Senior Lead, Utilities & Energy Management

Job Summary

The successful candidate will report to the Manager Energy Management and will be responsible to effectively plan and lead a team of professionals in the management of BAS and renewable energy portfolio, development and implementation of energy management programs, and utilities budget in relation to all City-owned buildings and facilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the Energy Management team in finding the energy conservation opportunities in the City’s portfolio of facilities to reduce the City’s annual energy and water consumption and utility spending budget.
• Lead portfolio-wide building optimization, recommissioning, and continuous improvement initiatives utilizing BAS, metering systems, fault detection platforms, and analytics tools.
• Lead the integration of BAS, metering, submetering, solar PV monitoring systems, fault detection systems, and other building technologies into enterprise energy-management platforms.
• Lead the City's Building Automation System (BAS) portfolio, establishing long-term strategies, standards, and roadmaps for automation, controls, and system integration.
• Provide senior technical leadership and oversight for BAS-related capital projects, retrofits, recommissioning initiatives, and integration projects.
• Act as the City's subject matter expert for BAS, HVAC Systems, building-system integration, solar PV system, monitoring systems and energy and utility management.
• Stay current with BAS technologies, open protocols, cybersecurity requirements, HVAC controls, energy management practices and applicable codes and standards
• Provide project management and supervision of construction for energy conservation, BAS projects, including preparation of contract documents, construction supervision and financial control.
• Review and approve BAS designs, control drawings, sequences of operation, specifications, shop drawings, and commissioning documentation for new construction and renovation projects.
• Establish preliminary and final budgets for energy efficiency projects; establish priority of conservation measures implementation.
• Liaise with operating and asset management staff to coordinate end-of-life-cycle equipment replacement with energy efficient upgrades.
• Lead the team in the delivery of utility budget forecast, quarterly utility projections, accruals reporting, utility consumption validation, financial bills validation, errors investigation and resolution
• Monitor natural gas market trends and City natural gas usage. Predict future natural requirements for City facilities. Receive and review purchasing strategies with consultant and select best strategy for City’s purposes on an ongoing basis.
• Prepare an annual corporate report detailing results of the Natural Gas Procurement Strategy.
• Supervise staff including support the Manager with the development of PMP agreements and evaluation of work performance.
• Work with staff to identify career goals and development needs and provide regular feedback .
• Provide ongoing coaching and mentoring to support individual and team performance.
• Support the Manager with the recruitment of staff.
• Manage projects utilizing management principles including project phasing, trades division and sequencing, labor relations, administration practices and cost control.
• Analyze and recommend acceptance of consultant and construction contracts.
• Coordinates or assist with the resolution of design and construction deficiencies.
• Performs other duties as may be assigned.

Skills and Qualifications

• Registered as a Professional Engineer (mechanical or electrical engineering) with Professional Engineers of Ontario.
• Minimum 7-10 years of progressive experience with Building Automation Systems, HVAC Systems, commissioning, and energy management.
• Expert knowledge of HVAC systems, DDC controls, BAS architecture, control sequences, building operations, and energy management
• Experience with commissioning, recommissioning, building optimization, and continuous improvement programs.
• Knowledge of solar PV monitoring systems, renewable energy technologies, battery storage systems, and building electrification initiatives is considered an asse
• Minimum 5 years experience in energy conservation.
• Excellent leadership and people management skills. Minimum of 3 years of leadership and/or supervisory experience.
• PMP and LEED designations are preferred.
• Excellent demonstrated understanding financial analysis and economic justification of energy efficiency retrofit projects.
• Excellent demonstrated understanding of utility metering, billing and rate structures for electricity, water and natural gas utilities.
• Demonstrated knowledge of corporate budget process and budget control or previous financial management.
• Detail oriented and exceptional planning and organizational skills for managing multiple tasks.
• Strong public relations skills to build partnerships and collaborative relationships with people both inside and outside the organization.
• Excellent computer skills in MS Word, Excel, MS Project.
• Excellent time management skills in managing workload and work schedules.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written business analysis and consultation skills.
• Must have a valid Ontario Driver’s License with access to a vehicle.