Deputy Director

City of New York•New York City, NY

About The Position

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ Division of Energy Management (DEM) seeks a Deputy Director for the Operations unit. The Deputy Director, Capital Project Implementation, manages and oversees a large portfolio of energy-efficiency capital projects under the New York Power Authority (NYPA) program. The role supports the Executive Director, Capital Project Implementation, in ensuring proper and timely delivery of the program. It carries full administrative and technical responsibilities for capital project planning and delivery and manages staff and design-builders engaged in the design and construction of energy-efficiency projects at City facilities. The role offers wide latitude to exercise independent judgment and initiative. DCAS supports City agencies through services including employee recruitment and training, management of public buildings and City property, procurement, fleet oversight, and emissions reduction. DEM serves as the hub for emissions reduction and energy management across the City government portfolio. It develops the annual utility energy budget, manages utility accounts, supports agencies in identifying energy-saving opportunities, leads energy-efficiency and distributed-generation projects, and promotes operations and maintenance best practices.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree in a listed or related field and four years of satisfactory full-time experience in energy generation or conservation work, including one year in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity; or an associate degree or 60 semester credits in a listed discipline and six years of such experience, including one year in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity; or a high school diploma or equivalent and eight years of such experience, including one year in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity; or equivalent education and experience, with the required year of administrative, managerial, or executive experience.
Relevant degree fields include architecture or architectural technology, biology, building science, chemistry, construction management, energy management, engineering or engineering technology, environmental science, facilities management, physics, or a related field.
Experience must involve energy generation or conservation work such as planning, developing, implementing, inspecting, analyzing, testing, or verifying interventions at facilities to generate clean energy or reduce energy use.
Candidates must be permanent employees in the civil service title of Administrative Energy Conservation Specialist or comparable titles, or be reachable on the Administrative Energy Conservation Specialist civil service exam.
A New York State-valid 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 or obtain additional professional industry-standard certifications and licenses.

Nice To Haves

Experience in journey-level skilled building trades; building construction, repair, alteration, or rehabilitation as a general contractor, construction superintendent, procurement specialist, or cost-estimation evaluator; building construction management; or construction field supervision or inspection may be credited toward experience requirements.
A master’s degree in a listed or related discipline may be credited as one year of acceptable experience.
A New York State Professional Engineer or Registered Architect license may be credited as four years of acceptable experience.

Responsibilities

Oversee a diverse portfolio of turnkey energy-efficiency capital projects, providing direction, coaching, and support to program and senior project managers responsible for project planning, design, construction, commissioning, and close-out.
Set performance expectations, enforce compliance, uphold performance management standards, and drive continuous improvement.
Oversee existing project delivery channels and develop new delivery strategies, including design-bid-build and design-build under the ENCORE Program with NYPA.
Ensure projects are conceptualized, framed, and selected for an appropriate delivery model in accordance with DEM standards, parameters, and guidelines.
Review design packages, requests for qualifications and proposals, and construction documents submitted by designers and contractors; provide comments and recommendations.
Support capital funding allocation strategies and provide feedback on five- and ten-year capital plans.
Meet annual capital utilization targets, including contract registration and funding encumbrances; oversee payment approvals, work order changes, and capital fund liquidations.
Support development of technical tools, specifications, and guidelines for evaluating projects, conducting energy analysis, and measuring investment impacts through measurement and verification activities.
Apply industry best practices to ensure efficient building systems are designed, procured, constructed, and operated for optimal impact and cost-effectiveness.
Build relationships and maintain communication with partner-agency stakeholders, including energy management, building operations, capital project execution, budget oversight, procurement, and senior leadership.
Intervene and coach to resolve roadblocks and foster deeper collaboration with partner agencies.
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.