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Environmental Engineering Job Description
- Develop efficient, robust, flexible, secure, and user-friendly systems for collecting, inputting, storing, and retrieving data required for analyses
- Assist in the development, design and implementation of models and tools that analyze financial and rate implications of distributed energy resources on utility shareholders and ratepayers and various alternative utility regulatory and business models that could be implemented to mitigate any negative financial impacts
- Assist with the collection, cleaning, synthesis, and storing of relevant data used for various renewable energy analyses conducted or updated on a regular bases
- Perform other energy analysis related tasks as funding and workload dictates
- Develop and maintain a broad array of numerical models and programming scripts or tools in order to conduct challenging technical, economic, energy, and environmental analyses of energy efficiency policies
- Design, develop and manage tools to automate processes necessary for energy and economic analysis
- Create, manage, and utilize databases with appliance technical and economic data
- Write technical reports and policy support documentation
- Provide technical and policy assistance to DOE’s program staff
- Working with limited supervision, manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines and uncertain schedules
- The opportunity to join our Talent Pipeline for consideration of future opportunities within the organization including the Fulltime Engineering Professional Development Program
- PC computer skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Access required
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills are essential
- Math proficiency is required in making necessary calculations
- Prior experience operating mobile equipment and watercraft preferred
- Knowledge equivalent to Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or economics and at least one year of professional technical experience related to data collection, data analysis, or data management preferred
Environmental Engineering Job Description
- Plan and develop an agent-based transportation system model or large urban and suburban regions
- Develop methods to assess the economic and environmental benefits and costs of large-scale transportation electrification in the US
- Develop the transportation system model into a software package for broad research use
- Co-manage and direct the model development team
- Assist the Principal Investigator(PI) in the development of grant proposals in the areas of transportation system science and electrified transportation
- Support the authorship of reports and journal articles related to clean transportation
- Present research work to scientific and lay audiences
- Investigate, create and develop analytical methods and computational tools to improve the energy, economic and environmental analyses of energy efficiency policies
- Conduct technical and economic analysis of issues associated with appliance standards, appliance markets and shipments, and energy use
- Conduct comprehensive data research or review related to product specific markets and usage
- Must have the ability to efficiently and effectively interact with multi-functional teams, lead, facilitate and motivate teams
- Demonstrated familiarity with renewable energy technologies, markets, and policies
- Basic programming capabilities in Matlab and/or Python
- A detailed critical eye for and willingness to suggest improvements in existing processes and products
- Masters degree or higher in a field relevant to the work scope
- Demonstrated familiarity with utility resource planning processes and tools, including production cost models and capacity expansion models
Environmental Engineering Job Description
- Construct and manage complex databases in support of the analyses for the standards rulemakings
- Provide subject matter expertise in modeling and tools development for analytical activities
- Analyze and evaluate the economic and technical impacts of appliance efficiency standards to provide technical and policy inputs to DOE
- Apply engineering concepts in conducting statistical, technical, and economic analysis in support of the development of energy efficiency policies and test procedures
- Build and manage large databases for application in the analysis of technical and economic data
- Develop and maintain a portfolio of advanced computational tools that serve various technical and analytical requirements for the standards and test procedures development
- Develop knowledge, methodologies, analytical models and computational tools to conduct the life-cycle cost (LCC), shipments, and national impact assessment (NIA) analyses for various products in the product groups, including, but not limited to, performing the complex calculations for the aforementioned analyses and automating the conversion of analytical outputs into standard reporting formats
- Develop new scripts, tools, and databases that allow quick modifications to analytical models, including, but not limited to, the ability to alternate between data sources and analytical scenarios
- Develop automated tools to review and process data directly from various sources or databases
- Develop automated tools or macros to process computational outcomes in the form of spreadsheets
- Demonstrated familiarity with electric utility cost of service studies and ratemaking principles
- Demonstrated familiarity with demand response and energy efficiency programs, including evaluation of program cost-effectiveness
- Experience managing and analyzing GIS data
- Basic statistical analysis capabilities
- Excellent academic record and previous work evaluations
- Bachelor’s Degree emphasizing strong analytical and verbal communication skills strong writing skills required
Environmental Engineering Job Description
- Develops and maintains a database of ICT project performance criteria and accomplishments over time
- Provide technical and scientific support by developing a broad array of analytical tools to address challenging technical questions on the drivers of the cost, performance, and pricing trends for utility-scale wind and solar projects
- Apply engineering and economic principles to define and develop scenarios with high renewable energy penetrations in the power system
- Use established technical concepts to conduct economic/engineering analyses in the areas of valuation of renewables in electric power systems, and incorporating distributed energy resources into utility planning
- Contribute to the preparation of technical papers for peer-reviewed journals and final reports in fulfillment of contract deliverables
- Coordinate any NEPA/SHPO Filings with HQ Regulatory team and submit documents (ES, ERF, EES, NTC, P2 SOW)
- Apply principles, theories, and/or technical concepts in science and engineering to perform research and analyses in the areas of industrial sector energy use, energy efficiency, and related greenhouse gas emissions
- Investigate, create and develop analytical methods and computational tools to improve the energy, economic and environmental analyses of energy efficiency technologies and policies
- Collect and process data, construct detailed databases on industrial energy use, develop energy models, and provide analysis of data and information on cost, energy and resource savings, and implementation of efficiency technologies
- Conduct analysis on energy policies in China and across the world and prepare policy guidelines
- Must be able to read application information on a computer screen for long periods of time
- The applicant must be committed to excellence in engineering education
- An earned doctorate in Civil Engineering or closely allied discipline is strongly preferred
- Knowledge and, preferably, experience with various environmental media (soil, groundwater, soil gas, and surface water) investigations
- Contribute to and/or author conference papers, laboratory reports and refereed journal articles on industrial energy use, and energy efficiency topics
- Provide technical support for projects related to industrial energy efficiency with collaborators in China, including data-collection, processing, and evaluation
Environmental Engineering Job Description
- Provide information and consultation in response to research and information requests from outside the China Energy Group, Program, and Laboratory
- Assist the group leader, group members, and other members of the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division at large with industrial energy efficiency policy, data compilation, and analysis
- Provide technical and scientific support by developing a broad array of numerical models and analytical tools to address challenging technical questions to support solving energy policy issues in China
- Apply engineering concepts in conducting statistical, technical, and economic analysis in support of the development of energy efficiency policies in China
- Develop and maintain a portfolio of advanced computational tools that serve various technical and analytical requirements for energy analysis
- Write and review technical reports and policy documentation
- Develop and coordinate plant sustainability community outreach activities and environmental awareness programs GM Green, Wildlife Habitat Certification
- Manage and upgrade the Energy Management SharePoint (Daimler Internal)
- Create an Energy Management model needed to track and forecast energy consumption
- Assist with preparing work plans, data summary tables, figures, and report text
- Range from AS, BS or MS in a technical fields, preferably Mechanical and Electrical Engineering for Maintenance/Engineering Roles (EP requires BA/BS in Occupational Safety or related field)
- Range from new college grad to several years of experience
- Ability to work successfully in a team or autonomously
- Recipient of a Bachelor of Science degree, within the past calendar year, with a focus on Environmental Sciences or Environmental Health
- Background in pre- and post-award research administration
- Comfort level with working in a highly industrial environment