Senior Program Manager, Agency Planning Implementation

City of New York•New York City, NY

About The Position

The Senior Program Manager, Agency Planning and Implementation works within the Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ Energy Management Operations Unit, which delivers energy-efficiency, clean-energy, fossil-fuel phase-out, and electrification projects across New York City. The role leads a team of 1–2 staff and partners with City agencies to help them meet or exceed energy and emissions-reduction performance targets, including targets under Local Law 97 (LL97). The position coordinates portfolio-level planning, monitors agency performance, supports project delivery and quality control, and supervises project managers and analysts. Candidates must be permanent employees in the civil service title of Energy Conservation Specialist or a comparable title, exam passers, or reachable on the Energy Conservation Specialist civil service list (Exam #6055). The posting also states that the position is open to qualified persons with a disability eligible for the 55-a Program. The Energy Conservation Specialist qualifications accept a relevant baccalaureate degree; certain combinations of an energy-efficiency construction-trade apprenticeship and energy generation or conservation experience; four years of satisfactory full-time energy generation or conservation experience; or equivalent education and experience. Additional education or experience requirements apply for higher assignment levels. A New York State driver license may be required for certain assignments, and incumbents may need to obtain or update professional certifications or licenses.

Requirements

Permanent employment in the civil service title of Energy Conservation Specialist or a comparable title, being an exam passer, or being reachable on the Energy Conservation Specialist civil service list (Exam #6055).
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in 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; or an accepted alternative qualification based on apprenticeship, experience, or equivalent education and experience.
Alternative qualification: completion of an apprenticeship program at least two years long in a construction trade emphasizing building energy efficiency, plus two years of satisfactory full-time energy generation or conservation experience.
Alternative qualification: four years of satisfactory full-time energy generation or conservation experience, including planning, developing, implementing, inspecting, analyzing, testing, or verifying interventions to generate clean energy or reduce energy use.
For Assignment Level II, candidates other than Professional Engineers or Registered Architects must meet one of the stated education or additional-experience pathways, including specified architecture or relevant master’s degrees or additional qualifying experience.
For Assignment Level III, candidates other than Professional Engineers or Registered Architects must meet Assignment Level II requirements and have one additional year of qualifying experience.
For Assignment Level IV, candidates must meet one of the stated pathways: qualifying New York State Professional Engineer or Registered Architect licensure plus relevant complex-project experience, or Assignment Level III requirements plus an additional year in a supervisory capacity or as a major contributor or project leader on a complex project.
A New York State-valid motor vehicle driver license may be required for certain assignments and, if required, must be maintained for the assignment.
Incumbents may be required to update existing or obtain additional professional industry-standard certifications and licenses.

Responsibilities

Work with agency and DEM staff to evaluate, prioritize, and sequence energy projects across agency portfolios in view of LL97 targets.
Prioritize sites for larger, multi-year comprehensive capital projects.
Identify repeatable opportunities for energy-efficiency projects and operations and preventative-maintenance work.
Help integrate energy and electrification projects into agency capital-planning efforts.
Recommend energy audits and assessments.
Regularly evaluate agencies’ progress toward LL97 targets with agency and DEM staff.
Coordinate with DEM peers and senior leadership to support project completion, resolve barriers, and adjust sector strategy when needed.
Manage energy-project evaluation, reporting, accounting, quality assurance and quality control, and data management with other DEM staff.
Promote timely, high-quality project execution and coordinate DEM resources to facilitate project delivery.
Supervise project managers and analysts within the team.