Engineer II

30+ days ago Requisition ID: 2297

Salary Range: $90,000.00 To $115,000.00 Annually

The future is now, Willdan is “Envisioning the Future” of clean energy and infrastructure as well as sustainability through our work with cities, buildings, and transportation. Willdan is a national leader in energy, engineering, and software consulting services. Since 1964, we have provided all aspects of municipal and infrastructure engineering, including building and safety, public works, public financing, planning, and construction management services. We help engineers, facility owners, municipalities, and utilities meet their long-term goals and transition communities to clean energy and a sustainable future.

Willdan Energy Solutions (WES), part of Willdan Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WLDN) is seeking an experienced Energy Engineer II. WES is a national leader in energy engineering and our clients include utilities, municipalities, hospitals, schools, hotels, and private enterprises. As an Energy Engineer II, the ideal applicant will be responsible for a variety of technical functions that will ensure our client’s programs and projects are executed using industry best practices as well as providing support for internal teams. This role will include interacting with customers, outside partners, and other Willdan divisions, and mentoring and reviewing the work of less experienced engineers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Energy Engineer II will assess clients’ energy and sustainability needs and goals, develop near-term and long-term solutions, and create reports and other materials that effectively communicate the desired approaches to the clients’ stakeholder groups. In support of these broad tasks, candidate will take a leadership role and manage facilities and energy data processing, facilities assessment and field inspections, development and application of software tools, and well as life-cycle performance evaluation of alternative solutions.

• Maintain direct client relationship and manage client requests with professionalism and attention.
• Work on and manage time between a variety of technical tasks, including maintaining client/stakeholder relationships, and managing and participating in team tasks such as: project site assessments, energy audits, engineering analysis, cost estimating, and production of interim and final deliverables.
• Manage projects, including all technical aspects of planning, scoping, budgeting, scheduling, deciding technical approach, delegation of tasks, ensuring technical quality, overseeing implementation, and tracking results. Ensure client expectations are met or exceeded and project outcomes are exceptional.
• Manage task assignments within allotted hours/budget and scale efforts to ensure clients are receiving maximum value for agreed upon budgets.
• Work and communicate effectively with professionals from varying departmental levels (both public and private sector); adequately managing differing priorities.
• Coordinate, lead and participate in client and other stakeholder meetings; coordinate team member involvement as required.
• Manage long term client relationships between active projects.
• Support new business development for work of this type.
• Train and mentor junior engineering staff.

Job Requirements / Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in energy, sustainability, or engineering related discipline.
• Professional Engineer License (preferred but not required).
• Minimum of 3-5 years' experience in energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, and/or facilities energy management and sustainability planning.
• Understanding of energy conservation, electrification, and decarbonization principles and calculation techniques.
• Ability to develop client/client-stakeholder facing energy and sustainability planning reports and other presentation materials.
• Ability to lead, delegate, coordinate, and track project team tasks, including senior level subject matter experts, and junior engineers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical staff and clients.
• Works well in a collaborative work environment, comfortable engaging with diverse stakeholders.
• Proficiency with MS Office programs.

EEO Non-Discrimination and ADA Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Willdan is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, religion, military service or veteran status, disability, medical condition, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic testing, reproductive status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local laws and ordinances. Willdan does not discriminate on the basis of physical or mental disability where the essential functions of the job can be reasonably accommodated. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify us.

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