Energy Engineer

City of New York•New York City, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Building Optimization Team is a dedicated team of energy staff within Citywide Services Operations. Citywide Services Operations is part of Department of Parks & Recreation’s Citywide Services Division at Randall’s Island Garage. Major Responsibilities - Working closely with this Parks’ team, and the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Division of Energy Management (DEM), the responsibilities of the Energy Engineer are expected to include, but are not limited to: - Supporting the design & development of energy efficiency and/or clean energy projects, energy-efficient operations & maintenance, including building optimization, as well as commissioning and retro-commissioning, at agency facilities; supporting energy-efficient building operations and maintenance (O&M), preventative maintenance, energy audits, retro commissioning, & controlling installation efforts to city-owned and/or supervised buildings to bring them into a state of good repair, & supporting the unit’s and City’s mission. - Perform engineering calculations and energy modeling to verify estimated energy usage reductions, energy cost savings, and avoided emissions for proposed energy efficiency projects. Assess construction design information such as detail and assembly drawings, design calculations, system layouts and sketches, or specifications. Review, provide comments, and make recommendations on design packages submitted by consultants for proposed energy efficiency projects. Evaluate designs or specifications submitted by contractors to ensure accuracy and quality. Perform Measurement and Verifications (M&V) activities, including developing M&V plans, quantifying energy usage impacts post-implementation, performance and savings verification. - Building operations: Use existing equipment and system monitoring databases to trend equipment data and identify issues, anomalies, and re-tuning opportunities. Make recommendations about maintenance to facility maintenance teams. Help create equipment-specific maintenance plans for newly installed and retrofitted equipment, especially if that equipment needs a different maintenance approach because of its technology, vendor-specific requirements, and/or impacts on operations. - Energy audits and retro-commissioning: Review and analyze energy audits completed by third-party consultants and contractors to identify and verify energy conservation opportunities. Conduct testing and short-term diagnostic monitoring to evaluate and implement energy and cost-saving opportunities associated with system tune-ups and no cost to low-cost measures.

Requirements

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in architecture or architectural technology; biology; building science; chemistry; construction management; energy management; engineering, engineering technology; environmental science; facilities management; physics; or a related field; or 2. Completion of an apprentice program, a minimum of two (2) years in length, in a construction trade with an emphasis on energy efficiency for buildings and two (2) years of satisfactory, full-time experience in energy generation or conservation work such as planning, developing, implementing, inspecting, analyzing, testing, and verifying interventions to generate clean energy or reduce energy usage; or 3. Four (4) years of satisfactory, full-time experience in energy generation or conservation work such as planning, developing, implementing, inspecting, analyzing, testing, and verifying interventions to generate clean energy or reduce energy usage; or 4. Education and/or experience equivalent to “1,” “2,” or “3” above. One (1) year of acceptable experience will be credited for every 30 semester credits of undergraduate education in any of the fields described in “1” above. One (1) year of acceptable experience will be credited for a master’s degree in any of the fields described in “1” above.
A Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York may be required for certain assignments. This license must be maintained for the duration of the assignment.
Incumbents may be required to update existing and/or obtain additional professional industry-standard certification(s) and licenses.

Responsibilities

Supporting the design & development of energy efficiency and/or clean energy projects, energy-efficient operations & maintenance, including building optimization, as well as commissioning and retro-commissioning, at agency facilities
supporting energy-efficient building operations and maintenance (O&M), preventative maintenance, energy audits, retro commissioning, & controlling installation efforts to city-owned and/or supervised buildings to bring them into a state of good repair, & supporting the unit’s and City’s mission.
Perform engineering calculations and energy modeling to verify estimated energy usage reductions, energy cost savings, and avoided emissions for proposed energy efficiency projects.
Assess construction design information such as detail and assembly drawings, design calculations, system layouts and sketches, or specifications.
Review, provide comments, and make recommendations on design packages submitted by consultants for proposed energy efficiency projects.
Evaluate designs or specifications submitted by contractors to ensure accuracy and quality.
Perform Measurement and Verifications (M&V) activities, including developing M&V plans, quantifying energy usage impacts post-implementation, performance and savings verification.
Building operations: Use existing equipment and system monitoring databases to trend equipment data and identify issues, anomalies, and re-tuning opportunities.
Make recommendations about maintenance to facility maintenance teams.
Help create equipment-specific maintenance plans for newly installed and retrofitted equipment, especially if that equipment needs a different maintenance approach because of its technology, vendor-specific requirements, and/or impacts on operations.
Energy audits and retro-commissioning: Review and analyze energy audits completed by third-party consultants and contractors to identify and verify energy conservation opportunities.
Conduct testing and short-term diagnostic monitoring to evaluate and implement energy and cost-saving opportunities associated with system tune-ups and no cost to low-cost measures.