Careers
Join our team of talented, passionate professionals and help us guide the Northwest to a more energy-efficient future.
When a Career Becomes a Legacy
A career at the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is so much more than a job. It’s an opportunity to transform the future by helping us solve the Northwest’s most pressing energy challenges. When you join NEEA, you join a forward-thinking alliance with more than 30 years of experience using collaborative innovation to advance energy-efficient products, services, and practices throughout the region and beyond.
All Are Welcome
NEEA’s Market Transformation success stems from a dynamic group of employees from a variety of backgrounds who share a passion for building a more sustainable Northwest. NEEA welcomes talented individuals from all backgrounds and fields of expertise, with or without previous experience in the energy industry. Are you talented, committed, and motivated? If the answer is yes, we encourage you to apply to help us create a vibrant future for all Northwest communities.
A People-First Work Environment
Our success relies on talented and driven people, and our salaries, benefits, and policies reflect it. NEEA’s team members enjoy an engaging, collaborative work environment with a variety of perks and people-first policies, including:
- Flexible schedules and hybrid working to promote balance and accommodate your preferences and needs.
- Professional development opportunities to help you advance your career and take it in the direction you want to go.
- Market-based compensation packages with transparent salary information listed on every job post.
- Competitive benefits that support the long-term wellbeing of our employees and their families.
- A comprehensive recognition program that celebrates individual employee contributions to our collective success.
Open Positions
Join our mission to drive energy efficiency and create lasting change to the benefit of all consumers in the Northwest.
Senior Codes & Standards Engineer
Portland, OR | Remote
The Senior Codes & Standards Engineer is responsible for leading and advancing appliance, equipment, and building energy codes and standards strategies that materially improve energy efficiency outcomes in the Northwest. This role independently evaluates existing and emerging technologies for applicability within current and future regulatory frameworks, applies expert technical and market judgment, and shapes proposals that influence state, regional, and national rulemaking processes.
Senior Program Coordinator
Portland, OR
The Senior Program Coordinator supports day-to-day program activities such as scheduling and preparing for team meetings, tracking deliverables in Asana, organizing team SharePoint sites, coordinating workstreams and communicating across cross-functional teams. The person will champion NEEA tools – Asana, Microsoft Office Suite including remote/hybrid Teams webinar set up, Mural, Salesforce, SharePoint, and other internal systems – and processes within their teams.
Contracts Attorney
Portland, OR
The Contracts Attorney will work directly with NEEA’s Corporate Counsel, Contracts/Legal Team, outside parties, and NEEA’s internal contract managers to support the dynamic, demanding, diverse, and high-volume contracting needs of NEEA’s internal stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and external partners.
Communications Manager
Portland, OR
The Communications Manager supports, develops and implements corporate, stakeholder and funder communications both internally and externally to support the organization’s business goals. The Communications Manager leads alignment among cross-functional teams on communications approaches and projects and consults with and supports management and staff in meeting their goals through strategic communications. The Communications Manager is responsible for NEEA’s external and executive communications support functions.
Senior Market Analyst
Portland, OR
The Senior Market Analyst functions as a core analytical partner on multiple cross‑functional program teams, translating program strategy and market dynamics into quantitative forecasts, scenario analysis, and defensible estimates of program potential, risks, and outcomes. The role contributes directly to program design, market engagement, and portfolio‑level decision making by delivering timely, well documented analytical insights.
I love that every day is different. I’m constantly being challenged to think in new and different ways, and I get to work with a group of smart, quirky and caring people who all work hard for the greater good.
– Stakeholder Relations, Communications & Marketing Team Member
I get to spend every day making progress toward a more energy-efficient world, in collaboration with extremely smart and kind people.
– Market Strategy + Execution Team Member
As a NEEAn, I’m part of something BIG, contributing to a brighter future. NEEA offers hybrid work options and personalized work/life balance, allowing me to work hard, play hard, and prioritize my life.
– Human Resources Team Member
ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
NEEA is an equal opportunity employer. It is NEEA’s policy to take affirmative action to employ, advance in employment, and otherwise treat protected veterans and individuals with disabilities without regard to their veteran status, or disability. Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability. Contact us to discuss reasonable accommodations. Learn more about our Equal Opportunity Employment and Affirmative Action policies.
Email | 700 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 1300, Portland, OR | Office number: (503) 688-5400
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