Senior Project Manager, Clean Energy Operations

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission.

Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including :

• Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
• Managing 55 public buildings.
• Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
• Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
• Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
• Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come.

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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ (DCAS) Division of Energy Management (DEM) serves as the hub for emissions reduction and energy management for the City government portfolio.

DEM develops the City’s annual utility energy budget; manages the City’s utility accounts; helps our agency partners identify and pursue energy-saving opportunities at their facilities;

leads energy efficiency and distributed generation projects across the City’s portfolio; and helps implement operations and maintenance best practices.

Broadly, DEM is tasked with leading the City’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from City government operations 40 percent by (40x25), 50 percent by (50x30), and 80 percent by (80x50).

Beyond 40x25, 50x30, and 80x50, the City has also made other energy-related commitments, such as pledging to install MW of solar photovoltaic on City buildings by .

DEM works closely with our agency partners to help them reduce emissions and improve energy management in their facilities, including providing them with project funding, project delivery vehicles, technical expertise, staff resources, strategic planning support, and data analytics.

The Senior Project Manager of Clean Energy Operations will work within DEM’s Clean Energy and Innovation Unit, under the guidance of the Senior Program Manager of Clean Energy Operations, but in extremely close coordination with DEM’s other units.

The Senior Project Manager of Clean Energy Operations will be charged with responsibilities including, but not limited to, the following :

1. Lead Project Management : Manage the operations and maintenance of multiple solar PV and battery storage installations.

Engage with vendors to provide site access, manage, and review the delivery of O&M assessments, review of scope of work and performance estimates to ensure the project can be successful before work begins.

Facilitate and manage all regulatory approvals, as necessary, including but not limited to tracking of soft costs, engaging with regulatory bodies, and troubleshooting procedural challenges to ensure efficient delivery of pre-planning milestones.

Track project status and conduct site inspections to ensure contractors adhere to project scope. Hold regular check-ins and status updates with partner agencies and contractors.

Coordinate project and task closeout review, including but not limited to settling any discrepancies between the original plan and the delivered services and final invoicing of the projects.

2. Lead Asset Management : Ensure that the City’s portfolio of solar systems, perform as expected throughout their entire lifespan.

Acquire metered data from each solar installation, conduct analyses to ensure anticipated capacity is generated, identify any discrepancies;

initiate any O&M discovery tasks and develop scope of work to ensure the systems are operating as designed.

3. Plan for Operations and Maintenance : Partner with agency staff to deliver training, tools and best practices to support preventative and timely maintenance of systems.

Lead the development of maintenance and repair contracts for City-owned projects.

4. Perform Data Analysis : Conduct analyses at both a project and program level. Complete performance analyses, including M&V, audit results, and other performance data to ensure anticipated generation capacity and emissions reductions are achieved.

Develop and manage internal DEM metrics and generation estimates via industry-accepted Solar PV modeling software such as Helioscope.

Analyze aggregated project data to report on the asset's performance.

To Apply :

Please go to cityjobs.nyc.gov or for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #.

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Minimum Qualifications

1. Eight years of full-time experience in construction, repair, alteration and / or rehabilitation of multiple dwellings, commercial, industrial or public buildings in the capacity of general contractor, superintendent of construction, procurement specialist, evaluator responsible for cost estimation, or as a field supervisor or as an inspector, at least 18 months of which must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity involving responsibility for a large number of buildings; or

2. Education and / or experience which is equivalent to "1" above. Education in an accredited college leading toward a baccalaureate degree in engineering, architecture, engineering technology or a closely related field will be accepted on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of four years.

However, all candidates must possess at least 18 months of the specialized supervisory or administrative experience described in "1" above.

Preferred Skills

The preferred candidate will bring the following skills and experience to this position : - Project management skills and experience.

• Heavy experience with field visits and presence monitoring and tracking project progress and performance.- Experience working in or for public sector a plus.
• Ability to coordinate multiple workflows simultaneously.- Comfort working in a highly technical and fast paced environment.
• Ability to read and interpret project drawings and specifications. Specifically, electrical, structural and architectural.
• Experience in the development, installation, and operation of solar PV projects including reviewing as-built solar PV system designs.
• Excellent relationship management and customer service skills.- Subcontractor / vendor management experience.- Strong and written and verbal communication skills.

Report writing and editing, conducting meetings with various stakeholders.- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. Specifically, with large data sets and manipulation.

• Tracking of key performance indicators and the ability to quickly develop summaries and projections of past, current and future performance and installation metrics and milestones.
• Experience with solar PV data acquisition and performance tracking systems, including database applications, communication protocols, and other applicable information technologies.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs.

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