Deputy Director, Design-Build Project Delivery

Deputy Director, Design-Build Project Delivery Full-time Agency: DEPT OF CITYWIDE ADMIN SVCS Job Category: Green Jobs Salary Band: $125,000 to $150,000 Compensation: USD 120,000 - USD 130,000 DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City's most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies. What we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of City government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York. Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including: Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees. Managing 56 public buildings. Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property. Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies. Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country. Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations. When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service to all of them. It's an opportunity to provide meaningful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at NYC.GOV/DCAS to learn more about the work we do. Energy Management serves as the hub for energy efficiency and emissions reduction throughout NYC government operations, supporting our agency partners’ progress towards the City’s major emissions reduction and energy objectives. The Energy Management team concentrates their efforts in six areas: the City’s energy supply, clean energy generation, demand response & load management, energy efficient operations & maintenance, energy efficiency retrofit projects, and energy training & innovation. Their primary responsibilities will be to exercise full administrative and technical responsibilities for capital project planning and delivery and to manage staff and design builders engaged in the design and construction of energy efficiency capital projects at City facilities. With wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative, the Deputy Director will be charged with the following: Managing DEM’s in-house design-build (DB) energy efficiency capital implementation program: Provides administrative and technical support to the conceptualization, development, and execution of a new pipeline of in-house design-build (DB) capital projects. Identify strategies to scale up implementation opportunities across multiple facilities based on building typology, space use, and operational requirements. Keep track of portfolio of projects, provide programmatic support and updates to the Executive Director, Capital Project Implementation. Overseeing the development of RFQs and RFPs associated with the delivery of design build energy efficiency projects: In close collaboration with agency partners, consultants, and contractors, Oversee, review, provide feedback, and make recommendations on design build RFQs, RFPs, and design documents submitted by design builders for proposed or underway energy efficiency projects. Ensure that projects are conceptualized, framed, and delivered under the city’s design-build (DB) parameters and guidelines. Driving efforts to achieve division-wide financial commitments: Supports the program capital funding allocation strategy and provides feedback on the five- and ten-year capital plans. Responsible for meeting annual targets for capital utilization, including contract registration and funding encumbrances. Monitors and provides an oversight of payment approvals processes, work order changes, and capital fund liquidations. Provide technical guidance and quality assurance: Provides support for the development of technical tools, specifications, and guidelines for DEM engineers to utilize in evaluating potential projects, conducting energy analysis, and measuring the impact of DEM investments via measurement and verification (M&V) activities. Implement industry’s best practices to ensure that high efficiency building systems are being designed, procured, constructed, and operated for optimal impact and cost-effectiveness. Liaising with agency partners, project delivery partners, and other stakeholders: Forms strong working relationships and establishes open communication with key constituents at partner agencies, including those responsible for energy management, building operators, capital project execution, and budgetary oversight and procurement, as well as agency senior leadership. Through direct intervention and coaching, works to enforce compliance, clear roadblocks, and create opportunities for deeper and more impactful agency collaboration. Managing program data collection, tracking, and reporting: Perform program data collection and tracking required to ensure accurate, on-demand project reporting in a range of areas, including compliance with project schedule, budgets, and scopes, energy savings and avoided emissions; and projects’ contributions towards the City’s goals. Maintain relevant DEM project tracking databases. Only permanent employees in the civil service title of Administrative Energy Conservation Specialist, and comparable titles, or those reachable on the Administrative Energy Conservation Specialist civil service exam are eligible to apply. This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a Program. License Requirement: 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. Special Note: Incumbents may be required to update existing and/or obtain additional professional industry-standard certification(s) and licenses. The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy. 1) 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, and 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 at facilities to generate clean energy or reduce energy usage, one (1) year of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity; or 2) An associate degree or sixty (60) semester credits in any of the disciplines described in “1” above from an accredited college or university, and six (6) years of satisfactory full-time experience as described in “1” above including one (1) year in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity; or 3) A four (4) year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and eight (8) years of experience as described in “1” above, including one (1) year in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity. 4) Education and experience which is equivalent to "1," "2," or "3" above. However, all candidates must have one (1) year of experience in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity as described in “1” above. Education and experience will be credited as follows: a) One (1) year of experience, up to a maximum of four (4) years, will be credited for each year of experience in one or more of the following: i) Journey-level experience in one or more of the skilled building trades; or ii) Full-time experience in the construction, repair, alteration, and/or rehabilitation of buildings in the capacity of general contractor, superintendent of construction, procurement specialist, or evaluator responsible for cost estimation; or iii) Full-time building construction management experience; or iv) Full-time experience in construction field supervision or inspection. b) Education will be credited as follows: i) One (1) year of experience will be credited for every 30 semester credits leading to a baccalaureate degree or associate degree in any of the disciplines described in “1” above, or a related field, up to a maximum of four (4) years. ii) A master’s degree in any of the disciplines described in "1" above, or a related field, will be credited for one (1) year of acceptable experience. iii) A license as a Professional Engineer or Registered Architect issued pursuant to the New York State Education Law will be credited for four (4) years of acceptable experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr City of New York