Project Engineer

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe.

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

Ameresco has an opening for a Project Engineer to join our Federal Engineering Team executing multimillion-dollar large-scale energy efficiency, HVAC, and distributed energy projects. This is a remote/hybrid project site position based in the Salt Lake City, UT area with travel required.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate visits to customer project sites to investigate and gather energy performance data for existing mechanical, electrical, HVAC, and control systems.

• Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions.

• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs.

• Project evaluations and assessment of results.

• Direct engagement with the client during project status meetings, keeping meeting minutes, and agendas.

• Support course of construction activities from a project engineering perspective including: Support the preparation of conceptual and detailed engineering design and bid documents including narrative scopes of work, drawings, and specifications; Oversee the development of in-house and third-party issue for construction (IFC) documents; Oversee and manage the RFI and submittal process; Secure Notices to Proceed (NTPs) to start physical construction based on IFC and design documents; Work with different engineering disciplines, such as mechanical, electrical, civil, commissioning services, and measurement and verification to ensure designs and project deliverables meet contract requirements.

• Support the evaluation of construction subcontractor bids and equipment vendor proposals to determine best value selections optimized for performance, pricing, and warranty.

• Prepare written content for technical proposals and reports.

• Develop approaches for project commissioning, in collaboration with appropriate Ameresco staff.

• Ensure that project scopes achieve guaranteed energy and performance metrics, meet customer requirements, and comply with industry standards, practices, specifications, and codes.

• Provide engineering support throughout all project phases (proposal, development, construction, commissioning, and operation).

• Cultivate and maintain positive business relationships with colleagues, subcontractors, and customers.

• Work with site Project Manager on ongoing contact, communication, and coordination with Ameresco customers and subcontractors in the design and construction phases, including project status updates and remedies for delays or other concerns.

• Coordinate with subcontractors to ensure quality control and that projects installed per design documents are delivered on time and within budget while meeting or exceeding the customers’ expectations.

• Travel as required to support projects.

• Perform other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from a four-year accredited college or university.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in an engineering, construction, or project management role with a demonstrated understanding of engineering principles associated with energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies such as boilers, chillers, building automation systems, HVAC systems, building envelope, PV solar, and water/steam distribution systems.

Additional Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience with construction phase of project development.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical presentation skills.

• Experience working on energy savings performance contracts (ESPC) or utility energy service contracts (UESC).

• Experience with technologies such as solar PV, battery energy storage systems, cogeneration, microgrids, and power systems.

• Licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred.

• Ability to review confidential US security information.

• Valid driver’s license issued by state of residence and in good standing.