Project Manager, ACE Program

JOB DESCRIPTION

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. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ (“DCAS”) Division of Energy Management (“DEM”) serves as the hub for energy management for City government operations. Today, we develop the City’s annual Heat, Light, and Power Budget; manage the City’s electricity, natural gas, and steam accounts; help our agency partners identify and pursue energy-saving opportunities at their buildings; do energy efficiency and clean power generation projects across the City’s portfolio; and implement operations and maintenance (O&M) best practices.
DEM is tasked with leading the City’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions by 80 percent by 2050 from a 2005 baseline (“80x50”). As part of Local Law 97 (“LL97”), the City also recently set new targets to reduce emissions from City government operations by 40 percent by 2025 (“40x25”) and by 50 percent by 2030 (“50x30”). DEM collaborates extensively with other City agencies to reach these goals, including by providing funding through the Accelerated Conservation and Efficiency Program (“ACE”).
DCAS’ Division of Energy Management (“DEM”) seeks to hire a Project Manager, ACE Program to serve within our Operations Unit. DEM’s Operations Unit is responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of energy efficiency and clean energy projects across the City’s portfolio to meet energy and emissions reduction goals, including 40x25, 50x30, and 80x50.
The Project Manager, ACE Program will help support day-to-day delivery of DEM’s Accelerated Conservation and Efficiency (“ACE”) Program. Through the ACE Program, DEM allocates capital funding to City agencies to implement energy efficiency projects at municipal buildings. Since the ACE Program’s launch in 2014, DEM has awarded nearly $450M across nine rounds of funding and completed retrofits in over 400 buildings, with work underway in an additional 600 buildings. With the passage of Local Law 97, DEM is working with agency partners to implement a significantly greater volume of energy efficiency projects through the ACE Program.

The Project Manager, ACE Program will report to the Program Manager, ACE Program. Overall, the person will help ensure successful agency project delivery. The Project Manager, ACE Program will assist with the necessary technical review, field verification, auditing, and close-out required for projects, thus ensuring that projects are receiving proper oversight. Specifically, the Project Manager, ACE Program will be charged with the following:

• Performing project management for awarded projects: Assists with tracking awarded projects, including maintaining current scopes of work and associated project costs and energy savings. Manages project-related documentation, including design documents, substantial completion forms, and costs documentation. Requests periodic project updates from agencies.
• Performing site visits to track agencies’ design and construction efforts and confirm that projects have been delivered as scoped: Completes site visits and records findings. Follows up with agencies to ensure that any performance issues or corrective action items have been addressed.

• Verifying project close-out on an agency-by-agency basis: Secures and validates project close-out documentation and invoices. Provides updates for project tracking system that records project costs, based on project close-out documentation and invoices received.

• Ensuring project measurement and verification compliance: Assists with M&V efforts being advanced by DEM. Facilitates gathering of pre- and post- commissioning performance data in accordance with the project plan.

• Providing overall support to the ACE Program Team: Contributes to other work being advanced by the ACE Program Team and the Operations Unit as requested.

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in architecture or architectural technology; biology; building science; chemistry; construction management; energy management; engineering, engineering technology; environmental science; facilities management; physics; or a related field; or
2. Completion of an apprentice program, a minimum of two (2) years in length, in a construction trade with an emphasis on energy efficiency for buildings and two (2) years of satisfactory, full-time experience in energy generation or conservation work such as planning, developing, implementing, inspecting, analyzing, testing, and verifying interventions to generate clean energy or reduce energy usage; or
3. Four (4) years of satisfactory, full-time experience in energy generation or conservation work such as planning, developing, implementing, inspecting, analyzing, testing, and verifying interventions to generate clean energy or reduce energy usage; or
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to “1,” “2,” or “3” above. One (1) year of acceptable experience will be credited for every 30 semester credits of undergraduate education in any of the fields described in “1” above. One (1) year of acceptable experience will be credited for a master’s degree in any of the fields described in “1” above.
   Special Note
   To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II, candidates other than Professional Engineers or Registered Architects must have either:
   a) A Bachelor of Architecture degree that is the first professional degree in architecture from an accredited college; or
   b) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and a master’s degree in building science, energy management, or engineering from an accredited college or university; or
   c) After meeting the minimum qualification requirements, a master’s degree in any of the fields described in “1” above.
   d) After meeting the minimum qualification requirements, one (1) additional year of experience as described in “4” above; or
   To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level III, candidates other than Professional Engineers or Registered Architects must have, after meeting the requirements for Assignment Level II, one (1) additional year of experience as described in “3” above.

PREFERRED SKILLS

The ideal candidate will bring the following skills and experience to this position: - Degree in construction management, mechanical engineering, or a related field. - Experience with energy efficiency retrofit projects. - Familiarity with technical project management operations, including project planning, scope development, design and construction management, and project close-out. - Knowledge of and experience with ASHRAE or AEE Procedures for Commercial Buildings Energy Audits. - Knowledge of energy costs and billing, energy savings calculation methodology, and emissions calculations methodology. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - Proficient computer skills. - Commitment to customer service and capability to handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously. - Experience in recovery schedule preparation and analysis.

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