The Position and the Team

 

Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) is seeking qualified professionals with a strong passion for improving the built environment to support our Building Operations, Decarbonization, and Efficiency team in our New York City office.

This will be a senior role in our expanding Building Operations, Decarbonization and Efficiency team, which is leveraging SWA’s 50-year track record to provide commissioning, energy auditing, retrofit implementation, research, and program/policy development services to multifamily, commercial, institutional, cultural/art center, and community buildings in New York City and beyond.

This role will provide operations and maintenance training to commercial and multifamily building operators to support clients in meeting goals to incorporate a training program focused on energy efficiency, standardizing rounds and proactive maintenance best practices. Candidates will work as part of a team to develop curriculum and training materials and to deliver training using traditional and new media learning technologies.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to complete the following tasks with the technical and interpersonal skills outlined below that will help them excel at SWA.

 

Primary Responsibilities

 

1) Complete technical project work for O&M Training including:

• Create training curriculum content for HVAC systems common to NYC
• Review and enhance existing training curriculum content
• Assist in the development and administration of training assessment and evaluation tools
• Deliver classroom, online, and field-based training sessions
• Review property equipment for placement in relevant training sessions
• Survey of existing building equipment
• Inspect retrofits / upgrades of building equipment.
• Perform trend analysis on logs of O&M data.
• Provide innovative solutions to technical challenges.
• Provide and review written technical and non-technical reports / memos and presentations.

2) Provide and/or facilitate technical training for other building industry professionals

3) Work with internal stakeholders including project managers, service coordinators, service leads, etc.

4) Assume primary responsibility for projects including project financials.

5) Train and support junior staff members.

6) The primary responsibility for this position will be conducting training as the lead trainer for the building operator training program (50%+ of the time). Additional responsibilities are available depending on this skills and interest of the successful candidate. These may include:

• Supervising Staff
• Representing SWA in industry groups, committees, or associations
• Project Management for other services
  • Smart Building Services
  • Pilot Project Research Studies
  • Energy Audits and decarbonization feasibility studies
  • Policy Advisory

Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time; however, we will always discuss these changes as the needs arise. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Minimum requirements for the position

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in HVAC industry
• 5-8+ years of relevant work experience. Work experience relevant to this position must include experience with HVAC systems in large multifamily or commercial buildings.
• Experience conducting trainings for building staff
• Experience conducting field inspections related to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing equipment.
• Thorough understanding of energy audits, retro-commissioning, and retrofit services.?
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and Proficiency in other Microsoft Office Programs (in order of importance PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word). Advanced knowledge using all Microsoft applications (Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).

 

Bonus Skills/Experience

• Hosting virtual training sessions and engaging all participants
• Familiarity NYC Local Laws related to energy and climate (Local Laws 84, 87, 95, and 97)
• Energy Code and/or ASHRAE standards.
• Familiarity with steam systems, electrification and deep energy retrofit concepts
• Multilingual in (Spanish preferred, other language welcome)

 

Personal qualities

• Excellent communicator and engaging presenter able to explain complex concepts to a variety of stakeholders.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Highly communicative and comfortable interacting with a wide array of internal and external stakeholders daily.
• Ability to take ownership of tasks and initiatives and moved them forward to completion.
• Organizational and time management skills, ability to prioritize the most critical tasks and deliverables.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, maturity, credibility, and confidence.
• Collaborative with strong focus on teamwork.
• Passionate about optimizing MEP systems and improving the built environment.
• Desire to love what you do.?

 

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job the employee will be primarily based in the office, performing office-based tasks, using computer-based software.

NOTE: SWA’s offices support a hybrid work environment. We anticipate this person will be in SWA’s NYC office 2-3 days per week and may work from home on other days. This position will also require time in the field.

 

Travel Required

No overnight travel is anticipated for this position. Local day travel will be required.

 

Working Environment

Most of the duties are performed in an office environment or in the field.

 

Performance Standards

Performance will be evaluated against this job description, competencies for this level, and mutually agreed goals.

 

About Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) provides research, consulting and advisory services to improve commercial, residential and multifamily built environments for private and public-sector clients. We specialize in energy, sustainability and accessibility consulting as well as certification, research & development and compliance services. Our team of professionals has led the way since 1972 in the development of best practices to achieve high performance buildings.

For further information on Steven Winter Associates, please visit www.swinter.com.

SWA is an Equal Opportunity Employer – all qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, or marital status.

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be reviewed.