Details
Posted: 28-Mar-22
Location: San Jose, California
Required Education: Bachelor’s
Employment Type:
Full-time
Organization Type:
Higher Education Institution
Reporting to the Senior Associate Vice President and in collaboration within the Department and colleagues across the campus, the Senior Director of Energy & Utilities is responsible for the leadership, administration, management, and supervisory oversight of all services and functions of the Energy & Utilities unit within Facilities Development & Operations. The unit ensures maintenance and operation of campus utility systems and infrastructure and fire/life safety and security systems and is also focused on operational resiliency, efficiency, and ongoing efforts to achieve carbon neutrality.
As part of this role, the Senior Director manages and oversees all activities associated with maintenance and operation of these critical infrastructure systems. The Energy & Utilities unit administers an assigned budget associated with recharge of its services to the campus designed to address annual operational needs as well as necessary funding for future capital investments to maintain operational resiliency and capacity. The Senior Director plays a pivotal role in the development and execution of operational priorities while also strategically planning for a future and steering the campus toward carbon neutrality. This includes establishing strong relationships with campus clientele and outside agencies and driving forward a sustainability vision that also considers the operational needs of the overall University with services delivered in a customer focused manner. Additionally, the Senior Director is responsible for the campus strategic energy conservation plan and works collaboratively with other leaders within Facilities Development & Operations to establish multi-year capital investment plans and utility master plans to support University goals and objectives. The Senior Director also participates with other senior managers to develop, establish, and implement Department strategic and operational plans and initiatives.
The Energy & Utilities unit of Facilities Development & Operations provides services to a University campus spread across five sites comprised of +170 acres, 52 buildings, and more than six million gross square feet. Primary responsibilities are associated with operation of the Main Campus and its central energy plant and utility infrastructure. The Main Campus utility infrastructure consists of a 5.5MW natural gas fired co-generation plant with large capacity chillers, thermal energy storage system, auxiliary boilers, high voltage substation and medium voltage switchgear and electrical distribution infrastructure at 33 building substations. Utilities infrastructure also includes steam, condensate and distributed chilled water pumping systems, up to and including the interface to the connections in the campus buildings. Additionally, the unit is responsible for the fire/life safety and security system for the Main Campus and all other off campus sites. The Energy & Utilities unit employs approximately 18 full time permanent staff.
Link to Apply: https://jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/509462/senior-director-of-energy-and-utilities?1ApplicationSubSourceID=11266
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