Building Energy Analyst II

About Power Takeoff, Inc.

Power TakeOff is a leading provider of software and implementation solutions in the utility industry, specializing in energy efficiency and demand side management (DSM). Our mission is to identify and deliver data-driven solutions to guide our partners and their communities to a lower carbon future. We drive our sustainability impact through software and services leveraging utility meter data and layered data sets, advanced analytics, and personalized customer engagements that help businesses better understand and reduce their energy consumption. We deliver cost-effective solutions for 30 utilities across North America.

We’re a fast-moving, agile, and growing company with a need for self-motivated individuals who are passionate about contributing to a better planet by reducing business’ energy usage.

Position Description

The primary role of the Building Energy Analyst II is to support a variety of demand-side management (DSM) products and programs through providing measurement and verification (M&V) expertise. We are seeking a self-motivated DSM professional to join our team.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with senior staff to communicate analysis plans, methodologies and findings through reports, proposals and visualizations.
• Identify solutions to improve high-frequency modeling and the issue identification process.
• Provide thoughtful ideas to promote continuous improvement.
• Conduct quality control reviews of modeling work performed by junior M&V staff.
• Conduct econometric modeling and statistical analysis.  
• Produce data visualizations to distill information and deliver meaningful conclusions and recommendations to both internal teams and to industry clients.
• Effectively communicate analysis plans, methodologies and findings through reports and proposals.
• Maintain timely communication, adapt to changes and deliver time-sensitive products to senior M&V staff.
• Accurately report energy savings metrics for internal and external stakeholders.
• Handle occasional ad-hoc analysis requests including database queries.

Key Qualifications

• Master's degree and 2 years of work experience or 4 years of demonstrated experience in statistics, data analysis, economics, mathematics, environmental studies or other quantitative social science.
• Experience with evaluation, measurement, and verification (EM&V) in the utility space.
• Experience conducting impact evaluations of utility DSM Programs OR some consulting experience in the energy industry.
• Proficiency in linear regression and interpreting statistical outputs.
• Experience developing and delivering presentations to clients or executive audiences.
• Experience with creating data visualizations with Python.
• Experience with querying databases.
• Comfort with Microsoft Office and customer relationship management systems (CRM).
• Demonstrated ability to keep notes and maintain systems records.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for working with data to solve problems.
• Ability to excel in a fully-remote environment.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.

Location and Travel

Power TakeOff is a 100% virtual company with no physical office location. However, many employees are based in two hubs in the areas around Denver, CO and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Residence in one of these two hubs is desired but not required, and relocation assistance will not be provided for the position. This position is eligible for employment in either the United States or Canada.

Travel is not expected for this position. Power TakeOff will cover the associated accommodation and travel expenses for any company travel.

Compensation and Benefits

The total expected salary compensation range for employees residing in the U.S. is between $58,000 and $69,000 USD per year, depending on experience. Power TakeOff maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions.

Benefits include:

• Medical insurance, including vision and dental
• Health Savings Account contributions
• Retirement plans with company matching
• Student Loan Incentive Repayment Program (eligible 12 months after employment)
• Generous time off, including: 
• • 15 paid vacation days, increasing to 20 after the first year
  • 7 flexible well-being days
  • At least 9 paid holidays
  • All company winter break between Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st
  • Summer "Friyays", from June through August we get each 2nd and 4th Friday off!

Join our team and play a key role in driving positive impacts for our business, our customers, our utility clients, the environment, and all of society!