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201907093962 Full Time 8AM - 5PM -

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The Energy Engineer is a member of the UCR Facilities Services (FS), Energy & Utility Management team and is responsible for the development, design, and implementation of various energy and utility applications, systems and projects. The Energy Engineer will play a critical role on the campus energy and utility infrastructure, energy management systems, and on-site energy system renewables. Possesses a strong technical background in electrical and/or mechanical engineering systems and applies project management skills and processes effectively. Develops and identifies energy efficiency and cost-effective measures while promoting and executing campus-wide energy and sustainability initiatives and goals. Calculates and presents cost-analysis and energy savings reports and life-cycle costs for engineering systems while also performing complex engineering calculations and system performance modeling. Analyzes and models energy and utility usage for forecasting, budgeting and cost accounting/billing purposes. Monitors and verifies energy savings to ensure payback goals are met and savings are sustained. Ensures correct functionality and monitoring of various energy and building management/automation systems, software, communication networks, and databases. Develops, organizes, follows and maintains energy system protocols, energy engineering standards, best practices and documentation for the campus. Provides support in the analysis of energy market trends and plays a key role in the identification of energy procurement measures and cost reductions for the institution. Directly supports and coordinates with maintenance staff and Central Plant staff in order to provide the campus with a safe, reliable and resilient energy/utility infrastructure system. The Energy Engineer will work independently while exercising professional judgment and providing professional recommendations to FS Leadership and other campus personnel.

Facilities Services is one of the largest departments at UC Riverside employing nearly 400 career employees. Facilities Services provides exceptional service in maintaining an environment conducive of teaching, learning, living, working and research for the entire campus community. The department maintains buildings, facilities, and landscape totaling over 6 million square feet across 1,350 acres of campus. We are a team of service-oriented professionals focused on exceptional client engagement, continuous improvement and development opportunities. Please note: The budgeted hiring range for this position is $130,000.

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In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities' air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history, and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.

  • UC Riverside was included in the (August 2018) edition of The Princeton Review's "The Best 382 Colleges."

  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (August 2017) Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked UC Riverside among the top 151 institutions. This survey bills itself as "the most trustworthy precursor of global rankings of the world's top 500 universities."

  • In 2016, UCR was recognized for graduation rate success by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) for achieving near parity across racial-ethnic, socio-economic, and gender boundaries.

  • UCR ranks among the Top 15 Public Research Universities in the nation, as identified by the 2017 Washington Monthly.

  • In 2017, two separate reports from the Education Trust celebrated UCR as a national leader for African American and Latino student success. UCR was one of just three schools to be named top-performing institutions in both reports and the only California campus recognized among 18 top-performing colleges and universities in the nation for high black student graduation rates.


The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview

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