Engineering and consulting for utility efficiency and distributed energy
Willdan is a 60-year-old public engineering firm (NASDAQ: WLDN) serving utilities, government agencies, and industrial clients across energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure planning. The tech stack is domain-specific—eQUEST, EnergyPlus, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Procore—reflecting a deep specialization in energy modeling and construction delivery. Active hiring skews heavily toward engineering and construction roles, with project focus on retrofit work and compliance-driven programs (Local Law 97, grid resiliency), suggesting sustained demand from municipal and utility clients navigating decarbonization mandates.
Notable leadership hires: Platform Lead, Director, Director of Construction
Willdan provides consulting and technical services to utilities, public agencies, and industrial firms across the United States, with particular strength in energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, engineering, planning, and public finance. The firm operates from more than 20 state offices, with largest presence in California and New York, serving long-standing relationships with municipal and investor-owned utilities as well as commercial and industrial clients. Core service lines span energy retrofit construction, building energy conservation, energy modeling, and infrastructure planning. The company employs 1,560+ dedicated professionals and operates through specialized subsidiaries aligned to each service segment.
Primary tools include eQUEST and EnergyPlus for energy modeling, AutoCAD and Civil 3D for design, Bluebeam Revu for construction markup, Procore for project management, Salesforce for CRM, Deltek Costpoint for financial management, and SAP for enterprise operations.
Willdan is headquartered in Anaheim, California and operates from more than 20 state offices across the United States, with largest operations in California and New York. The firm also hires in Peru and Canada.
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