Senior Facilities Analyst

Overview

The Judicial Council of California is accepting applications for the position of Senior Facilities Analyst with the Facilities Services office.

The Senior Facilities Analyst will provide technical analysis and expertise, program development, sustainability compliance, and all energy and sustainability aspects training to support existing court facilities and capital projects.

The Judicial Council Sustainability program focus areas include energy efficiency, water conservation, carbon reduction, climate change adaptation, green operations, renewable energy, and zero waste. The nature of the work will include providing technical expertise primarily in energy efficiency, mechanical, lighting, and Building Automation Systems, benchmarking, energy modeling, renewable energy, and storage, zero net energy, greenhouse gas inventory, and coordination of assigned sustainability initiatives.

The Senior Facilities Analyst's work includes research and piloting of alternative fund source programs or creative solutions in support of reaching sustainability goals in collaboration with other state agencies and sustainability partners. The Senior Facilities Analyst's duties include benchmarking, tracking, complex analysis, reporting, management, and verification of utility energy data through custom and web-based platform(s) such as Energy Star Portfolio Manager. This position is responsible for overseeing, conducting, or managing energy audits, life cycle cost analysis, recommendations for energy efficiency equipment installations, mechanical/electrical review of energy efficiency projects for funding and payback, initiating and tracking utility incentives through to capture of rebates and energy savings, assisting in energy policy recommendations, and providing energy-related educational training for the field staff, and court staff. Incumbent may provide technical assistance for regulatory investigations with legal and local utilities involving co-generation and central power plant campuses, including potential coordination of EV charging and future grid optimization strategies.

This position will also serve as a technical sustainability matter expert to the Judicial Council oversight committees, namely the Trial Court Facility Modification Advisory Committee (TCFMAC) and the Court Cost Reduction Staff Subcommittee of the Court Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC).

The Senior Facilities Analyst will also develop educational and training materials for the Sustainability Partnership forum, which is attended by court liaisons and operation/maintenance service providers. The Senior Facilities Analyst will also support the running of the Facilities Services Green Governance Group. The Supervisor of the Sustainability Unit may assign other sustainability initiatives or responsibilities as needed.

The Judicial Council
The Judicial Council of California is the policy setting body for the state court system and has constitutionally conferred statewide rule-making authority. This authority includes developing, advocating for, and allocating the judicial branch budget. A majority of Council members are California state justices and judges; however, the Council also includes lawyers, legislators, and court administrators.

By enhancing its role as a leadership, knowledge, and service resource for the judicial branch, the Judicial Council’s staff organization seeks to continue to evolve as one of California’s most dynamic public service entities, focused on improving access to justice for all Californians by innovating and responding to the changing needs of the courts and the public. As a government body charged with improving the statewide administration of justice, the Judicial Council has multiple offices with diverse responsibilities relating to court policy and operations. As employees of the council, every member of staff should view and approach their work as one Judicial Council with a public service mission that is greater than the sum of its parts.

The Judicial Council strives for work-life balance, including substantial vacation and holiday time. In addition, we offer an excellent benefits package, including pension, medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending, up to $130 per month reimbursement for qualifying commuting costs, student loan forgiveness as part of Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), and retirement savings plans. In San Francisco, the office is only a 7-minute walk from the Civic Center BART station. In Sacramento, the office is minutes from downtown, just north of Discovery Park.

The Judicial Council offers hybrid work arrangements for many positions. The successful candidate will be expected to work in person at the Judicial Council’s San Francisco or Sacramento office at least two days per week, based on their office leader’s direction, and reside in the areas surrounding these locations. To be eligible for Judicial Council employment and participation in the Judicial Council’s Hybrid Work Program, a prospective or current employee’s primary residence/remote work location must be in the State of California and within a 150-mile driving radius of their assigned reporting location.

Responsibilities

• Research and piloting of alternative funding programs and creative solutions in support of reaching sustainable energy and efficiency goals.
  • Provide Sustainability Unit first level point of contact for any alternative financing arrangements for energy efficiency, renewable energy systems, and water conservation projects such as Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), Direct Access (DA), Energy Service Companies (ESCO), Service Agreements (ESA), and On-Bill Financing (OBF).
• Educate JCC staff on sustainability program initiatives, standards, best practices, and compliance to achieve sustainability goals.
  • Develop material and facilitate online web-ex or in-person training on sustainability, energy efficiency, water conservation, waste minimization, and recycling, as well as related topics for facilities operations staff, project managers, service providers, courts, counties, and other stakeholders.
• Provide technical expertise for the Facility Modification Coordination and Comment (FMCC) process for the repair, replacement, and renovation of facilities assets.
  • Perform comparative life cycle cost analysis of sustainability options for related repairs, equipment replacements, energy efficiency, cost reduction, or deep energy retrofits and decarbonization projects.
• Provide technical analysis and support to Facilities Operations and Capital Program, such as Energy Performance design criteria, capturing incentives, and other strategies to meet JCC Sustainability targets.
  • Initiate, track, and manage rebate and incentive applications for new construction and/or lighting or express efficiency for existing retrofits to reserve funds for the energy efficiency design and equipment installations at the beginning of the project. Track design team activities and ensure utility process through final inspection/audit and receipt of rebate checks.
• Lead the Benchmarking, Energy/Water Auditing, and Energy/Water Management efforts to reduce Utility Costs and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in the Portfolio of Courthouse Facilities Statewide.
  • Support the Unit efforts in benchmarking the JCC's portfolio of over 160 JCC-managed facilities and continued systematic monitoring, data analysis, and reporting of energy water and waste data (Use, Energy Use Intensity, Water Intensity, Cost, and GHG emissions). Maintain high data quality/integrity of utility data and relevant driving factors such as weather (heating/cooling degree days), occupancy, and, in the future, County-managed usage data.
• Provide Technical Support to the Water Conservation Program
  • Support efforts to rank the Courthouses and other portfolio facilities in relation to water intensity of potable/non-potable water.
• Support Zero Waste Program
  • Support the development of the Judicial Council Zero Waste Strategy and Program Implementation.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree and four (4) years of professional experience in providing analytical and technical support to facilities management. Possession of a bachelor’s degree in a directly related field such as environmental science, biology engineering, real estate, etc., may be substituted for one of the years of required experience. An additional four (4) years of professional experience as noted above may substitute for the bachelor’s degree. Or, additional directly related experience and/or education may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.

OR

Master’s degree in a directly related field such as architecture, civil engineering, or construction or building management, and one (1) year of experience in providing analytical and technical support to facilities management.

OR

One (1) year as a Facilities Analyst in the assigned field with the Judicial Council of California or one (1) year of experience performing the duties of a class comparable in the level of responsibility to that of Facilities Analyst in a California superior court or California state-level government entity.

LICENSING AND CERTIFICATIONS
− Valid driver’s license, as assigned

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Licensed PE or EE, LEED AP, and/or CEM preferred
• Project Management certification – PMP
• Water Conservation Qualification – CWEP, QWEL or CWM preferred
• Energy Star Portfolio Manager Verifier and benchmarking experience preferred
• Energy Modeling experience preferred
• Familiarity with ZNE buildings, LEED EBOM v4, T24 /CAL Green preferred
• Building Decarbonization and GHG Inventory Management & Calculation
• Demonstrable Experience with Utility Incentive Programs - Savings by Design, Custom, Direct Install, On Bill Finance

Other Information

Please note, if you are selected for hire, verification of employment eligibility or authorization to work in the United States will be required.

How To Apply

This position is Open Until Filled and requires the submission of our official application, responses to the supplemental questions, and a resume. To ensure consideration of your application for the earliest round of interviews, please apply by 5:00 P.M. on September 4, 2026.

To complete the online application, please click the Apply for Job button.

The Judicial Council provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities who request such accommodation. Reasonable accommodation needs should be requested through Human Resources at (415) 865-4260. Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) is available by dialing 711. Once connected, provide the relay operator with the number for Human Resources: 415-865-4260.

Pay and Benefits

$7,941 - $11,912 per month

Please note due to statewide fiscal conditions, the posted salary range is subject to a temporary 3% reduction. In exchange for this reduction, judicial branch employees accrue an additional 5 hours of paid personal leave per month through June 30, 2027.

Some highlights of our benefits package include:

• Health/Dental/Vision benefits program
• 14 paid holidays per calendar year
• Choice of Annual Leave or Sick/Vacation Leave
• 1 personal holiday per year
• Up to $130 per month reimbursement for qualifying commuting costs
• CalPERS Retirement Plan
• 401(k) and 457 deferred compensation plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• FlexElect Program
• Pretax Parking
• Long Term Disability Program (employee paid/optional)
• Group Legal Plan (employee paid/optional)
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Judicial Council of California Is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Supplemental Questions

To better assess the qualifications of each applicant, we will review your responses to the following questions. Please indicate for which employer you performed these functions. Your answers should not exceed a total of three pages.

1. This position works with substantial independence and is expected to take an unfamiliar problem, research it, and return with a defensible answer. Describe an assignment you received where the problem was not well defined and no one told you how to approach it. In your response, address:
   a. The assignment as it was given to you, and what was unclear about it;
   b. How you scoped the work, including what you decided to leave out and why;
   c. Which decisions you made on your own and which you brought back to your supervisor, and how you drew that line; and
   d. What you would do differently if you were handed the same assignment today.

2. Describe an energy, water, or utility cost analysis that you personally performed rather than supervised or commissioned. In your response, address:
   a. The dataset, including the number of buildings or meters, the period it covered, and where the data came from;
   b. A data quality problem you found, how you resolved it, and what you did about the records you could not resolve;
   c. The tools you used and the specific calculation or method at the center of the analysis; and
   d. The result you reported, and whether later performance matched what your analysis predicted.
3. Public agencies deliver projects inside procurement rules, approval bodies, utility program requirements, and funding cycles that can delay or reshape a technically sound project. Describe a written analysis or recommendation you authored in that situation, where one of these constraints shaped what you were able to recommend. In your response, address:
   a. The constraint and the entity that imposed it, and how it changed the scope, schedule, or expected savings compared with your original plan;
   b. The audience, the approximate length of the document, and the decision in front of them;
   c. Your recommendation, the hardest technical point you had to make understandable to a reader without a technical background, and what the decision maker did with it, including any part they declined to act on and the reason you were given; and
   d. In your judgment, when an energy savings performance contract, a power purchase agreement, or on-bill financing is the wrong tool for a project, and why.