EcoMetric is a global consultancy specializing in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and distributed generation consulting services and products. Our clients include investor-owned, and publicly owned electric and natural gas utilities, state agencies, non-profit organizations, and large multinational corporations. EcoMetric is growing rapidly and provides high quality technical and strategic consulting services to influence the end-use customer’s energy consumption behaviors and choices.

We are seeking a Senior Managing Consultant / Associate Director with Net to Gross (NTG) and process evaluation expertise to join our EM&V team. The successful candidate will lead the NTG/process evaluation practice in the Company and will be responsible for hiring and training social research analysts in this area. This is a remote position with up to 25% travel.

Duties and Responsibilities

Qualified candidates will have 10+ years of experience performing NTG and process evaluations. The successful candidate is expected to play a strong role in business development, client management and serve as technical expert within the company.

  • Report and present results and findings, as well as actionable recommendations to utility clients and regulators.
  • Manage tasks or projects, monitor progress against milestones and budgets.
  • Supervise and mentor junior and mid-level staff.
  • Actively participate in regional and national professional organizations. Present at conferences and brown bags.
  • Innovate, optimize and transform energy conservation initiatives with data analytics
  • Design and implement complex sample plans to achieve specific research objectives. Studies may involve stratification, two-stage cluster sampling, and ratio estimation.
  • Select and apply appropriate statistical and econometric methods to estimate energy efficiency and demand response program impact.
  • Justify and document technical decisions related to research planning and data analysis.
  • Respond to short-notice client requests, as soon as possible, and if required, after company work hours.
  • Create and manage project budgets.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert in the following areas – attribution, process evaluation, market research, benefit-cost analysis, survey design, survey logic, survey scoring.
Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, statistics, public policy, or economics with 10+ years of work experience evaluating DSM programs
  • Strong research aptitude and ability to solve problems by appropriate design of experiments
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks or projects and work closely with other project team members
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to explain technical information to a lay audience
  • 10+ years of project and staff management experience 
  • Proven ability to lead and manage effective teams
  • Desire to develop existing and new skill sets in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with colleagues who take pride in their company and enjoy their work.

Preferred:

  • Experience managing large portfolio multi program or multi utility evaluations
  • Logic modeling experience
  • Experimental design, sample design and design-based inference
  • Experience with continuous improvement of DSM programs based on market feedback
  • Familiarity with basic statistical inference tools (e.g., power calculation, ANOVA, multivariate regression, discrete choice analysis)
  • Leadership experience with social research and/or engineering work related to qualitative and quantitative analysis of DSM programs.

And What you will get in return:

  • Minimum starting salary for this position is $110,000
  • Flexible personal time off (15-20 days), 10 holidays, two days flex holidays.
  • Maternity/Paternity paid leave.
  • Annual retreat.
  • Remote work.
  • 401(k) Plan.
  • Performance bonus.
  • Medical, vision and dental insurance.
  • Life insurance and short-term & long-term disability insurance
  • Reimbursement for professional development training or certification.
  • Mileage reimbursement for the use of a personal vehicle.
  • The opportunity to have a positive impact on our environment and grow as a professional in the sustainable energy efficiency industry.

Please send your resume and a brief cover letter to hiring@ecometricconsulting.com.