Associate Engineer, Building Optimization

Associate Engineer, Building Optimization

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 56 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.

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 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, 50 percent by 2030, and 80 percent by 2050. Beyond these targets, the City has also pledged to install 100 MW of solar photovoltaic on City buildings by 2025. DEM works closely with agency partners to help them reduce emissions and improve energy management in their facilities, including providing project funding, delivery vehicles, technical expertise, staff resources, strategic planning support, and data analytics.

The Associate Engineer, Building Optimization will work within DEM’s Operations Unit, under the guidance of the Senior Engineer, but in extremely close coordination with DEM’s other units.

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or mechatronics and one year of full‑time satisfactory experience in mechanical engineering work;
• A…