Energy Project Manager

Grant Funded

This position is grant funded.

Work Shifts

9:00 A.M – 5:00 P.M

Duties & Responsibilities

SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Energy Project Manager will play a key role in implementing energy efficiency, renewable energy, electrification, and retro-commissioning projects across the system’s facilities. The selected candidate will support the planning, execution, and oversight of projects that reduce energy consumption, lower operating costs, improve system performance, and drive measurable greenhouse gas emissions reductions in alignment with City, State and other mandates

General tasks and responsibilities:

• Delivering energy efficiency projects: Working closely with consultants and contractors, manage design and construction for energy efficiency projects and ensure that projects are completed in a timely, cost-effective manner. Review, provide comments, and make recommendations on design packages submitted by consultants for projects. Review contractor proposals for accuracy. Manage contracts and budget throughout project implementation.
• Performing project tracking and reporting: Maintain project-related documentation, including work orders, scopes of work, cost proposals, invoices, project status sheets, and progress reports. Perform data collection and tracking necessary to ensure accurate, on-demand project reporting in a range of areas, including compliance with project schedules, budgets, and scopes and verified energy savings and emissions reductions.
• Performing site visits throughout the project implementation process: Conduct frequent field visits; verify and refine proposed scopes of work; facilitate consultants and contractors’ walk-throughs; ensure projects’ compliance with scopes and schedules set forth in contract documents; inspect completed work for project close-outs and resolve technical issues.
• Managing energy efficiency project scoping: Assess energy usage reduction opportunities at H+H facilities. Develop and review scopes of work for energy efficiency projects, working closely with contractors and consultants. Review completed energy audits, retro-cx studies, and feasibility reports for buildings to assist with project selection and provide recommendations regarding innovative alternative technologies.
• Quantifying energy conservation opportunities: Perform technical calculations to estimate the expected energy savings, cost savings, and emissions reductions for energy efficiency projects. Help prepare grant applications to secure funding for energy projects.
• Liaising with various stakeholders: Collaborate with facilities management teams, consultants, and contractors during energy project design and implementation: As designated, represent H+H in meetings with different facilities teams, consultants, and contractors involved in energy efficiency project implementation
• Performing capital project administrative functions: Manage and ensure successful completion of administrative tasks including but not limited to: reviewing Certificate to Proceed packages and project registrations, authorizing change orders, initiating Purchase Orders, and reviewing, preparing, and approving payment requests.
• Supporting project measurement and verification (“M&V”): Help develop M&V plans consistent with the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol.

Minimum Qualifications

Assignment Level 1

1. A baccalaureate degree in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, business administration or public administration from an accredited college or university; and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in project management work, such as planning, administrating, managing, coordinating or expediting for engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects; or
2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in “1” above; or
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of the experience and/or college education as described in “1” above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience. One year of credit will be given for each 30 semester credits of college education leading to a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, business administration or in public administration.

Special Note:

Experience which is primarily of a design nature is not acceptable towards meeting the minimum requirements.

Department Preferences

Certification(s)/NYS Licenses:

One of the following:

• Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
• Certified Energy Auditor (CEA)
• Cert. Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Building Operator Certification Level 1 or 2 or a related certification

Educational Level:

• A bachelor’s degree in facilities management, engineering, architecture, energy management, construction management, or a related field.

Years of Experience:

• At least two (2) years of experience in analyzing building energy efficiency technologies, equipment, and systems and specifying upgrades to improve energy performance.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and other Requirements:

• Building energy systems and energy efficiency technologies.
• Design and construction of energy efficiency retrofit projects in existing buildings, preferably healthcare facilities of varying age, size, and use.
• Various HVAC systems including boilers, chillers, air handling units, rooftop units, building automation systems (BAS), air, steam, and chilled water distribution systems, and other heating and cooling applications.
• Technical project management operations including project planning, scope development, design management, construction oversight, and project close-out.
• ASHRAE energy standards and NYC energy, mechanical, and electrical codes.
• Energy costs and utility billing structures, energy savings calculation methodologies, and emissions calculation methodologies.
• Strong strategic problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple simultaneous projects.
• High level of productivity with the ability to meet and exceed deadlines.
• Strong organizational and coordination skills across stakeholders.

Special Equipment/Machines Operated:

• Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Project Management Software
• Computer, Copier, Scanner, etc.
• Thermal Imaging Camera, Light Meter