Backend Engineer

September 4, 2024 By SBC staff

Our friends at CEL want to tell you about an exciting job opportunity!

Climate change is one of the most important issues of our time. Community Energy Labs is working to meet that challenge by helping to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings with our innovative, machine learning-powered SaaS platform.

We’re looking for a Lead Backend Engineer with experience building resilient event-driven microservices, and a deep hands-on devops skillset, to help us architect, scale, and operate our platform.

In this role, you’ll be the first full-time engineer on our team and will partner  with our Head of Engineering to design and implement solutions to our most important technical challenges as we move from successful prototype into production. This role will be rigorous and require a wide-ranging skill set (but we hope fun and rewarding) and our interview process reflects that.

Learn more about this role or apply here!

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Job Openings at Tacoma Power: Principal Energy Management Engineer

August 19, 2024 By SBC staff

Tacoma Power has a new job posting for a Principal Energy Management Engineer read on for a brief overview of the role, or click here for more information and to apply!

 

Tacoma Power’s Power Management division is looking for a Principal Energy Management Engineer to join their Business Customer Energy Solutions team. In this role you will develop and deliver energy conservation programs and secure energy efficiency measures with Tacoma Power’s commercial and industrial customers by conducting engineering technical activities. This work is critical to achieving energy conservation targets and providing other energy-related services for the commercial and industrial sectors for Tacoma Power’s Business Customer Energy Solutions section.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Provide customer technical services by preparing energy calculations related to refrigeration systems, industrial processes and compressed air, water and wastewater systems, HVAC systems, pumping and ventilation systems, motors and drives, lighting, and domestic water systems.
  • Review calculations, energy evaluation reports and proposals prepared by
    consultants and others.
  • Prepare or review computer energy simulation models of complex commercial buildings.
  • Provide specifications, recommendations, and related engineering analyses; provide economic analyses of energy efficiency alternatives.
  • Provide detailed measurement and verification protocols and evaluate energy performance of installed efficiency projects.
  • Promote efficiency services to customers. Conduct field audits and inspections, interact directly with customers and trade allies such as engineering firms.
  • Provide specialized technical input on energy conservation measures and technologies.
  • Research and analyze technical information, new energy concepts, products and processes as related to the industrial and commercial building sector; prepare briefs and reports.
  • Research, develop & implement energy efficiency programs, services and policies for the commercial and industrial sector.

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2 New Positions at Seattle Public Utilities: Water Conservation Program Manager

July 11, 2024 By SBC staff

Here is a link to the full job posting: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/seattle/jobs/4561042/water-conservation-program-manager-planning-development-spec-sr?1

Here is a brief description:
Seattle Public Utilities has openings for two Water Conservation Program Managers

  • Indoor Water Conservation Program Manager: Focused on reducing indoor water use in commercial and residential buildings.
  • Community Outreach Water Conservation Program Manager: Concentrated on water conservation outreach, youth education, and building partnerships.

As a Water Conservation Program Manager, you will be part of a dedicated team that administers the regional water conservation program known as the Saving Water Partnership. You will lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of regional water conservation programs. SPU are looking for collaborative team-players who are undaunted by complexity and enjoy managing programs through their entire life cycle. Successful candidates will have exceptional critical-thinking and program management skills and a demonstrated commitment to environmental justice and service equity.

The closing date is July 30, 2024 at 4pm Pacific

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Job Opportunity: Bates Technical College – Facility Maintenance Instructor

May 29, 2024 By SBC staff

Bates Technical College is seeking a Facility Maintenance Instructor for their Adjunct Pool, if you’re looking for something new or interested in exploring opportunities in Tacoma, WA read on!


This position is eligible for a High Demand Stipend. All Adjunct and Moonlighting Faculty will receive an additional $6.00 per contact hour. This agreement is in effect through June 30, 2025.

The Adjunct Facility Maintenance Instructor is responsible for providing high quality industry standard education to students in a manner that prepares successful program graduates for entry-level employment in the Facilities Maintenance Engineer field. Specific instructional responsibilities include building care and maintenance, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and boiler certification.

BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE maintains a vacancy pool of qualified faculty interested in temporary teaching positions.  Adjunct (part-time) faculty are responsible for preparing and providing instruction for students in the classroom. This part-time position may become available at any time and is typically filled on a quarterly basis.

Full job posting available here: Facility Maintenance Instructor Adjunct

Questions? Reach out to [email protected]

Apply here

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