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New York State Energy Research and Development Aut Project Manager in Albany, New York
New York is leading the nation in the fight on global climate change and the transition to a clean energy-powered economy. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act) has created the most aggressive climate change goals in the nation and requires an ambitious agenda that blends proven catalysts with innovative approaches while operating across a broader energy arena that is rapidly evolving. New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) is a driving force in realizing this agenda. NYSERDA works with stakeholders that span residents, business owners, developers, community leaders, local government officials, universities, utilities, investors, entrepreneurs, and more, to develop, invest, and foster conditions that:
Attract the private sector capital investment needed to expand New York’s clean energy economy.
Overcome barriers to using clean energy at a large-scale in New York.
Enable New York’s communities and residents to benefit equitably from energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Job Overview
The Project Manager will join NYSERDA’s Clean and Resilient Buildings group as part of the Multifamily team. The Multifamily team works across New York State to support customer adoption of energy efficiency and electrification by developing and implementing programs that overcome market barriers, encourage private capital investment, and facilitate the process of planning and implementing low carbon retrofits.
Primary Responsibilities
Project Management
Develop and manage solid working relationships with program stakeholders including real estate, engineering, and vendor partners. Increase coordination to accelerate investment in decarbonization.
Review, evaluate, and constructively criticize or approve program deliverables, including contract scopes of work with budget and milestone schedules, installation and commissioning reports, and various technical documentation. Ensure program compliance for submitted projects, deliverables, and participants.
Provide assertive project management, including resolving issues to drive the contracting process forward and proactively communicating with program participants on upcoming project deadlines and events, as well as overdue or insufficient documentation.
Respond to requests for information regarding general program or technology areas, eligibility questions, and participation requirements. Work with internal program team to resolve questions and maintain consistent messaging.
Manage technical and cost-control aspects of multiple on-going projects with minimal supervision.
Demonstrate good judgment and understanding of when to escalate issues. Keep program team abreast of project progress and issues as they arise.
Program Strategy and Market Engagement
Work with program team to develop strategies for driving clean energy investments and design/execute programmatic efforts to support these strategies, and support the dissemination of lessons learned in real time to the market.
Cultivate and strengthen strategic relationships with key stakeholders in the NYS multifamily building retrofit industry
Represent NYSERDA at meetings and events with external stakeholders, including in public forums and speaking engagements; present information on NYSERDA’s behalf at professional meetings, conferences and workshops.
Support Multifamily team in designing, developing and executing new strategies that increase market adoption of low carbon retrofits.
Work with market stakeholders to find the most cost-effective strategies to enable decarbonization, reduce energy usage and demand.
Support the development of program resources for outreach and educational purposes:
Mine the Program for insights and lessons learned, and translate those insights into market facing resources for awareness raising and capacity building in the decarbonization space.
Promote program participant successes through a variety of market engagement mechanisms.
Team and Organizational Culture
Contribute to a team culture of openness and collaboration.
Identify and pursue opportunities for program(s) improvement.
Work with other NYSERDA teams to promote effective cross-collaboration on overlapping program efforts.
Pursue program process improvements, working with the team to ensure tasks are done efficiently.
Support the Multifamily team as needed on special assignments or special projects.
Ability to demonstrate respect, equity and inclusive behavior and practices of a diverse workforce and community.
Perform other responsibilities as assigned, including supporting timely responsiveness to executive-level requests.
Required Skills, Abilities, and Competencies
At least four years of experience working in the building decarbonization space, with a strong understanding of building energy systems and technologies as well as energy efficiency and decarbonization approaches.
Strong working knowledge of the multifamily sector, including the investment decision-making process.
Genuine passion for issues related to energy, environment, and climate equity.
Exemplary project management skills with the ability to set priorities, develop and execute on a workplan, and an action-bias to deliver activity in the market,
Demonstrated problem-solving ability with a proactive and collaborative style.
Exceptional organizational, time management and planning skills to successfully handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Ability and appetite to learn and assimilate new information and think holistically through complex problems with technical and non-technical components.
Ability to work independently and cross-functionally with other teams.
Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Ability and willingness to travel across New York State.
Minimum Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree, and at least 5 years of experience in building energy efficiency, clean energy solution deployment or a related field.
Additional Qualifications
A Master’s degree, particularly in engineering, public or business administration, architecture, real estate, urban planning or a related field, and 4 years experience in building energy efficiency, clean energy solution deployment or a related field.
Project management or energy management certification (PMP, CEM, etc.).
Please submit two files, one for your cover letter and another for a resume.
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