Assistant Director Energy And Sustainability

Description:

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads our energy management program, focusing on reducing consumption, carbon footprint, and expenses. Manages the budgeting and procurement program, ensuring that we effectively procure and budget for energy and utility expenses annually, reports on significant variances, and maintains a procurement strategy that matches the organization's risk profile.
• Directs/oversees the energy conservation program, including the energy database tracking of EUIs, building systems energy degradation, building retro-commissioning, and building energy. The annual campus utilities budget is $22.1m.
• Serves as the organization's subject matter expert for sustainability. Establishes programs and systems to measure, monitor, manage, and minimize the organization's environmental impact, contributing to more sustainable operations. Responsible for staying current with design and sustainability trends and representing the school in operational and construction/design sustainability.
• Acts as a critical leader in the Operations and Facilities Management Department's leadership team and partners with OFMD, WUSM departments, the Office of Sustainability, and our medical center leadership.
• Develops and implements regular sustainability reports promoting the successes and progress toward our strategic sustainability goals. The focus of this reporting will be on measurable and reportable impacts within the school, along with the community and global benefits generated from the program; this will be an integral component of our overall campus reporting program.
• Assists the Senior Director of Capital Projects, Campus Engineer, and Director of Facilities Engineering with design review of all renovations and new construction and provides support, oversight, and policy direction of MEPFP design standards development and upkeep and MEPFP document management.
• Assists the Director of Facilities Engineering and Campus Engineer in planning the physical plant's overall renewal program.
• Performs other duties as assigned.