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Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.\n Partner with Store Support Center facility engineers, division energy and maintenance engineers, technicians, and contractors to evaluate projects that align with corporate strategies.\nDesign and test capital projects aimed at reducing costs in lighting, refrigeration, HVAC, and energy consumption to implement utility conservation programs utilizing capital funding.\nDevelop and identify new potential projects for utilities expense reduction.\nDevelop and sustain a comprehensive 3-year energy capital plan, detailed by store and project.\nIdentify and evaluate new vendors for utility-related products and services.\nDevelop metric reports to measure progress towards goals. 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