ILLUME Job Opportunity: Consultant/Sr. Consultant: Building Science

Posted March 14, 2025
Job Summary ILLUME is seeking an individual with experience in the energy industry with demonstrated engineering, analysis, energy auditing, and/or impact evaluation skills. Candidates should have a strong foundation of knowledge of building science and energy-use equipment in at least one building sector—residential, commercial, and/or industrial. The ideal candidate will be excited by the challenges of helping to design and conduct research studies and program evaluations, with a strong focus on impact evaluation and projects designed to support electrification strategy and development. This individual may also support designing evaluation plans and approaches; analyzing data; supporting qualitative research, such as conducting technical interviews with equipment contractors, building professionals, and utility staff; and reporting on findings with clarity and coherence.
ILLUME is a fast-paced consulting environment. In this role, it will be important to be able to juggle multiple priorities to help our project teams deliver exceptional work to our clients.
For our current opening, we are looking for candidates with demonstrated expertise in applied research, program impact evaluation, and/or applied engineering within the energy industry. Candidates with advanced experience will be considered for a senior-level position.
The Building Science Consultant Will:
- Support projects that help clients navigate a clean energy future.
- Demonstrate strong building science knowledge, engineering and research skills.
- Bring curiosity, critical thinking, and a love of problem-solving to work every day.
- Be successful working across multiple projects where every day brings something new.
- Harness a growth mindset to expand knowledge and expertise in energy efficiency and clean energy.
- Proactively communicate with project leadership and teams.
- Collaborate with our diverse team of researchers and consultants.
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City of Seattle Job Opportunity: Senior Energy Program Manager

This position closes 3/25/2025 4:00 PM Pacific
Posted March 12, 2025
We invite you to join the Customer Energy Solutions' Design Management team of program managers and craft Seattle’s efficient and resilient energy future! We are currently hiring a benefit-eligible, Term Limited Temporary (TLT) Senior Energy Management Analyst (EMA) to act as program manager and lead our cross-functional teams to ensure that defined business goals and objectives are met.
Here is more about what you’ll be doing:
- Design Innovative Programs. Apply design-thinking and customer and contractor engagement tactics through an iterative program life cycle to craft, build, implement and be responsible for the operation of innovative clean-energy programs, ensuring that tools and documentation support efficient and effective program operation and delivery.
- Deliver on Business Objectives. Apply a standard program management framework to align partners and direct cross-functional teams to complete milestones and deliver on program objectives such as crafting a workplan, navigating sophisticated decision-making, handle budget and risk needs, and communicate success.
- Manage Stakeholders. Establish and maintain positive working relationships with program stakeholders. Work with peers and leadership to identify resources and overcome barriers. Collaborate across divisions to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in our offerings. Represent City Light at public and professional events, maintaining relationships with industry associates and peer utilities.
- Manage Contracts and Consultants: Build and lead consulting contracts to support effective program management. Identify scope of work and navigate purchasing and contracting processes to select, onboard, and coordinate ongoing delivery and invoicing of consulting resources.
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Energy Solutions Job Opportunity: Senior Engineer, DER

Posted March 5, 2025
Energy Solutions is currently seeking a full-time Senior Engineer to join our Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) team. The person selected to fill this position shall have expertise in building science, energy-efficient technologies, energy savings methodology analysis, energy modeling, and energy codes. Knowledge of demand response is especially sought after, together with knowledge of HVAC systems, water heating, building controls, pump and irrigation controls, other grid harmonization technologies, and distributed generation.
As a member of the DERs team, you will assist with driving customer participation in programs that incentivize the adoption of various DERs including demand response, thermal and energy storage, electric vehicle grid integration distributed solar, and microgrids. These leading-edge energy technologies are critical in driving our nation’s progress toward a decarbonized grid, and you will play a material role in helping our team make this future a reality.
Daily responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Equipment review, measure development, new measure support and research, data analysis, and program technical support
- Develop analysis of the savings, costs, and other impacts of energy efficient and low carbon technologies in the context of energy policy
- Develop calculation methodologies to estimate demand and demand response potential for non-residential and residential sectors
- Write reports on technical topics, such as Title 24 case reports, energy savings analysis, cost-effectiveness analyses, and code compliance
- Support development of proposals and business development efforts
- Work in a team environment to lead the overall direction, management, quality control, and completion of project deliverables.
- Coordinate and communicate engineering topics between technical and non-technical staff
- Develop and lead both short-term and long-term strategies to optimize energy savings, load management potential, and GHG reductions through codes and standards or other energy policy proposals
- Lead the overall direction, management, quality control, and completion of project deliverables, within budget and on schedule, with minimal oversight.
- Monitor the progress of projects and communicating progress to management and clients
- Provide oversight and guidance to supporting staff for quality and compliance
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LUMA Energy Job Opportunity: Manager, Demand Side Management

Posted March 3, 2025
The main responsibility of the Demand Side Management Manager is to manages daily operations, staff, optimizing workflows, and ensuring teams’ goals are met effectively to support organizational objectives within the department. This role models and ensure adherence to policies, procedures and standards of behaviors. The Manager is accountable for direct and indirect reports’ performance reviews, assessments and development.
- Manages Luma personnel and energy implementation subcontractors to execute and deliver Demand Side Management (DSM) programs and services to meet key customer needs, business objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Develops and manages strategic design, delivery, and reporting of DSM programs to LUMA customers.
- Works with teams across the department and organization to ensure integrated and cohesive programs that synergize with other customer programs and aligns with the company’s strategic goals for actual and future DSM programs.
- Drives all relevant program planning exercises including (but not limited to) goal setting, budget planning, market research, evaluation activities, communications, and business case development.
- Develops and oversees robust structure and process for addressing customer issues, proposing solutions, and managing customer expectations while providing excellent customer service.
- Shapes team effort on program research and analysis to inform data-driven program design and innovation; stays abreast of developments in the field by engaging with local and national interest organizations.
- Oversees third party vendor relationships including scope and contract management, budget negotiation, and vendor performance against key performance indicators.
- Leads partnership development with key stakeholders and community leaders to create opportunities for new program markets and more effective program design and implementation.
- Provides expertise and advises other departments, and direct reports regarding compliance with laws, regulations, policies, rules and procedures and the implementation of new systems, technologies, products, or programs.
- Fosters change management initiatives that help transform organizational and program systems and processes including systems for improved data collection, data management and reporting on key performance indicators.
- Ensures team members are trained on energy efficiency, demand response and others; acts as a resource for internal and/or external training to ensure employee's development.
- Models and ensures all safety rules are follow.
- Communicate coherently and effectively, adapting communication styles as needed to get the job done.
- Demonstrate a growth mindset by working hard, embracing challenges, persisting in the face of setbacks, learning from criticism, and finding inspiration in the success of others.
- Demonstrate flexibility in the face of changes and new ideas.
- Proactive and innovative in growing programs for impact and problem solving.
- Performs major restoration works and associated drills assigned.
- Follows all policies and procedures as assigned.
- Performs other duties as assigned
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