Energy Project Specialist

~ The City of Alexandria is located in northern Virginia and is bordered by the District of Columbia (Potomac River), Arlington and Fairfax counties. ~

With a population of approximately 150,000 and a land area of 15.75 square miles, Alexandria is the seventh largest city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Alexandria has a charming waterfront and is a unique and historic place to live and work. About one-quarter of the City's square miles have been designated as a national or local historic district.

We proudly embrace our rich history and seize the endless opportunities that lie ahead. If you are interested in working for the vibrant City of Alexandria, we invite qualified candidates to apply for our Energy Project Specialist position.

What we do and how we do it is driven by our 4 Guiding Principles:

• Aligning the work we do with our strategic plan
• Executing against our strategy and ensuring accountability for our results
• Promoting and encouraging a culture of leadership and ownership at all levels of the organization
• Promoting a culture of service excellence, creativity and entrepreneurship

About the Department:

The Department of General Services' mission is to provide exceptional management of the City's real estate, facilities and fleet services, and other support services for all our customers. The Department of General Services staff strives to provide our customers with unmatched services by proactively managing the City's assets to support the delivery of services to the City of Alexandria, responding to service requests in a timely manner, listening to our customers, and ensuring that our customers are satisfied with the resolution.

Position Overview

This position is the department's capital project manager responsible for energy reduction project implementation. This position will work closely with the City's Energy Manager, the energy management team, facility managers and engineers, and other City staff to develop the Eco-City Alexandria's environmental sustainability vision and goals This position serves in the department's Office of Energy Management under the general supervision of the City's Energy Manager.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and recommends energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy project opportunities using benchmark analysis, analyzing energy use, performing energy audits, developing energy savings calculations, and conducts life-cycle cost-benefit analysis for small, medium, and large commercial and institutional facilities.
• Conducts energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy technology product research, testing, and demonstration; implements pilot projects as appropriate; pursues implementation of next-generation energy reduction and renewable/clean energy technologies, etc.
• Develops and implements energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy projects, including scopes of work, procurement and contracting, stakeholder coordination, contractor management, closeout and quality assurance, financial management, documentation, reporting, etc.
• Reviews and monitors energy projects as it relates to building codes, industry guidelines and standards, life safety and health, green and high-performance building design, etc.
• Develops and conducts energy project evaluation, measurement, and verification processes and practices.
• Performs building data collection and direct measurement of building energy use for analysis and reporting purposes.
• Develops or uses analytical and predictive models, tools, and software for energy-use, whole-building modeling, cost analysis, and performance management.
• Develops and recommends energy and utility management plans, processes, procedures, etc. to enhance effectiveness in implementing the City's energy management priorities.
• Drafts presentations for departments, City Manager's Office, City Council, and community meetings for the City's Energy Manager, and when applicable, independently delivers presentations.
• Recent project examples managed by this position include: facility lighting retrofits, parking garage lighting retrofits, interval metering system implementation, facility re-commissioning, recreational outdoor lighting, solar photovoltaic system installation, open source building management system implementation, and deduction meter implementation.

Qualifications

Minimum & Additional Requirements:

• 4-year college degree in engineering, architecture, environmental science/environmental planning, urban planning.
• 5-years of experience in identifying and implementing energy projects and energy efficiency, energy conservation, energy management, renewable/clean energy, and energy assurance and reliability projects and programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• The preferred candidate should possess considerable knowledge on existing and next-generation energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable/clean energy technologies as well as research, demonstrate, and communicate emerging energy technology trends.
• Strong capital and energy project management skills, including scope development, public-sector procurement and contracting, stakeholder coordination, contractor management, quality assurance, and documentation and report writing skills.
• Capabilities in energy and building data collection, data management, and energy data analysis skills as well as experience in capital planning and project budget management are desirable.

What you should bring:

• We are looking for a creative, entrepreneurial, agile, and multi-talented person with robust skills to implement the life-cycle of energy efficiency, energy conservation, energy management, renewable/clean energy, and energy assurance projects for City facilities and operations.
• The successful person should have strong capabilities and experience in fundamental energy engineering principles and practices (i.e. building energy auditing, building energy use analysis, energy use modeling and calculations, energy project life-cycle cost-benefit analysis, high-performance and green-building design, high-performance HVAC load calculations, system design and operations, energy conservation, energy assurance, emergency generator & microgrid design and engineering, building and energy management control system optimization, energy efficient lighting design, commissioning, measurement and verification, energy metering systems, etc.).

Additional Information

This position requires the successful completion of pre-employment background checks including but not limited to drug testing, criminal background. An attached cover letter and resume is also preferred as part of the application.

The Department of General Services (DGS) is a first response department and as such all DGS employees are deemed essential or emergency personnel and maybe required to report to work when the City government is open with liberal leave or closed during emergencies.