Energy Manager
Cary, a forward-looking and diverse community, is seeking a passionate public servant with collaborative leadership skills to further develop and lead Cary’s energy management and emissions reduction programs. This role requires strong capabilities in building coalitions, facilitating consensus, communicating in a way that brings others along, and cultivating an environment of trust and transparency. This position also requires engineering-related experience with energy management, energy audits, supply side and demand side energy management, electric grid layout and design, and alternative energy systems such as solar; and overall energy management principles including renewable energy programs and associated incentives, rates schedules, interconnection agreements, power purchase agreements, net metering, and renewable energy credits.
Cary has a long history of environmental protection and recently has increased focus on the broad impacts of emissions on our community and quality of life. Cary recently acquired a 1.8MW solar facility at our South Cary Water Reclamation Facility, to accompany the many other state-of-the-art sustainable features. Cary is also in the process of upgrading our energy monitoring system and installing solar in multiple locations, including at USA Baseball, a premier sports facility. We are transitioning to a fully electric fleet of vehicles, including Police Department Teslas, piloting an electric sanitation truck, and retrofitting our fire trucks with idle-reduction technology, all of which bring greater demands on our energy supply and charging capabilities.
The Energy Manager will focus on energy management and emissions reduction and perform a variety of responsible professional duties addressing policy, plan development, and resource allocation to define and implement Cary's approach to community-wide municipal energy management and emissions reduction including administration and oversight of activities. This position will focus on best management principles and practices for Cary’s overall energy portfolio, which includes power, solar, and natural gas energy sources, along with advising senior staff engaged with planning for Cary’s energy future. This will include program management for renewable energy sources, emissions reductions, innovative technology reviews and selections, and managing Cary’s participation in various energy incentive programs such as Duke Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Management program. This position will also focus on energy efficiency management including energy audits, improved power optimization, and coordination with staff on engineering evaluations for tracking and monitoring carbon emissions reduction. Cary is currently engaged in multiple plans and studies to further advance this work.
The Energy Manager is responsible for ensuring alignment with short-term and long-term Town and Council goals and objectives. Additionally, this position is responsible for ensuring programs and projects are consistent with the recommendations of the Imagine Cary Community Plan and with community needs.
Work is performed in a team environment under the general supervision of the Assistant Town Manager and in collaboration with various Department Directors and their teams.