Deputy Director

City of New York•New York City, NY

About The Position

The Deputy Director works within DCAS’s Energy Management team, which supports NYC government agencies in advancing energy efficiency and emissions-reduction objectives. The role has full administrative and technical responsibility for planning and delivering capital projects and managing staff and design-builders engaged in energy-efficiency capital projects at City facilities. The position is carried out with wide latitude for independent judgment and initiative. The Deputy Director manages the in-house design-build energy-efficiency capital implementation program, supporting project conceptualization, development, execution, and expansion across facilities. The role oversees RFQs, RFPs, and design documents; supports capital funding strategies and annual utilization targets; provides technical guidance and quality assurance; builds working relationships with agency and project-delivery partners; and maintains data and reporting on project scope, schedules, budgets, energy savings, emissions reductions, and contributions to City goals.

Requirements

Eligible applicants must be permanent employees in the civil service title of Administrative Energy Conservation Specialist or comparable titles, or reachable on the Administrative Energy Conservation Specialist civil service exam.
One qualifying pathway is a bachelor’s degree in a listed or related discipline and four years of satisfactory full-time experience in energy generation or conservation work, including one year in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity.
A second qualifying pathway is an associate degree or 60 semester credits in a listed discipline and six years of satisfactory full-time energy generation or conservation experience, including one year in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity.
A third qualifying pathway is a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and eight years of qualifying experience, including one year in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity.
Equivalent education and experience may qualify, but all candidates must have one year of administrative, managerial, or executive experience in the described energy generation or conservation work.
Qualifying experience includes work such as planning, developing, implementing, inspecting, analyzing, testing, and verifying interventions at facilities to generate clean energy or reduce energy use.
Education and experience credits may include up to four years for specified building-trades, construction, building-construction-management, construction-field-supervision, or inspection experience; relevant education credits; a qualifying master’s degree; or a New York State Professional Engineer or Registered Architect license.
A New York State motor vehicle driver license may be required for certain assignments and, if required, must be maintained for the duration of the assignment.
Incumbents may be required to update existing and/or obtain additional professional industry-standard certifications and licenses.

Responsibilities

Manage the in-house design-build energy-efficiency capital implementation program, including administrative and technical support for project conceptualization, development, and execution.
Identify strategies to scale implementation opportunities across facilities based on building typology, space use, and operational requirements.
Track the project portfolio and provide programmatic support and updates to the Executive Director, Capital Project Implementation.
Oversee development of RFQs and RFPs for design-build energy-efficiency projects, and review design-builders’ submissions and design documents; provide feedback and recommendations.
Ensure projects are conceptualized, framed, and delivered in accordance with City design-build parameters and guidelines.
Support capital funding allocation strategy and provide feedback on five- and ten-year capital plans.
Meet annual capital utilization targets, including contract registration and funding encumbrances.
Monitor and oversee payment approvals, work order changes, and capital fund liquidations.
Support development of technical tools, specifications, and guidelines for evaluating projects, conducting energy analyses, and measuring investment impacts through measurement and verification activities.
Apply industry best practices to ensure high-efficiency building systems are designed, procured, constructed, and operated for impact and cost-effectiveness.
Build working relationships and maintain open communication with agency partners, project-delivery partners, and other stakeholders, including energy management, building operations, capital project execution, budget oversight, procurement, and agency senior leadership.
Use direct intervention and coaching to enforce compliance, clear roadblocks, and foster deeper agency collaboration.
Collect and track program data to support accurate, on-demand reporting on project schedules, budgets, scopes, energy savings, avoided emissions, and contributions to City goals.
Maintain relevant DEM project-tracking databases.