Energy Project Manager
The Energy Project Manager will advance the critical initiative of reducing emissions and energy consumption across the City by helping deliver energy projects at buildings operated by BPL.
The BPL Energy Team is located within BPL’s Capital Planning and Facilities Management (CPFM) Department. The BPL Energy Team oversees energy management for a portfolio that consists of 60 buildings, accounting for approximately 1.1M square feet. These buildings include BPL’s Central Library; 18 Carnegie branch libraries (on average, 13,600 SF); 28 bunker branches (on average, 8,500 SF); and 12 multi-level branches (on average, 17,900 SF).
First, Energy Project Manager will assist with reviewing Capital Project scopes to look for deficiencies in design standards and seek alternative funding opportunities for energy conservation measures.
Second, the Energy Project Manager will relieve the Energy Manager and Energy Analyst of day-to-day project management responsibilities so they can perform other critical energy management activities. For example, with additional project management bandwidth available within the organization, the Energy Analyst will be able to focus more heavily on doing energy bill review and analysis; energy usage data analysis; and energy auditing; and energy-efficient O&M, particularly in terms of monitoring and adjusting controls systems. Likewise, the Energy Manager will be able to concentrate further on preparing competitive project funding applications; developing energy efficiency capital and clean energy work; and performing energy-efficient O&M, particularly in terms of monitoring and adjusting controls systems.
Third, the Energy Project Manager will facilitate efforts to share energy management best practices across the other library systems. NYPL and QPL have more nascent energy management programs, but are seeking to scale up their efforts in the coming years. With the rest of the BPL Energy Team, the Energy Project Manager will be able to share strategies with the other library systems.
The Energy Project Manager reports to the Energy Manager. This is a full time, non-union exempt position. The salary range for this position is $85,000 - $95,000.
Responsibilities
- Reviewing and analyzing energy audits and managing energy efficiency project scoping: Help survey the entire BPL portfolio to identify energy conservation opportunities. Review completed energy audits for buildings to help guide project selection and alternatives analysis. Develop and review scopes of work for energy efficiency projects, working closely with contractors and consultants, to ensure BPL design standards are being met and identify design improvement opportunities.
- Quantifying energy conservation opportunities: Perform technical calculations to estimate the expected energy savings, cost savings, and emissions reductions for energy efficiency projects. Help prepare applications for funding programs.
- 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. Manage contracts and budget throughout project implementation. Review contractor proposals for accuracy. Resolve technical project issues.
- 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.
- Supporting project measurement and verification (“M&V”): Helps develop M&V plans consistent with the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol. Perform M&V activities to assess realized savings from completed energy projects or review M&V results.
- Helping to install, integrate, manage, and monitor BMS: Support integration of new control systems and repair of existing control systems to diagnose the problems and recommend solutions. Monitor BMS and make adjustments to increase energy efficiency.
- Assisting with specification development and evaluating new energy efficiency technologies: Develop and revise specifications. Evaluate new energy efficiency technologies and make recommendations for deployment within the library system.
- Providing other necessary support to the BPL Energy Team: Contribute to the other initiatives being advanced by the BPL Energy Team as needed
- Performing site visits throughout the project implementation process: Conduct field visits to assess energy usage reduction opportunities at City buildings; 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 support measurement and verification.
Qualifications
One year of full-time satisfactory experience in performing project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating or expediting, on engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects, or supervising a construction project with a value of $1,000,000 or more, and either:
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, business administration, or public administration, and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating or expediting, for engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects; or
- four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in "1" above; or
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of college education and/or experience described in "1" above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience. One year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, business administration, or public administration; (b) a master’s degree from an accredited university in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; or (c) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Registered Landscape Architect.
Additional qualifications include:
- Strong understanding of building energy systems and energy efficiency technologies
- Niagara certification or willingness to pursue such certification
- Experience with the design and construction of energy efficiency retrofit projects in existing buildings, especially diverse buildings varying in age, size, and use
- Experience with HVAC systems, including both boiler and chiller work; HVAC controls; computerized building automation and energy management systems; variable air volume (VAV) distribution systems; steam and chilled water systems; heating and cooling applications
- 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
- Familiarity with NYC electrical and energy codes
- Knowledge of energy costs and billing, energy savings calculation methodologies, and emissions calculations methodologies
- Certified Energy Manager (CEM); Certified Energy Auditor (CEA); Certified Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP) or Existing Building Commissioning Professional (EBCP); or Building Operator Certification – Level 1 credentials
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient computer skills
- Commitment to customer service and demonstrated ability to effectively manage simultaneous projects
- Ability to climb ladders, carry 10 pounds of equipment