Assistant Commissioner, Operations

DCASs mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York Citys 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 55 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 Citys efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

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Background
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Division of Energy Management (DEM) serves as the hub for emissions reduction and energy management for the city government portfolio. DEM develops the Citys annual utility energy budget; manages the Citys utility accounts; helps our agency partners identify and pursue energy-saving opportunities at their facilities; leads energy efficiency and distributed generation projects across the Citys portfolio; and helps implement operations and maintenance best practices.

Broadly DEM is tasked with leading the Citys efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from City government operations 40 percent by 2025 (40x25) 50 percent by 2030 (50x30) and 80 percent by 2050 (80x50). Beyond 40x25 50x30 and 80x50 the City has also made other energy-related commitments such as pledging to install 100 MW of solar photovoltaic on City buildings by 2025. DEM works closely with our agency partners to help them reduce emissions and improve energy management in their facilities including providing them with project funding project delivery vehicles technical expertise staff resources strategic planning support and data analytics.

The Assistant Commissioner Operations will lead DEMs Operations Unit which is responsible for implementing energy efficiency clean energy fossil fuel phase-out and electrification projects across the City. With a team of approximately 50 full-time staff members the Operations Unit is the largest within DEM and responsible for meeting several core legal mandates. The Assistant Commissioner oversees work areas including but is not limited to:

-Develop and execute on a large portfolio of energy conservation projects in city-owned properties to achieve citywide GHG reduction goals and energy savings; clearly communicate vision develop measurable outcomes to evaluate performance; establish policy and procedures for effective service delivery.
-Lead the development of new programs including deep retrofits with guaranteed energy performance outcomes low-energy design and construction citywide energy efficiency building services and operations and maintenance plans; as well as policies and guidelines to effectively invest in projects across city agencies to achieve citywide goals.
-Develop tools to assess implement and evaluate existing program services and advance implementation strategies for integrating new approaches and best practices into the program portfolio.
-Lead and supervise teams consisting of engineers sustainability and environmental policy analysts project and program managers and technical staff responsible for implementing programs and services for DEM.
-Create an effective culture of communication that promotes employee engagement interaction and recognition.
-Advise on strategic matters and other issues affecting the division including procurement budget policy communications and strategic initiatives.

All the duties described above including leading the Operations Unit which currently consists of 5 teams:

-The Agency Planning & Implementation (API) Team is responsible for providing technical assistance to agencies with portfolio planning allocating expense and capital grant funding to agencies performing project management oversight for incrementally funded DEM projects and doing requisite handoffs to DEMs turnkey (Capital Project Implementation Team).

-The Building Optimization Team (BOT) focuses on preventative and predictive building systems maintenance including helping agencies make investments in CMMS and uses real-time facility consumption data to detect anomalies and uncover faults on an ongoing basis and perform tuning activities to correct these inefficiencies.

-The Capital Project Implementation implements capital-funded energy efficiency retrofit projects oversees the design and delivery of large lighting projects with agency partners and oversees the installation of replicable lighting project types via New York Power Authority (NYPA) for agency partners.

-The Clean Energy and Innovation Team manages clean energy project development and delivery and works to expand solar photovoltaic (PV) and other distributed energy resources across the Citys buildings. The team supports solar feasibility studies (including roof condition assessments) provides funding for installations assists with project implementation and provides operations and maintenance support for City-owned clean energy assets they also help vendors and agency staff test new technologies in City buildings. The Innovative Technology program also partners with The City University of New Yorks Building Performance Lab (CUNY BPL) on applied research work.

-The Technical Operations Team provides central independent review of agency applications and internal proposals for all non-prescriptive projects; develops engineering standards and calculators; establishes inspection protocols; oversees DEMs energy auditing and measurement and verification (M&V) activities manages third-party contractors who conduct energy audits for all City buildings that are at least 50000 square feet in compliance with Local Law 87 of 2009 reviews the audits and files the resulting Energy Efficiency Reports (EERs) with the Department of Buildings (DOB) and assists the overall Operations unit with financial and budgetary planning. Oversee the development implementation and management of DEMs project tracking platform (Salesforce).

To apply please go to or for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #775126

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Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience of a nature to qualify for the duties of the position at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative managerial or executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities related to the duties of the position; or
2. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 above. However all candidates must have the 18 months of administrative managerial executive or supervisory experience described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time