Energy Manager

About This Role

Manage campus-wide energy programs and analysis across a large university, aiming to achieve significant energy and cost savings while reducing environmental impact through minimized carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions. Develop, plan, and implement strategies to optimize energy use and reduce CO2 emissions across university operations and capital programs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee energy programs and analysis across approximately 4.97 million square feet of academic, research, administrative, and residential building space.
• Advance the University’s mission to achieve significant energy and cost savings.
• Reduce environmental impact by minimizing the carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Develop, plan, and implement strategies to optimize energy use and reduce CO2 emissions across University operations and capital programs.
• Advise on best practices in energy management.
• Leverage advanced building management systems (BMS).
• Maintain a robust demand response program.
• Coordinate scheduled building retro-commissioning to ensure operational efficiency and sustainability.
• Collaborate to monitor utility costs.
• Develop an energy procurement strategy and establish utility purchasing policies.

Requirements

• 7 years of experience in energy management, operations or maintenance of energy related systems, or directly related facilities management.
• Experience and knowledge of energy conservation and familiarity with environmentally sound building practices.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work constructively with a wide range of technical, academic, administrative, and professional people.
• Ability to review construction and submittal documents and provide energy recommendations.
• Strong analytical and evaluation skills with the ability to prepare detailed reports and spreadsheets.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in developing and implementing comprehensive energy management plans.
• Knowledge of green and sustainable building practices, sustainability opportunities, and energy management.
• Excellent computer skills with Excel, Outlook, Word.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or directly related field with emphasis on energy management
• 7 years of experience in energy management, operations or maintenance of energy related systems, or directly related facilities management experience.

Nice to Have

• Master’s degree and/or additional professional development.
• Professional designation as Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and/or LEED A.P. certification.
• Demonstrated experience and effectiveness in developing & implementing energy-focused capital improvement programs.
• Experience in a similar institution or government organization.
• Demonstrated work with SQL and ARCGIS programs.
• Demonstrated experience and effectiveness in developing & implementing energy-focused maintenance and operational improvement programs.
• Demonstrated experience in utility contract strategy development and implementation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of management and operations of energy programs that use central heating (steam generation) plants with absorbers.
• Knowledge of HVAC, electrical, DDC, water distribution and photovoltaic systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in energy efficiency measure identification and analysis, including lifecycle cost analysis and demand response programming.
• Demonstrated experience working with building controls and metering systems hardware, software, and analytics.
• Knowledge of renewable energy technologies.
• Ability to manage budget and personnel/students.
• Experience in grant-writing, success in obtaining grants and rebate incentives for energy programs.
• Demonstrated ability to administer contracts and oversee supporting contracts and vendors.

Skills

* Required skills