The New York Public Library · 8 hours ago
Energy Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$76K/yr - $85K/yr
2+ years expThe New York Public Library is committed to implementing energy management best practices across its portfolio of buildings. The Energy Engineer will oversee operation and maintenance activities, manage energy efficiency projects, and work with vendors to enhance building management systems.
Libraries
Responsibilities
Support the design and development of energy efficiency and/or clean energy projects: Collaborate with NYPL’s Energy Team to identify potential energy efficiency and clean energy project opportunities at City facilities. Assess the current state and provide risk analysis of City facilities to develop recommendations for building optimization and energy efficiency. Develop project scope of work through surveys and site visits and prepare energy project funding proposals and supporting documents (i.e., materials that calculate estimated energy savings, cost savings, emissions reductions, and other benefits expected from energy projects)
Provide technical assessments, design review, and M&V. Perform engineering calculations and energy modeling to verify the reasonableness and accuracy of 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 verification (M&V) activities (e.g., developing M&V plans, quantifying energy usage impacts post-implementation, performance and savings verification, etc.)
Support energy-efficient operations and maintenance, including building optimization, as well as commissioning and retro-commissioning. Support energy-efficient building operations and maintenance (O&M), preventative maintenance, energy audits, retro-commissioning and controls installation efforts to city-owned and/or supervised buildings to bring them into a state of good repair. Specifically: Building operations: Uses existing equipment and system monitoring databases to trend equipment data and identify issues, anomalies, and re-tuning opportunities. Makes recommendations about maintenance to facility maintenance teams. Helps 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. Preventative maintenance: Support building maintenance by helping develop and implementing a preventative maintenance plan; offer technical expertise and resources (e.g., tools and training) to improve operations and maintenance of building systems. Commissioning: Provide commissioning oversight for new projects, including reviewing project specifications, design, construction, and commissioning documents. Ensure that installed equipment and systems can be properly commissioned and maintained by checking against original design intent, design basis, and owner project requirements. Provide field verification through witnessing and testing to ensure project quality and adherence to design. Oversee all commissioning documentation (including verification sheets, test procedures, final commissioning report and systems manual) transfer to the agency. Track and maintain accurate records about commissioning issues. 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
Provide overall support for the unit’s and City’s mission. Participate in ad hoc and special projects as needed. Act as a resource/subject matter expert on the agency’s energy management and energy efficiency work. Represent the agency and the City in national and international conferences, conduct related research, and support deployment of agency-wide awareness seminars
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering (civil, mechanical, or electrical) required
2+ years of experience in energy management, commissioning, building automation controls systems or mechanical or electrical engineering
Extensive experience in commissioning mechanical and electrical equipment
Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical design drawings
Familiarity with technical project management operations, including project planning, scope development, design and construction management, and project close-out
Familiarity with NYC mechanical and energy codes, as well as ASHRAE guidelines for high-performance buildings
Good technical writing and verbal communication skills
Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and business relationships
Strong organizational, written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills
Preferred
Candidates with a NYS Professional Engineer licenses, as well as Building Operator Certification-Level 1 certification, Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Energy Auditor (CEA), Certified Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP), and/or Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP) credential and/or experience creating and conducting Measurement and Verification Plans per the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) are preferred
Company
The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond.
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