Project Manager, Direct Install Lighting - City of New York : Job Details

Job Description

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York Citys 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 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 at nyc.gov/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 Citys annual utility energy budget; manages the Citys utility accounts; helps our agency partners identify and pursue energy-saving opportunities at their facilities; leads energy efficiency and distributed generation projects across the Citys portfolio; and helps implement operations and maintenance best practices.

Broadly, DEM is tasked with leading the Citys 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 Project Manager will be responsible for program data collection and tracking required to ensure accurate, on-demand, project reporting including measurement and verification of project(s) cost, scope and schedule, energy and greenhouse gas emissions savings, project completion, and progress towards achieving the Citys goals. The Project Manager will also support financial project management tasks including reviewing and processing invoices, tracking project expenditures against budget, preparing budget documents, and reporting program results. The individual must be versatile in directing diverse operations and demonstrating strong project management skills.

Under the leadership of the Senior Project Manager, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative, the Project Manager will be charged with the following:

- Deliver lighting projects: Working closely with consultants and contractors, manage design and construction for lighting projects and ensure that projects are completed in a timely, cost-effective manner. Review contractor proposals for accuracy. Manage contracts and budget throughout project implementation. Resolve technical project issues.

- Perform technical calculations to verify estimated project energy, emissions, and cost savings: Performs engineering calculations and energy modeling to verify the reasonableness and accuracy of estimated energy usage reductions, avoided greenhouse gas emissions, and energy cost savings for proposed projects.

- Perform project tracking and reporting: Maintain project-related documentation, including work orders, scopes of work, cost proposals, invoices, project status sheets, and progress reports. Perform data collection and tracking necessary to ensure accurate, on-demand project reporting in a range of areas, including compliance with project schedules, budgets, and scopes and verified energy savings and emissions reductions. Gather and review quarterly project updates.

- Manage invoicing and project close-out: Gather invoices and provide updates to tracking systems that document project costs. Oversee the project close-out process, including securing necessary documentation.

- Conduct site visits throughout the project lifecycle: Performs site visits to assess the potential energy usage reductions associated with proposed lighting projects in City buildings; refine proposed project scopes of work; ensure projects compliance with scopes; and assist with measurement and verification.

- Support project measurement and verification (M&V) activities: Help develop M&V plans consistent with the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol. Perform M&V activities to assess realized savings from completed energy projects or review M&V results.

To Apply:

Please go to www.nyc.gov/careers or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID # 642259.

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The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.