Assistant Commissioner, 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.

• 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 /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 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 2025 (40x25), 50 percent by 2030 (50x30), and 80 percent by 2050 (80x50). Beyond 40x25, 50x30, and 80x50, the city has also made other energy‑related commitments, such as pledging to install 100 MW of solar photovoltaic on City buildings by 2025.

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 Assistant Commissioner, Operations will lead DEM’s Operations Unit, which is responsible for implementing energy efficiency, clean energy, fossil fuel phase‑out, and electrification projects across the city. With a team of approximately 50 full‑time staff members, the Operations Unit is the largest within DEM and is responsible for meeting several core legal mandates.

• Develop and execute on a large portfolio of energy conservation projects in city‑owned properties to achieve citywide GHG reduction goals and energy savings; clearly communicate vision, develop measurable outcomes to evaluate performance; establish policy and procedures for effective service delivery.
• Lead the development of new programs including deep retrofits with guaranteed energy performance outcomes, low‑energy design and construction, citywide energy efficiency building services, and operations and maintenance plans; as well as policies and guidelines to effectively invest in projects across city agencies to achieve citywide goals.
• Develop tools to assess, implement, and evaluate existing program services and advance implementation strategies for integrating new approaches and best practices into the program portfolio.
• Lead and supervise teams consisting of engineers, sustainability and environmental policy analysts, project and program managers, and technical staff responsible for implementing programs and services for DEM.
• Create an effective culture of communication that promotes employee engagement, interaction, and recognition.
• Advise on strategic matters and other issues affecting the division, including procurement, budget, policy, communications, and strategic initiatives.

All the duties described above including leading the Operations Unit which currently consists of 5 teams:

• The Agency Planning & Implementation (API) Team is responsible for providing technical assistance to agencies…