Energy Engineer, Bureau of Facilities Planning and Administrative Services

• Full-time
• Agency: DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE
• Job Category:
  Engineering, Architecture, & Planning
• Salary Band: $90,000 to $100,000
• Compensation: USD 78,740 - USD 90,551

Open to candidates who are permanent or to those who have successfully filed for ENERGY CONSERVATION SPECIALIST Exam No. 6055 within the filing period From:
June 3, 2026, To:
June 23, 2026.

The Energy Management Unit supports the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s efforts to improve building performance, reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and advance the City’s sustainability and decarbonization goals. The unit develops and implements energy-efficiency, building optimization, commissioning, retro-commissioning, and clean-energy projects across the agency’s portfolio of public health facilities.

Position Summary Reporting to the Senior Energy Manager, the Energy Engineer will support the planning, development, implementation, and verification of energy-efficiency and clean‑energy projects at NYC Health Department facilities. The selected candidate will perform engineering analyses, review consultant and contractor submissions, monitor building‑system performance, support commissioning and retro‑commissioning activities, and collaborate with facilities, operations, capital project, and maintenance teams to improve energy performance and maintain agency buildings in a state of good repair.

• Perform engineering calculations and energy modeling to evaluate proposed energy‑conservation measures, including estimated energy reductions, utility‑cost savings, avoided greenhouse gas emissions, project payback, and lifecycle benefits.
• Review mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and energy‑project design documents, including drawings, specifications, calculations, equipment schedules, sequences of operation, and contractor submittals. Provide technical comments and recommendations to ensure accuracy, constructability, code compliance, energy performance, and alignment with agency standards.
• Support the development and implementation of energy‑efficiency, electrification, renewable‑energy, building‑management‑system, HVAC, lighting, domestic‑hot‑water, and building‑envelope projects from initial assessment through design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Use building management systems, utility data, equipment‑monitoring platforms, interval‑meter data, and field observations to analyze system performance, identify abnormal conditions, detect operational deficiencies, and recommend corrective actions or control‑sequence improvements.
• Support commissioning and retro‑commissioning activities, including functional performance testing, trend‑data analysis, issue tracking, controls verification, equipment startup, system optimization, and confirmation that installed systems operate in accordance with approved design documents and sequences of operation.
• Review energy audits and retro‑commissioning reports prepared by consultants and contractors. Validate recommended energy‑conservation measures, technical assumptions, cost estimates, projected savings, implementation requirements, and operational impacts. Develop or review measurement and verification plans and conduct post‑implementation analyses to quantify energy savings, cost savings, demand reductions, and avoided emissions in accordance with applicable M&V methodologies and the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol.
• Conduct site surveys, equipment inspections, diagnostic testing, and short‑term monitoring to evaluate HVAC, electrical, lighting, controls, domestic‑hot‑water, and other energy‑consuming…