BPI-Certified Residential Home Energy Auditor
Job Type: Full-time, W-2 employee
Work Location: Field-based throughout northern and central New Jersey
Company Headquarters: Kearny, New Jersey
ABOUT CIEL POWER
Ciel Power is seeking an experienced, BPI-certified Residential Home Energy Auditor to join our award-winning New Jersey home-performance team.
This is an immediate opening with an established calendar of scheduled home energy audits. We are looking for a knowledgeable, dependable professional who can move quickly through onboarding, work independently in the field, and deliver an exceptional experience to New Jersey homeowners.
Since 2010, Ciel Power has completed more than 5,000 home energy audits throughout northern and central New Jersey. Ciel is a four-time ENERGY STAR® Contractor of the Year and has been recognized as a PSE&G Top 10 energy-efficiency contractor.
This position combines technical building diagnostics, energy modeling, homeowner education, and consultative recommendations. You will help homeowners understand why their homes are uncomfortable, inefficient, or potentially unsafe—and develop practical scopes of work designed to solve those problems.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Ciel Power offers a compensation package designed to attract and retain experienced home-performance professionals:
- Base salary of $70,000–$90,000 per year, based on experience, active certifications, and ability to work independently
- $5,000 sign-on bonus for qualified external hires
- Sign-on bonus paid in installments during the first six months, subject to the terms of the written offer
- Additional performance incentive program tied to customer experience, project conversion, and performance results
- Company-issued Tesla Model 3 for business travel
- Company-issued phone and laptop
- Company-provided blower door, combustion analyzer, infrared camera, and other required diagnostic equipment
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) with company matching
- Paid time off
- Flexible scheduling within a full-time field position
- Professional development and advancement opportunities
WHY JOIN CIEL POWER?
- Step into an active calendar of scheduled residential audits
- Work independently while receiving support from an experienced operations and production team
- Use professional diagnostic technology and equipment provided by the company
- Join an established, respected New Jersey home-performance contractor
- Help homeowners improve comfort, indoor air quality, safety, and energy efficiency
- Develop your career in a growing energy-efficiency and building-performance industry
- Work for a company that manages the homeowner journey from initial audit through installation and incentive closeout
WHAT YOU WILL DO
As a Residential Home Energy Auditor, you will:
- Conduct comprehensive residential home energy audits throughout northern and central New Jersey
- Evaluate building-envelope conditions, insulation levels, air leakage, HVAC equipment, domestic hot-water systems, ventilation, and related building systems
- Perform blower-door testing, combustion-safety testing, CAZ testing, draft testing, carbon-monoxide testing, and other required health-and-safety procedures
- Use infrared imaging and other diagnostic equipment to identify hidden comfort and efficiency problems
- Collect accurate field data and complete required energy modeling
- Identify the root causes of comfort, safety, indoor-air-quality, and energy-consumption problems
- Develop detailed scopes of work and prioritized recommendations for each homeowner
- Explain findings, recommended improvements, available incentives, and next steps in clear, understandable language
- Help homeowners make informed decisions about insulation, air sealing, HVAC, water heating, and other home-performance improvements
- Complete reports, documentation, photographs, and program submissions accurately and on time
- Maintain organized customer records and communicate effectively with Ciel’s administrative, production, and quality-assurance teams
- Maintain company-provided diagnostic equipment, technology, and vehicle
- Follow BPI standards, applicable utility-program requirements, company procedures, and all health-and-safety protocols
- Perform other related responsibilities as needed
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate must have:
- A current BPI Building Analyst Professional certification
- At least one year of experience conducting residential energy audits or comprehensive home-performance assessments; two or more years strongly preferred
- Demonstrated proficiency operating a blower door
- Demonstrated proficiency performing combustion-safety and CAZ testing
- Working knowledge of forced-air distribution, heating and cooling systems, domestic hot-water systems, and residential ventilation
- Experience with residential energy modeling and audit-report preparation
- Strong understanding of building science, air movement, heat transfer, moisture, insulation, air sealing, and residential construction
- Ability to develop accurate, technically appropriate scopes of work
- Strong customer-service, presentation, and homeowner-education skills
- Ability to explain technical information in clear, non-technical language
- Strong organizational, scheduling, documentation, and follow-through skills
- Comfort using mobile applications, laptops, CRM systems, energy-modeling software, and digital reporting tools
- A valid driver’s license and an acceptable motor-vehicle record
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
The following experience or credentials are especially valuable:
- BPI Home Energy Professional Energy Auditor certification
- BPI Healthy Home Evaluator, Quality Control Inspector, Heating Professional, or AC/Heat Pump certification
- Experience working within New Jersey utility-sponsored residential energy-efficiency programs
- Experience with New Jersey Whole Home Energy Solutions or comparable home-performance programs
- Residential HVAC, insulation, air-sealing, weatherization, construction, remodeling, or home-inspection experience
- Experience developing retrofit recommendations and helping homeowners move from assessment to implementation
- Consultative sales or project-development experience
- Familiarity with utility incentives, rebate programs, and energy-efficiency financing
PHYSICAL AND FIELD REQUIREMENTS
This is an active, field-based position. With or without reasonable accommodation, the employee must be able to:
- Lift and carry equipment weighing up to 50 pounds
- Climb stairs and ladders
- Bend, kneel, crouch, stoop, and reach
- Enter and work in attics, basements, crawlspaces, mechanical rooms, and other confined residential areas
- Work in environments that may be hot, cold, dusty, damp, or otherwise physically demanding
- Safely transport, set up, operate, and maintain diagnostic equipment
- Travel daily between residential appointments throughout the assigned territory
THE RIGHT CANDIDATE
The right person for this role is technically capable, highly organized, dependable, and comfortable working independently in customers’ homes.
You should be able to establish trust quickly, conduct a disciplined and technically accurate assessment, identify the causes of a home’s problems, and present recommendations professionally. This is not a high-pressure sales position, but success requires confidence in helping homeowners understand and act on appropriate recommendations.
HIRING PROCESS
Ciel Power is interviewing immediately and has designed the process to move quickly.
Qualified candidates should expect:
- An initial telephone or video conversation
- A structured technical interview
- A paid practical field evaluation
- Credential and professional-reference verification
- A conditional employment offer for the selected candidate
Employment is contingent upon verification of required credentials, an acceptable motor-vehicle record, and a job-related background check conducted after the initial interview and in accordance with applicable law.
Ciel Power LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000–$90,000 per year
Supplemental Compensation:
- $5,000 sign-on bonus
- Performance bonus
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: On the road
Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Bereavement leave
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid jury duty
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Remote
