What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sustainability/Energy Engineering 3 position at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory?
Overview:
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Responsibilities:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is subject to the Department of Energy Unclassified Foreign National Access Program site, information, technologies, and equipment access requirements.
Testing Designated Position (TDP):
At PNNL, you will find an exciting research environment and excellent benefits including health insurance, flexible work schedules and telework options. PNNL is located in eastern Washington State—the dry side of Washington known for its stellar outdoor recreation and affordable cost of living. The Lab’s campus is only a 45-minute flight (or ~3-hour drive) from Seattle or Portland, and is serviced by the convenient PSC airport, connected to 8 major hubs.
Drug Free Workplace:
If you are offered employment at PNNL, you must pass a drug test prior to commencing employment. PNNL complies with federal law regarding illegal drug use. Under federal law, marijuana remains an illegal drug. If you test positive for any illegal controlled substance, including marijuana, your offer of employment will be withdrawn.
PNNL is accelerating the transition to a sustainable, energy efficient, resilient, and net-zero emission campus through innovation and actionable solutions. This is a senior Sustainability/Energy engineering position with the opportunities to apply knowledge of technical information and regulatory requirements such as the Energy codes, net-zero and high-performance sustainable buildings performance standards, commissioning and continuous commissioning of buildings, and advance metering into PNNL’s campus planning and facility operations. There are opportunities to advance state of the art technologies and working with community partners to achieve net zero emission campus, community, and the world. This position will have a suit of analytic software available to perform achieve sustainability/energy goals and objectives.
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Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance*, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, supplemental parental bonding leave**, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support. Employees are automatically enrolled in our company funded pension plan* and may enroll in our 401k savings plan. Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year.
- Research Associates excluded.
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The sustainable/energy engineer will support PNNL’s award winning Sustainability Program and the Facility and Infrastructure Operations division. This position will have the opportunity to:
- Plan and implement technologies such as district energy system, air/ground source heating, renewable distributed energy systems, small modular reactors, and on-site energy storage to achieve net-zero emission campus.
- Develop and implement strategy to achieve caron-pollution free electricity (CFE).
- Plan and oversee the reconfiguration, maintenance, operation and alteration of equipment, machinery, buildings, structures, and other laboratory facilities.
- Work with a diverse team of researchers, facility operation personal to perform or oversee ASHRAE Energy/Water Audits and commissioning/recommissioning of buildings.
- Perform high performance sustainable buildings evaluation via the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and/or the Guiding Principles (GP) for Federal Sustainable Building Standard.
- Perform or provide oversight of commissioning of plant facility modifications and new constructions with the objective of verifying, documenting, and ensuring that modified and new building systems achieve design requirements.
- Execute life cycle cost effective energy/water conservation projects under 3rd party Energy Service Companies (ESCO) or Utility Energy Services Companies (UESC).
- Leverage data-drive approach such as the use of building automation systems, data analytic capabilities, fault diagnostic and detection, and other various software packages to reduce energy and water use, and increase overall campus sustainability, and smart laboratory operations.
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS/BA and 5 years of relevant experience -OR-
- MS/MA or higher and 3 years of relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified or in process to be Commissioning Professional (e.g., Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP) through the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)).
- Professional Engineer Licensure (Mechanical or Electrical).
- Knowledge with EISA Sec 527, EPACT 2005 Sec 203, Energy Act 2020, and various ASHRAE standards.
- Knowledge with commissioning of new construction projects and major modification of existing facilities.
- Knowledge with the use of the following software: EnergyCap, JCI Metasys and Alerton building automation systems, and SkySpark.
- Knowledge interpreting and development of HVAC Sequence of Operations (SOOs).
- Knowledge of Facility Operations on DOE laboratories.
Not applicable.
Additional Information:
Due to business needs and client space, US Citizenship is required.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is subject to the Department of Energy Unclassified Foreign National Access Program site, information, technologies, and equipment access requirements.
This is not a Testing Designated Position (TDP).
About PNNL:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a world-class research institution powered by a highly educated, diverse workforce committed to the values of Integrity, Creativity, Collaboration, Impact, and Courage. Every year, scores of dynamic, driven people come to PNNL to work with renowned researchers on meaningful science, innovations and outcomes for the U.S. Department of Energy and other sponsors; here is your chance to be one of them!
At PNNL, you will find an exciting research environment and excellent benefits including health insurance, flexible work schedules and telework options. PNNL is located in eastern Washington State—the dry side of Washington known for its stellar outdoor recreation and affordable cost of living. The Lab’s campus is only a 45-minute flight (or ~3-hour drive) from Seattle or Portland, and is serviced by the convenient PSC airport, connected to 8 major hubs.
PNNL is committed to a drug-free workplace supported by Workplace Substance Abuse Program (WSAP) and complies with federal laws prohibiting the possession and use of illegal drugs.
If you are offered employment at PNNL, you must pass a drug test prior to commencing employment. PNNL complies with federal law regarding illegal drug use. Under federal law, marijuana remains an illegal drug. If you test positive for any illegal controlled substance, including marijuana, your offer of employment will be withdrawn.
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