We're looking for energetic, enthusiastic individuals with a commitment to reducing the monetary and environmental cost of energy use to join our great team.  All of our positions require exemplary written and oral communication skills, including superior proficiency with word processing and spreadsheet software, strong interpersonal skills, the ability to handle multiple tasks and competing priorities, and proven ability to be organized, detail oriented and accurate.

Compensation, Benefits & Work Environment

VEIC offers very competitive salaries and excellent benefits, including 30 days of paid annual leave.  We expect work to be challenging, rewarding and fun.  We are not very hierarchical, preferring a more 'family style' environment that emphasizes camaraderie and cooperation.  We also expect you to have a life beyond the workplace.  We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Location

Burlington is a beautiful college town on the shore of Lake Champlain (our offices overlook the lake and the Adirondack Mountains), just 30 minutes from skiing or hiking in the Green Mountains.  As the largest city in Vermont, Burlington also has an unbelievable number of restaurants and cultural events.  Big-city urges are also easily accommodated – Montreal is just a 90-minute drive, and Boston is four hours away by car.

CURRENT OPENINGS:
Updated June 18, 2009 

DIRECTOR OF EFFICIENCY VERMONT OPERATIONS Open until filled

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We are seeking an experienced and mission-driven individual with ten years of management experience, five years focused on operations, to oversee day-to-day management of operations of the nation's premier statewide energy efficiency utility, Efficiency Vermont.  Areas of responsibility include marketing, business development and customer service, and delivery of energy efficiency services to residential and business customers.

Responsibilities: Oversees Efficiency Vermont directors and their staff of over 130 employees; leads Efficiency Vermont operations to ensure budgets, goals, milestones and implementation plans are achieved with high quality and alignment with VEIC's mission and core values. Establishes Efficiency Vermont program goals, objectives, milestones and metrics, in collaboration with the Efficiency Vermont Contract Negotiation Team and Operations Team. Leads Efficiency Vermont Operations & Long-Term Planning teams and is responsible for the Efficiency Vermont Annual plan.

QUALITY MANAGER Open until filled

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Responsible for the research, development, implementation and review of organization-wide quality assurance activities, management systems, and reporting to ensure VEIC's business practices achieve best practice standards, meet contractual obligations and ensure consistency with VEIC's mission and core values.  Works with senior managers in strategic planning, devising quality measurement metrics and analysis of key organizational processes.

Bachelor's degree in appropriate discipline plus five to ten years Quality Management experience, or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired. 

 
MEASUREMENT & VERIFICATION SPECIALIST - Open until filled.

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This position manages and develops systems and engineering resources for Business Energy Services to ensure the accuracy, efficiency and integrity of project metering, and participates in other activities to ensure the delivery of high quality energy analysis and technical information to market teams, staff, and customers.

Responsibilities:  Develop and refine technical resource systems, analysis tools, and methods, including generic and project specific metering protocols, to ensure accurate capture of the data necessary to assess and evaluate energy and demand impacts from energy efficiency measures.  This position will also coordinate all third party metering including facilitation of project information sharing, coordination between in house staff and the Department of Public Service (DPS) metering contractors, and provide monthly reports to the DPS.  The Measurement & Verification Specialist (MV&S) will manage the metering equipment, including calibration and maintenance, scheduling, purchasing, etc.  as well as train Business Energy Services staff in use of the metering equipment, metering protocols and safe use of the equipment.

Requirements:  Bachelors degree in industrial or mechanical engineering or related field, with EIT or PE preferred, plus a minimum of five years related experience, preferably including at least two years of direct experience with on site metering for energy analysis purposes, or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills were acquired.

Opportunities with VEIC's Planning and Evaluation Group

The Planning and Evaluation Group provides analytical, consulting and advisory services to clients across the U.S., Canada and overseas to assess efficiency and/or renewable energy markets and to develop, implement and evaluate cutting edge programs and policies to promote them. The group also contributes to planning efforts related to VEIC's management of the Efficiency Vermont contract (www.efficiencyvermont.org).

Although the group doesn't have specific openings at present, talented individuals with a passion for furthering VEIC's mission are always encouraged to express interest in future opportunities.  Links to descriptions of the group's current positions are provided below.   To submit a resume and cover letter, please write to resume@veic.org.

The group's employees are currently based out of VEIC's headquarters in Burlington, Vermont, and an office in Concord, MA.

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Click here for Senior Analyst

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Click here for Senior Consultant

Click here for Managing Consultant

If you are interested in applying, please email your resume and cover letter indicating to which position you are applying by the appropriate deadline to resume@veic.org or click here. 

or mail it to:

VEIC Recruitment
255 South Champlain St, Suite 7
Burlington, VT 05401 

Upon electronic submittal of your resume and cover letter, you will receive an automated e-mail response.  All resumes are read by the Human Resources staff for consideration.  Please know that we conduct a very thoughtful and thorough recruitment process that may include multiple rounds of interviews.  This allows candidates to get a real sense of VEIC and our work culture as well as ensures alignment with the expectations of the position.   This approach is one of the many reasons why VEIC's employee retention rate is so high!