Program Manager

RWE Americas, LLC

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Business Development

Remuneration: Exempt

The Program Manager is responsible for managing the development of energy efficiency and capital improvement projects through identifying, assessing, and structuring technical, operational and financial solutions to meet customer objectives. This individual will manage a diverse team of personnel (assigned from other in-house departments, subcontractors, vendors) to provide clients with turn‑key energy conservation opportunities associated with renewables, HVAC, EMS, building envelope, lighting, plumbing, and heating and cooling systems.

These tasks encompass the development, client‑side management during implementation, M&V and O&M of energy conservation measures for ESPC or PPA opportunities.

• Provide assistance to the sales staff to screen and qualify the feasibility of energy efficiency and capital improvement opportunities. This will involve attending selected customer meetings, conducting site trips to collect facility data, and developing/reviewing energy screening models to determine the technical and economic viability of energy efficiency and capital improvement projects. Screening models include bin analyses, hourly building simulation computer models, and commercially–available analysis packages.
  
  Review/preparation of Preliminary Assessment reports.

• Oversee the development, define and dimension technically and economically feasible applications by performing preliminary engineering, selecting project metering and measurements of critical parameters, and coordinating with internal staff/external vendors and contractors to develop designs and technical proposals. Prepare Task Order Schedules and provide quality control for Investment Grade Audit reports.

• Oversee the development of the technical scope of work for selected technologies and manage internal and external engineering resources in order to determine cost and schedule.

• Oversee the performance of the analyses and applications for utility rebates associated with energy efficiency projects.

• Drive the technical due diligence for the implementation phase. This will involve identifying known risks (i.e. technical, construction, price, schedule, environmental, warranties, performance guarantees, etc.), indicating impact and how they will be addressed and mitigated.

• Support proposal development. Provide the majority of the proposal input, including detailed technical project descriptions, legal risk and responsibility definitions, financial descriptions, and detailed supporting documentation of contractor quotes, simulation results, and cost and savings derivations.

• Regularly lead client communication meetings, internal communication meetings and other client/program specific support.

• Oversee the Design & Project Management owner deliverables to deliver turn‑key implementation of projects, including design and preparation of contract documents (plans and specifications) of renewables, HVAC, EMS, central plant, plumbing, and lighting systems. Provide oversight to insure contractual obligations are met through the performance of all services, internal and subcontracted.

• Undergraduate engineering (BS) degree required.

• Registered Professional Engineer (PE) a plus.

• Federal ESPC experience a plus.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in HVAC, EMS and central plant design.

• Minimum 2 years with department, program or project management experience.

• Suitable experience with DOE/DOD Task Order Schedule Development, Preliminary Assessment and Investment Grade Audit experience following the DOE/DOD IDIQ procedures.

• Experience in engineering analysis to identify, screen, and develop energy conservation measures for EPC and design build projects; develop EMS control strategies to reduce energy consumption; develop detailed cost estimates for selected energy conservation measures; and interface with customer facility personnel.

• Able to plan and manage the development and implementation of selected project opportunities and to direct the activities of internal and external resources, to achieve…