Brief Job Description:

The Energy Manager serves as the technical lead within the Environment Department’s Municipal Energy Unit (MEU). The MEU includes the Director, the Energy Analyst, the Renewable Energy and Finance Manager, the Boston Community Choice Electricity (BCCE) Program Manager, and the BCCE Engagement Assistant. The MEU is responsible for managing and reducing the City’s energy usage and serves as the leading team tasked with scoping and implementing policies and programs to decarbonize the City of Boston’s buildings and energy supply. The Energy Manager is responsible for two critical functions that support Boston’s carbon neutrality and sustainability goals: 1) maintaining and analyzing all municipal energy and operational data, and 2) project managing municipal building decarbonization and energy efficiency projects in the City’s buildings portfolio primarily but not limited to the Renew Boston Trust (RBT) energy savings performance contracting program.

The City of Boston uses an Enterprise Energy Management System (EEMS) to track, analyze, and visualize energy and water consumption of every municipally-owned asset, including approximately 370 buildings, 67,000 streetlights, 850 signalized intersections, 270 parks and athletic fields, and pedestrian and traffic bridges. Over 3,700 utility accounts serve these assets, and the EEMS collects usage and cost data from each account. The Energy Manager is responsible for managing the Energy Analyst and ultimately ensuring the timely and accurate payment of the City of Boston’s electric and gas utility bills and assisting in the resolution of disputes over utility billing errors.

The EEMS is the primary tool used to benchmark City facilities and identify energy conservation measures (ECMs) for implementation through the Renew Boston Trust. This system also shares data with the U.S. EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager, which is used to comply with local and federal benchmarking programs. All municipal energy consumption data must also be used to calculate annual greenhouse gas emissions inventories and for compliance with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Green Communities Act.

The Renew Boston Trust program is the City’s only program singularly focused on reducing the energy consumption of and carbon emissions from City-owned buildings. Through three phases, the City has eliminated nearly 4,000 metric tons of annual carbon emissions, reduced City energy bills by over $2 million per year, and garnered roughly $3 million in incentives from MassSave. The Energy Manager will oversee the process of building auditing, development of ECMs, construction and commissioning, as well as measurement and verification during the performance period. In the era of building performance standards and the need for bold and innovative action on building decarbonization, the Energy Manager will be responsible for thinking outside the box of a traditional energy savings performance contract in order to meet the diverse needs and interests of stakeholders throughout the City government.

The Energy Manager’s role as in-house advisor and advocate on numerous energy topics also encompasses demand response program management, advising project managers on capital building projects outside of Renew Boston Trust, and the implementation of other decarbonization and energy efficiency projects across the City government. 

• Manages the Energy Analyst and their contribution to the completion of tasks.
• Serves as the primary contract manager for the EEMS and works with City of Boston stakeholders, municipal departments, and vendors to ensure the accuracy, quality, and integrity of the EEMS data. 
• Verifies the accuracy of monthly utility bills delivered via bulk-billing files, ensures that credits owed to the City are refunded to the appropriate municipal budgets and other related tasks. (Includes management of Energy Analyst.).
• In collaboration with the Public Facilities Department, serves as a primary contract and project manager for the City’s Energy Savings Performance Contract(s) (ESPCs).
• Monitors and reviews EEMS data to track progress towards meeting the City’s goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, including conducting Boston’s annual GHG inventory for municipal operations and annual Green Communities Report with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (Includes management of Energy Analyst).
• Ensures that data is accurately shared between the EEMS and the City’s U.S. EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager (ESPM) Account, which is used to comply with the City’s own Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) as well as the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge. (Includes management of Energy Analyst).
• Works collaboratively within the MEU and with City operations and finance staff using utility data to build the business case for various energy conservation and renewable energy projects.
• Manages ad hoc grant applications and contract negotiations for energy conservation and renewable energy projects as required to ensure the City meets its emissions targets under BERDO.
• Manages and expands the City’s demand response program and participation in demand response events.
• Provides energy data to the City’s Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) for publishing on the City’s Open Data website (Analyze Boston).
• Leverage the City’s projects, policies, and programs to engage with local public schools, trade schools, community colleges, and workforce training initiatives to facilitate improved energy and asset management in the City’s portfolio and throughout the City of Boston in a “lead-by-example” model.
• Performs related work as required.

• Four (4) years of professional experience in electrical, mechanical, energy engineering, construction, and/or energy management, preferably with experience implementing Energy Savings Performance Contracts and/or building science solutions
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or energy engineering, economics, environmental policy, or a related field is strongly preferred and may be substituted for two (2) years of the required experience.
• Strong analytical skills in energy and water use, life cycle costing, and energy savings measurement and verification (M&V) protocols.
• Highly competent with analytical tools, including MS Excel. Microsoft SQL and Power BI are preferred.
• Energy and/or Sustainability certifications are a plus, such as CEM, CBCP, CEA, BOC, LEED AP, BEAP, and BEMP.
• Familiarity with utility rate structures and tariffs, competitive energy markets, and/or renewable energy.
• Understanding of climate change issues and standard calculations and reporting protocols for greenhouse gas emissions
• Excellent oral and written communication and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications and Google Suite.
• Ability to develop custom reports and develop new analytical tools.
• Ability to learn new systems and technologies.
• Ability to promote and implement continuous process improvements and document process management protocols
• Strong, active listening capabilities and ability to identify stakeholder needs.
• Self-directed and motivated with creative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership through influence without direct authority.
• Ability to maintain and promote departmental policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Ability to cultivate peer relationships and encourage a collaborative environment.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and focus on detail as required by the job.

BOSTON RESIDENCY REQUIRED

Terms:

Union/ Salary Plan/ Grade: Non-Union/MO-11/ Full-Time

Hours per week: 35