Program evaluation Jobs in Chicago, IL

Resource Innovations is looking for an experienced Impact Evaluation Manager to join our expanding team. In this role, you will provide technical support and project management services within the Advisory Services Group business unit, focusing on energy efficiency program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Your primary responsibilities will include leading impact evaluations and offering engineering and analytical support.

Your specific duties will involve overseeing impact evaluations, managing junior engineers and analysts, and reviewing deliverables to ensure quality for client submissions. You will also be responsible for ensuring that impact evaluations and related projects are completed on schedule and within budget. Candidates with over 5 years of professional experience are strongly encouraged to apply.

Resource Innovations (RI) is a women-led energy transformation company committed to impact. Leveraging our expertise in energy efficiency, we continuously broaden our range of clean energy solutions to assist utilities in navigating increasingly complex and interconnected challenges such as load flexibility, electrification, and carbon reduction. At every stage, we are at the forefront of driving meaningful change.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and conduct impact evaluations and cost-effectiveness analyses of energy efficiency programs, including estimation of gross and net energy savings.
• Manage evaluation projects to ensure high-quality deliverables are completed on schedule and within budget.
• Develop scopes of work, technical approaches, and budgets for new evaluation studies and program support efforts.
• Manage and mentor engineering and analytical staff, coordinating fieldwork, data collection, energy modeling, and technical research.
• Oversee primary and secondary data collection efforts, including survey administration, site visits, metering, and database acquisition, and perform advanced data analysis.
• Lead measurement and verification (M&V) activities for installed energy efficiency measures using engineering calculations, billing analysis, and regression modeling.
• Develop data collection instruments, technical algorithms, and analytical tools to support program evaluation and savings estimation.
• Lead and contribute to technical report writing, including development of findings, conclusions, and actionable program recommendations.
• Support senior staff in the development of presentations, white papers, and proposals for utility clients and regulatory stakeholders.
• Contribute to process evaluations by supporting study design, developing research instruments, conducting stakeholder interviews, and synthesizing findings on program implementation and market effects.
• Integrate process and impact evaluation insights to identify opportunities for improving program delivery, participation, and cost-effectiveness.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field ( engineering, environmental science with a focus on energy efficiency / energy management, or closely related industry).
• 5+ years of working experience with 4+ years of experience with impact evaluation of energy efficiency programs.
• Expert level understanding of building systems, energy end uses and equipment, specific in commercial and industrial sectors is desirable.
• In-depth experience with energy assessments, analysis of energy data, and/or Measurement and Verification experience.
• Experience preparing reports detailing analytical findings.
• Excellent writing, communication, and computer skills are mandatory.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks with competing priorities
• Ability to build relationships with clients and work in tandem to solve logistical and technical issues.

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