Senior Energy Engineer

Job Summary:

This position requires exceptional project management skills, field work, and a deep understanding of building systems that impact energy usage. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the NYC Department of Education's (DOE) sustainability goals while performing highly technical duties and coordinating diverse projects. Other related work may also be assigned.

About Our Client:

Our client leads the country in driving successful school district energy-savings projects. Our core focus is turning school district energy liabilities into educational assets. Our mission is to improve the learning environments for 1,000,000 students over the next 5 years.

Our Core Values:

• Customer First - We put ourselves in the customer’s shoes and strive to make them a winner. We shield them from conflict and eagerly communicate successes. We make it easy for them to be our customer.
• Get It Done - Over, Under, Around & Through - Remove Obstacles;
  Drive Outcomes.
• Collaboration is King - Our best work comes from leveraging each other’s unique strengths and perspectives.
• Do What You Say - We support each other and follow through on our commitments. Our walk matches our talk.
• Sense of Urgency - We make thoughtful decisions quickly, execute rapidly, and simplify where we can.

Location:

Our client is based in New York and performs activities on a hybrid work schedule. This role will primarily work in NYC on worksites and is expected to attend in-person strategic and planning meetings as needed.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

To excel in this role, you must perform the following responsibilities effectively, with the possibility of additional duties as assigned:

• Evaluate technically complex engineering conditions and present findings, calculations, analyses and recommendations in written reports.
• Review complex project designs by others with follow-up written reports including comments, analyses and recommendations.
• Evaluate existing and new technologies and industry innovations and their applicability to school designs considering the school's location and maintenance needs.
• Examine all operating procedures and practices employed, and recommend improvements required.
• Conduct detailed energy assessments and energy auditing services.
• Develop and review energy and sustainability proposals, design and construction specifications and standards.
• Review current energy management and greenhouse gases reduction strategies.
• Perform energy modeling and simulation design.
• Prepare sub-metering and advanced metering design plans.
• Conduct detailed measurement and verification, energy savings analysis and rebates processing.
• Review DCAS Energy and Local Law Reports for DOE sites, identify high energy usage areas, and propose solutions.
• Review measures implemented by DCAS for Clean Energy Generation and propose strategies where applicable.
• Analyze energy usage data for Demand Response and Load Management.

Qualifications:

To thrive in this role, you should meet the following qualifications. Preference given to individuals currently residing in New York City.

• Must be licensed and registered in New York State as a Professional Engineer.
• Must provide evidence of a minimum of eight (8) years of professional and responsible work in Engineering services. Certification as a QEWI may be substituted for up to two (2) years of relevant experience.
• Must possess an excellent working knowledge of old and new building and construction systems, their effectiveness, and costs.
• Thorough knowledge of building automation systems (BAS).
• Must have excellent oral and written communication, client management, and project management skills.
• Must have experience troubleshooting deficiencies in building components similar to those owned by the NYCDOE.