Employment

We are always looking for talented engineers, analysts, programmers and interactive graphic artists with demonstrated interest and skills in sustainable building design and energy efficiency. Currently, we have openings for a part-time Office Manager and part-time Programmers.

For more information about our company, please see the About Us section.

Part-time Office Manager

The Office Manager will be responsible for:

• invoicing clients and office sublessors

• internal quality assurance of reports and grant proposals

• routine work on ongoing projects, including software testing and documentation

• arranging schedules and meetings

• basic website maintenance and content development

• some company purchasing

• some bill-paying

• new employee recruitment

Possible responsibilities depending on background, experience, and interest may include:

• business process improvement

• management of strategic marketing programs

• business and marketing plan development

• expansion of new product ideas

Our ideal candidate has the following skills, experience and personality:

• 6 mo. or more of experience in office administration

• strong attention to detail

• works well with minimal supervision

• Excel, Word, DreamWeaver, and Adobe Acrobat

• HTML and Photoshop experience are a plus

• high level of comfort with Internet searching

• proactive, positive, approachable attitude

• interest in energy efficiency, green business operations, engineering, architecture, or policy development is a plus

Hours are somewhat flexible, with an expectation of 10 to 20 hours per week. Contract employment is always an option. 

Starting Salary: Varies depending on knowledge and skills.

Part-time Programmers

We have ongoing software projects that develop web-based, graphically intensive interactive multimedia for building design and operations. Projects focus on Heating, Ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment for buildings.

One example project focuses on computer-based education. It develops a series of goal-oriented, problem solving case study exercises intended for use within community college technical curricula. This first project involves interfacing with state-of-the-art simulation tools at LBNL (Spark, EnergyPlus). Qualifications for this position include:

• Knowledge of engineering, and HVAC systems in buildings in particular, is key.

•  Interest in multimedia training as well as energy-efficient and sustainable building design is also valuable.

Another example project focuses on visualization components within building performance monitoring systems for HVAC. Qualifications for this position include:

• Knowledge of engineering, and HVAC systems in buildings in particular, is key.

• Solid, demonstrated experience using Flash in a data-base driven context is essential. Experience with SQL and XML is highly desirable.

• Experience with such tools as MySQL, PHP, ASP, C++, C++.net, C#.net etc. is desirable.

Interest in multimedia training as well as energy-efficient and sustainable building design is also valuable.

Hours are flexible; expectation is 10 to 20 hours per week per position. Contract employment is always an option. 

Starting Salary: Varies depending on knowledge and skills.

Application Information

Please email or fax your qualifications to:

Email: admin at deringergroup dot com
Fax:  1-510-843-9300

Last edited 12 June 06