Salas O'Brien · 20 hours ago
Project Manager- Climate Resiliency Program
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$75K/yr - $90K/yr
3+ years expSalas O'Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for their clients and the world. The Project Manager will provide technical and project management support to integrate climate resilience considerations into NYSERDA-supported energy efficiency/building electrification projects, serving as the main point of contact for the Affordable Multifamily Program Upstate.
Industrial EngineeringMechanical Engineering
Responsibilities
The PM will be involved in project-specific climate resiliency support to NYSERDA's climate resiliency team, NYSERDA's AMP Up team, participating contractors, and building owners as applicable
Provide coordination with the NYSERDA PMs, participating in project scoping calls, answering project-specific resiliency questions as they arise, tracking key resiliency metrics across projects (including cost information), ensuring resiliency-related program resources are up to date, creating supportive documents such as FAQs to support resilience integration, elevating issues to the NYSERDA PM as necessary, and other day-to-day support tasks
Support review of submitted floodproofing designs between the contractor submitted resources and additional technical staff
Support refinement of the overall AMP Up resilience integration strategy. This is anticipated to involve identifying common challenges across projects, identifying potential solutions, aggregating key metrics across the project portfolio to understand trends, and other activities needed to inform program decision-making. Results from this effort will inform potential program modifications that may be needed for successful integration in the remainder of the program
Support NYSERDA's Climate Resiliency Project Manager with other tasks that support resilience integration into NYSERDA offerings, focusing on residential and commercial buildings. This can include but is not limited to:
Updating templates and guidance docs, directing program teams to resources, providing ad-hoc technical support, and other duties as required that contribute toward the key outcomes of the Strategy & Planning team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's – Preferably in engineering, Climate Science or other related discipline
3-6 years of Project Management experience, preferably in environmental or energy industry
Skilled in project management for design and construction projects
Experience creating/maintaining/tracking schedule and budget
Experience reviewing and providing feedback on key deliverables
Strong coordination skills dealing between multiple parties including contractors, building owners, and officials
Knowledge of or experience in design of residential and commercial buildings
General understanding of climate resilient design concepts (particularly for flood, extreme heat, and wind hazards), including identifying and applying climate hazard datasets to understand project hazard exposure, best practice risk mitigation measures, and reviewing designs and specifications submitted by contractors to assess sufficiency of resilient design measures
Specialty in at least one area of the following: Design of building mechanical, electrical, and/or structural systems with general understanding of others
Experience incorporating climate resiliency considerations into building design, particularly for flood, extreme heat, and wind hazards
Benefits
Health insurance plan
401K profit sharing plan
PTO
Company
Salas O'Brien
Salas O'Brien is a national leading Facilities Planning, Commissioning, Construction Management and Mechanical, Electrical.
1001-5000 employees
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Blackstone Group
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