Principal Engineer

About this Position:

Job Title: Principal Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates advanced engineering expertise with strong analytical, diagnostic, and quality-control capabilities.

• Leads technical teams and provides high-level guidance for critical engineering decisions.

• Communicates expert findings clearly through strong written and verbal skills.

• Serves as senior engineering authority for complex studies, system assessments, and technical analyses.

• Provides expert evaluations on energy systems, building systems, water/utility infrastructure, and environmental designs.

• Oversees advanced engineering calculations, modeling, validations, and development of technical briefs, white papers, and risk assessments.

• Reviews engineering drawings, specifications, and standards updates to ensure compliance with safety codes and best practices.

• Supports sustainability tasks such as LEED/Envision assessments and commissioning documentation reviews.

• Advises on Work Orders related to energy efficiency, HVAC/MEP systems, on-site generation, solar, battery storage, and resilience engineering.

• Provides high-level technical support for capital projects and infrastructure modernization programs.

• Performs QA/QC and peer reviews to validate assumptions, verify calculations, and improve system performance and reliability.

• Collaborates with engineers, planners, energy managers, and consultants while leading technical discussions and supporting interdisciplinary teams.

Required Skills:

• Devises tests to evaluate and check systems.

• Performs and documents the results of complex analyses and design tasks.

• Designs complex systems and acts as a project manager.

• Supervises Engineering positions and interacts with client and company leadership.

• Master’s Degree with at least 12 years of relevant experience.

• Demonstrated senior-level expertise in engineering design, analysis, and technical review.

• Proficiency reviewing engineering documents, technical calculations, drawings, and specifications.

• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in complex technical environments.