Description The Opportunity: Glumac, A Tetra Tech Company, is seeking an accomplished Energy Team Lead to join our expanding Building Science Group in San Diego, CA a nd help lead high-impact energy consulting work that advances sustainable design and decarbonization goals. In this role, you will work closely with building owners, architects, engineers, and internal project teams to deliver innovative strategies that improve building performance, reduce carbon emissions, and support long-term resilience. This is an exciting opportunity for a technical leader who wants to shape the future of energy planning across new developments, existing buildings, campuses, and portfolios.
Position Summary: The Energy Team Lead is a leadership role Glumac's energy team and will support the delivery of energy and sustainability planning projects for a wide range of building types and client needs. This position will support the development of net-zero energy, carbon neutrality, and energy resilience strategies, while contributing deep technical expertise in energy modeling, electrification, renewable energy systems, and decarbonization planning. The ideal candidate is a strong project leader and trusted technical advisor and experience supervisor and mentor for team members. This position will support delivering high impact project , strengthening internal delivery processes, and building lasting client relationships.
Essential Job Functions: The following duties are considered essential to the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions:
- Manage and oversee energy consulting projects, including energy modeling, energy audits, retro-commissioning, electrification feasibility studies, and decarbonization planning.
- Provide technical consulting to clients and internal project teams on energy efficiency, decarbonization, and resiliency strategies.
- Develop and deliver comprehensive plans to support net-zero energy, carbon neutrality, and energy resilience goals for buildings, campuses, and portfolios.
- Mentor and support junior staff, including providing guidance, technical review, and QA/QC of energy models and project deliverables.
- Improve internal project delivery workflows, contribute to internal knowledge management efforts and support firm wide training initiatives.
- Manage the financial performance of energy projects and programs.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships to support repeat business and long-term partnerships.
- Lead sales activities for energy services throughout California with existing and new clients including client relationships and proposals.
- Support external business development with conference presentations, client meetings and presentations, participation in industry events, and thought leadership pieces.
Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering , Building Sciences, or a related technical field.
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in sustainable building design or the energy sector.
- Demonstrated expertise in MEP systems, sustainable building design, electrified heating technologies, renewable energy, microgrid systems, and energy codes and standards.
- Deep understanding of California Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards
- Advanced experience with building energy modeling software including IES-VE and CBECC.
- Experience managing energy modeling, energy audit, or retro-commissioning projects involving large project teams and diverse clients.
- Ability to analyze complex data and communicate technical findings clearly and effectively.
- Experience with business development, responding to RFPs, and writing proposals.
- Experience mentoring and directly supervising junior staff.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience directly supervising and managing a team of energy analysts, consultants and engineers.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain long-term client relationships, identify and successfully pursue new project opportunities, and expand service offerings.
- Experience delivering building decarbonization plans for buildings, campuses, and portfolios.
- Experience delivering retro-commissioning (RCx) and monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) utilizing automated fault detection and diagnostics (FDD).
- Experience with data analytics, dashboarding, and programming tools such as Python, R, and SQL.
- Experience with parametric modeling tools such as Grasshopper, Honeybee, Ladybug, etc.
- Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Energy Manager (CEM), or equivalent certification.
Work Environment and Location: This position offers a hybrid work environment, with a requirement of two in-office days per week in our San Diego, CA office. All candidates must be located in and eligible to work in the U.S.
Compensation: Salary Range: $135,000 - $170,000 (depending on experience)
The base salary range represents the low and high end of the compensation scale for this role. Actual salaries will be determined based on location, experience, responsibilities, and qualifications. This salary range is just one component of Glumac's total compensation package, which includes benefits, professional development opportunities, and additional incentives.
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