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Co-op Power/Boston, MA

Senior Weatherization Crew Leader

REPORTS TO: Co-op Power Director of Energy Efficiency Programs

COMPENSATION: Hourly based on experience, benefits included

LOCATION: Boston MA

FSLA DESIGNATION: Exempt

DUTIES
Coordinates activities of Co-op Power’s Boston Energy Efficiency workers engaged in auditing, air sealing, insulation, appliance and lighting upgrades, and other efficiency measures for residential buildings by performing the following duties:

ï± Works with the Energy Efficiency Program Administrator and Director of Energy Efficiency Programs to coordinate the Boston crew’s relationships with the Utility, CAP Agency and Government Programs assigning work and to learn about customer needs, the task list for each job, materials, schedules and job profitability.

ï± Serves as the primary contact with customers. Ensures customer satisfaction.

ï± Schedules workers each week. Collects, signs off on, and submits payroll forms.

ï± Gathers materials and tools required for each task.

ï± Instructs his or her Crew on job site safety, proper use of tools.

ï± Maintains vehicle(s), equipment, tools, and inventory.

ï± Assigns work to each worker. Provides training required. Oversees work. Ensures work meets high quality standards.

ï± Maintains accurate records of time on each job and expenditures per job.

ï± Supports hiring and training programs which provide access to good green jobs to people of color and people from limited resource communities. Creates a supportive relationship with trainees to assist them in developing a wide range of personal and job skills. Arranges transportation for Crew Workers to each job site during their initial training period if they don’t have transportation. Supports ongoing professional development.

ï± Supports community education programs in partnership with the Co-op Power Boston Metro East Organizing Council, including coordinating and training volunteers to assist with air sealing from time to time under the supervision of trained workers.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervises 4-7 workers

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Experience in the building trades required. BPI certification preferred. Energy efficiency improvement experience preferred. Supervisory experience preferred. Training experience preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Basic oral and written communication skills in English required. Bi-lingual basic oral communication skills in Spanish preferred.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Arithmetic and geometry skills required.

REASONING ABILITY
Basic reasoning ability required.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
CSL required, or ability to obtain within one month of hire.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Employee must be able to move easily from the basement to the roof of a building carrying 50 pounds walking up stairs and on uneven ground. Employee must be able to use a hammer, screw driver, tape measure, circular saw and other hand and power tools safely.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Employee must be able to work in dusty environments, in rooms with mild mold, mildew, smells or other inhalants.

To Apply:
Please send cover letter and resume to jobs@cooppower.coop with “JOB APPLICATION†in the subject line. You can also fax your cover letter and resume to 413-517-0300 or mail them to Co-op Power, PO Box 688, Greenfield MA 01302.

Co-op Power is a decentralized network of local communities in southern New England and eastern New York. We’re a multi-racial, multi-class movement for justice and sustainability. We’re a consumer owned cooperative that provides sustainable energy for our member-owners and supporters. We use our market power and capital to build good green jobs and community based green businesses. Learn more at www.cooppower.coop.

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by John Farrell.

This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project.

You
don’t have to be big to go big on solar power. That’s the lesson from
the Gainesville Regional Utilities, the electric utility whose feed-in
tariff solar policy has brought over 7 megawatts (MW) of solar to the
city’s 125,000 residents. The raw number isn’t much, but it puts Gainesville among the world leaders in solar installed per capita, beating out Japan, France, and China (and besting California, which has 32 kilowatts (kW) per 1000 residents).

The
basic premise behind the feed-in tariff program is that anyone who
wants to be a solar power generator can connect to the grid and get a
20-year contract for their power from the municipal utility. The long-term contract makes getting financing for solar projects easier, and the prices are attractive.
The utility pays 24 cents per kilowatt-hour generated for large-scale
ground-mounted systems and up to 32 cents for small, rooftop systems.

The
price differentiation helps accommodate solar arrays of various sizes,
from residential to larger commercial installations, spreading the
economic opportunity. The differentiation may also help small-scale
residential projects that can’t use federal tax incentives for
businesses.

Thus far, approximately one-third of
the city’s 7.3 MW of solar power is in relatively small systems, 100 kW
and smaller. About half the installed capacity is in projects 500 kW
and larger:

The solar feed-in tariff program also brings value to
the local community and electricity system. A report released earlier
this year found that the grid benefits and social benefits of solar power far outweigh the typical valuation of solar power by utilities. These benefits include reduced stress on the utility distribution system and reduced transmission losses.

The feed-in tariff program also means local economic development. With a rule of thumb of eight jobs per MW, according to a University of California, Berkeley, study [PDF] of the jobs created from renewable energy development,
Gainesville has already generated 56 jobs. The National Renewable
Energy Laboratory has estimated that each megawatt of solar adds
$240,000 to the local economy, and if Gainesville’s solar projects are
locally owned, the value could be much higher [PDF].

More
than anything, Gainesville provides an important lesson in local energy
self-reliance. While many communities must await action by a state
legislature or investor-owned utility, the municipal utility has the
authority to act quickly in support of the community. And when the
utility is locally controlled, it can mean big things for local solar
power.

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Co-op Power/Boston, MA

Boston Energy Efficiency Crew Leader

REPORTS TO: Co-op Power Director of Energy Efficiency Programs

COMPENSATION: $20-25/hour plus benefits, depending on experience

LOCATION: Boston MA

FSLA DESIGNATION: Exempt

Coordinates activities of Co-op Power’s Boston Energy Efficiency workers engaged in auditing, air sealing, insulation, appliance and lighting upgrades, and other efficiency measures for residential buildings by performing the following duties:

-Works with the Energy Efficiency Program Administrator and Director of Energy Efficiency Programs to coordinate the Boston crew’s relationships with the Utility, CAP Agency and Government Programs assigning work and to learn about customer needs, the task list for each job, materials, schedules and job profitability.

-Serves as the primary contact with customers. Ensures customer satisfaction.

-Schedules workers each week. Collects, signs off on, and submits payroll forms.

-Gathers materials and tools required for each task.

-Instructs his or her Crew on job site safety, proper use of tools.

-Maintains vehicle(s), equipment, tools, and inventory.

-Assigns work to each worker. Provides training required. Oversees work. Ensures work meets high quality standards.

-Maintains accurate records of time on each job and expenditures per job.

-Supports hiring and training programs which provide access to good green jobs to people of color and people from limited resource communities. Creates a supportive relationship with trainees to assist them in developing a wide range of personal and job skills. Arranges transportation for Crew Workers to each job site during their initial training period if they don’t have transportation. Supports ongoing professional development.

-Supports community education programs in partnership with the Co-op Power Boston Metro East Organizing Council, including coordinating and training volunteers to assist with air sealing from time to time under the supervision of trained workers.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervises 4-7 workers

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Experience in the building trades. BPI certification preferred. Energy efficiency improvement experience preferred. Supervisory experience preferred. Training experience preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Basic oral and written communication skills required in English. Bi-lingual basic oral communication skills in Spanish preferred.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Arithmetic and geometry skills required.

REASONING ABILITY
Basic reasoning ability required.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
BPI Building Envelop certification, CSL, OSHA 10, Lead and Asbestos Certification, Air Sealing/Insulation Boot Camp Training and Proctoring required within 1 month of hire.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Employee must be able to move easily from the basement to the roof of a building carrying 50 pounds walking up stairs and on uneven ground. Employee must be able to use a hammer, screw driver, tape measure, circular saw and other hand and power tools safely.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Employee must be able to work in dusty environments, in rooms with mild mold, mildew, smells or other inhalants.

Co-op Power is a decentralized network of local communities in southern New England and eastern New York. We’re a multi-racial, multi-class movement for justice and sustainability. We’re a consumer owned cooperative that provides sustainable energy for our member-owners and supporters. We use our market power and capital to build good green jobs and community based green businesses. Learn more at www.cooppower.coop.

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by Todd Woody.

The president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, didn’t just agree to have solar panels put on the presidential mansion; he helped put them in. Nasheed scrambled up to the roof this week, screwdriver in hand, and joined the crew from California’s Sungevity, which installed the 11.5-kilowatt photovoltaic array. 

(Don’t expect to see Barack Obama in a hard hat any time soon, even though his administration just gave the OK to the solarization of the White House.)

The Maldives, of course, is the poster country for global warming. The Indian Ocean archipelago rests, on average, fewer than five feet above sea level and the nation of some 305,000 people would be rendered uninhabitable by rising waters.

“For the Maldives, climate change is a real challenge,” said Nasheed on a conference call Wednesday. “It’s not a problem in the future, it’s a problem we face every day.”

“We have 16 islands that have serious erosion problems,” he added. “We’ve had to relocate people from one island to another. We also have severe saltwater contamination. We have a serious food security issue.”

Sungevity and Bill McKibben’s 350.org were behind the campaign to put solar on the U.S. White House. The Maldives rooftop installation is part of this Sunday’s 10/10/10 “Global Work Party,” another McKibben initiative to get people to take action against climate change. Watch a video of the installation:

Nasheed, 43, has shown himself adept at focusing media attention on the impact of global warming on the world’s low-lying island nations—last October, he and his cabinet donned scuba gear to hold an underwater meeting.

But putting solar panels on the presidential home is not so much a PR stunt as part of the nation’s aggressive efforts to wean itself from the imported oil it relies on to generate electricity.

In January, Nasheed pledged to the United Nations that the Maldives would go carbon neutral by 2020. Making good on his pledge won’t turn back the rising tide, but Nasheed said the Maldives can show other island nations that it is possible to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. “If it can work here in the Maldives it can work anywhere with 300,000 people,” he said. “We’re going to see a very big technology shift. There’s going to be another industrial revolution. If you’re not clever enough to embrace the future, you cannot be a world leader.”

According to an official in the president’s office, the Maldives total electricity demand is 200 megawatts. 

A Finnish company, WinWind, has proposed building a 25-megawatt wind farm on the Maldives’ Gaaf Alif atoll, while Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon is investigating the feasibility of constructing a 15-megawatt wind farm on the Addu atoll. Japan has provided financial assistance for a project to install a megawatt’s worth of rooftop arrays on schools and government buildings in Male, the country’s capital.

International donors, meanwhile, have promised $30 million for renewable projects. Scotland and the Maldives have signed an agreement to investigate the potential for developing wave and tidal power in the archipelago, according to the president’s office.

To provide electricity when there’s no wind or sun, the Maldives is considering biomass power plants that would run on coconut husks. Outlying islands, however, would probably have to continue burning oil until the price of batteries used to store renewable energy became affordable.

LG, the Korean company, donated the panels for the presidential solar array and the inverters were contributed by the German company Kaco. Sungevity used satellite images and its proprietary software to size and design the solar system at its Oakland, Calif., headquarters, then flew a crew to the Maldives to install it.

“We’re averting about 200 tons of C02 from the system and there’s a 27 percent return on investment,” said Danny Kennedy, Sungevity’s co-founder and a former Greenpeace activist, who traveled to the Maldives for the installation. “President Nasheed is demonstrating this is a wise and affordable investment.” 

Or as Nasheed put it, “For us, it is an issue of life or death. We have been living in the middle of the Indian Ocean and have a written history that goes back 1,000 years. We cannot relocate.”

“We have to take direct action,” he continued. “As the president,
it’s difficult for me to talk like this. This has to involve a fair amount of
direct action on the streets.”

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Farnsworth Group, Inc./Colorado Springs, CO

Farnsworth Group, Inc. is a full-service engineering and architectural firm that offers our valued clients over 325 employees located in a nationwide network of offices. We are also one of the nation’s leaders in sustainable design initiatives, dedicated to solutions that blend in harmony with our natural surroundings. We are currently looking for quality and dedicated employees to join our team. Farnsworth Group is an employee-owned company with a rich 100-year history that offers an impressive benefits and compensation program in addition to excellent career development opportunities. We have the following position available:

Engineering Manager – Satellite Office Leader
Colorado Springs, CO

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineering manager to work with a highly successful organization. The person hired in this role will play a dual role of an Engineering Manager and Satellite Office Leader. In this role you will manage staff and resources and support multiple commissioning, retro-commissioning, energy assessment/auditing, and design projects in the Colorado Springs, CO area and across the nation for a wide variety of clients and facility types.

Engineering Management Responsibilities include:
• Staff and resource management
• Technical quality control
• Marketing and proposal development
• Establishing and maintaining budgets
• Working within our project accounting system
• Management and execution of projects from inception through completion
• Overnight travel required to support projects

Office leadership duties will include:
• Acting as satellite office leader
• Staff development and meetings
• Office budget management
• Collaborating with other discipline teams in the organization as required
• Coordinating multiple disciplines on local or national projects
• Participation in local events and attendance of periodic evening meetings
• Overnight travel to other Farnsworth Group office locations

Minimum Specific Requirements include:
• BS in Architectural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• 10 -15 years of progressive experience in engineering management
• Proven leadership skills with minimum of 5 years of engineering staff leadership experience
• Previous commissioning experience as defined by ASHRAE Guideline 0
• Previous LEED® and/or sustainable design project experience
• Previous MEP design experience
• Registered PE in the State of CO or able to obtain CO licensure
• Experience with Federal projects considered a plus

We offer an excellent salary and benefits program that includes:
• Medical/Dental Plans
• Prescription Drug Program
• Vision Plan
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Flexible Spending Account
• Time-off Benefits
• Company ownership potential

For immediate consideration please:

Apply Online by clicking below or visiting our website at http://www.f-w.com and clicking on the careers link.

Farnsworth Group, Inc. is proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.


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Stantec.
CA – California, San Francisco
  Overview: Our Transportation Group provides comprehensive environmental, planning, design, engineering, and program and construction management services for all phases of transit and rail projects. Stantec is the firm where great…

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Greenpeace/Washington, DC

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: IT SOLUTIONS TEAM LEADER
DEPARTMENT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LOCATION: WASHINGTON, DC
SUPERVISOR: CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (CIO)

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:

The primary function of this position is to lead the team that supports and maintains existing Information Technology (IT) systems for all of Greenpeace in the USA. This includes support of technology systems that might be used by only a small subset of users as well as systems in use by all users. This position will work with the System Administrator, who designs and implements large-scale systems, as part of a larger team that is responsible for all IT infrastructure enterprise-wide. This position also acts as direct Tier II support in support of first-line support staff for complex issues, wide-ranging outages, advanced troubleshooting, and backup.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead team of technical support and solutions staff
- Ensure support tickets and requests get resolved in a timely, friendly, professional and accurate way.
- Regularly survey supported staff for satisfaction.
- Perform regular one-to-one meetings with and annual reviews on direct reports.
- Hold regular team meetings, including System Administrator and CIO as needed.
- Ensure involvement support/solutions team members in development of new systems.
- Maintain existing IT systems.
- Work with System Administrator to ensure continued maintenance of IT systems in all offices.
- Provide second-tier user support for all IT systems; assist IT Solutions Specialists with support of all users.
- Maintain client computers through continued image maintenance and remote or direct software distribution.
- Work with vendors when needed to support systems as diverse as Finance software to VoIP networks.
- Improve existing IT systems through technical research and input from users.
- Assist System Administrator with implementing new IT systems.
- Ensure continued uptime as new systems are implemented.
- Develop support plans for new systems.
- Ensure all support/solutions staff are trained in new systems in order to provide the best support.
- Manage inventory of existing IT equipment and distribute new equipment as needed.
- Maintain database of end-user equipment.
- Ensure end-user equipment has the proper warranties.
- Ensure proper distribution of equipment to end-users.
- Purchase equipment as needed.
- With CIO, manage IT equipment budget.
- Perform any other job-related duties as assigned by the CIO.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
- BA/BS or Equivalent in Computer Science, Business Information Systems or related field.
Skills:
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Windows client software and Microsoft Office required.
- Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP and Windows networking required.
- Advanced proficiency with all hardware aspects of supporting and maintaining Wintel-based systems required.
- Basic knowledge of Unix/Linux systems desired.

EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- At least 6 years work experience in computer support, maintenance and installation.
- At least 3 years managing IT staff.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and demanding environment and manage several projects at once.
- Ability to deal tactfully, professionally, and politely in stressful situations.
- Ability to work independently and to demonstrate initiative and follow-through.
- Interest in environmental issues and knowledge of/or experience with non-profit organizations.

To apply, please submit resume and cover letter, including salary requirements by July 15, 2010.


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Stantec.
CA – California, Sacramento
  Overview: Stantec’s Sacramento office is looking for a Northern California Transportation Practice Leader. This individual will lead a full service transportation practice that includes environmental, planning, design, program and…

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Stantec.
CA – California, Sacramento
  Overview: Our Buildings Engineering group specializes in the design and development processes unique to buildings and facilities. Working closely with our clients, our dedicated professionals help to establish and…

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