Manager, Energy Management

Socket.dev; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 124,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four weeks of paid annual vacation

Four paid personal days

Defined benefit pension with OMERS

Health and dental benefits

Employee and family assistance program

Maternity and parental leave top up

Tuition reimbursement $1500/year

Fitness membership discount

Job summary

Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) is seeking a Manager, Energy Management to lead enterprise energy programs and multi-year retrofit initiatives. You will develop plans, oversee budgets, and drive energy efficiency across engineered building systems.

With 8+ years in energy systems and building energy management, you will mentor a diverse team, manage vendors, and align initiatives with the Green Plan and sustainability goals while supporting operational needs.

Qualifications

• Professional certification or post-graduate degree in Engineering, Data Analysis, Building Science or equivalent.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in energy systems management.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in building energy management, building automation or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Develops business and work plans for designated programs to support corporate plans.
• Leads and mentors a diverse group of vendors and staff.
• Manage energy program budgets and provide regular forecasting to senior management.
• Lead complex energy and capital tenders including RFQ and RFP processes.
• Develop and implement KPIs and reporting for energy performance.

Skills

Energy management

Budget forecasting

Leadership

Vendor management

Education

Engineering degree

Post-graduate degree

Tools

Faser

Gridlogix

Metrix

EnergyCAP

Job description

About Toronto Community Housing Corporation

Toronto Community Housing Corporation (“TCHC”) is the largest social housing provider in Canada and the second largest in North America. We are wholly owned by the City of Toronto and operate in a non-profit manner. TCHC provides homes to over 41,000 low and moderate-income households in 88 of Toronto's neighbourhoods, with 93,000 tenants from many different backgrounds with a diversity in age, education, language, mental and physical ability, religion, ethnicity and race. We are an essential part of the City of Toronto's fabric and social system.

Our over 2,000 employees work to achieve our vision of quality homes in vibrant communities where people are proud to live and work.

Vacancy Type: Full-time Permanent

Salary/Hourly Range: $123,900.46 - $148,680.56

Work Details (Days/Hours): Monday – Friday 36.25 hours per week

Hybrid Eligible: Yes

Affiliation: Management/Exempt

Division and Department: Facilities Management

Number of Vacancies: 1

Existing/New Job: Existing

Grade: 8

Vacancy Status Existing

Candidate List or Eligibility List: Candidate List

What we offer

In addition to competitive compensation and a rewarding career where you can truly make a difference, we offer a comprehensive package that meets the various needs of our diverse employees, including:

• Ability to participate in inclusive employee-led networks to educate, inspire, amplify voices, build relationships and provide development opportunities;
• Minimum four (4) weeks of paid annual vacation days, increasing with years of service;
• Four (4) paid personal days;
• Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, includes 100-per-cent employer matching;
• Health and dental benefits, including a health spending account available upon your start date;
• Employee and family assistance program;
• Maternity and parental leave top up (93% of base salary);
• Training and development programs including tuition reimbursement of $1500 per calendar year.
• Fitness membership discount;

This job offers the opportunity to work from home as part of a hybrid work arrangement. This arrangement will allow you to work some days at a TCHC work location and the rest of the time from home. The amount of time required to work at a TCHC work location is flexible, while considering operational and service delivery requirements.

Make a difference

The Manager, Energy Management is responsible for developing and maintaining the enterprise energy management systems and programs to support continuous energy efficient operations. This role manages multi-year energy retrofit programs and energy efficiency functions related to engineered building systems.

What you’ll do

Leadership

• Develops business and work plans for the designated programs to support TCHC corporate plans, direction and vision.
• Leads, manages and mentors a diverse group of vendors, support and service staff.
• Assists the Director to develop a mentorship program in the designated discipline incorporating TCHC’s succession plan. Identifies the individual(s) for training and development in future leadership roles.
• Recommends, develops and implements performance management plans.
• Establishes relationships and partnerships with staff, service providers, stakeholders and clients to ensure effective communication.
• Provides vision and direction towards making the TCHC portfolio smarter and greener by incorporating the “triple bottom line” considerations of economic, environmental and social sustainability.
• Recommends and develops plans to help TCHC meet the corporate Green Plan target to reduce 40% of GHG emissions.

Financial Accountability

• Recommends to Director SBEM strategies to plan and manage the program budgets including the recommendations for planning energy programs using various analysis and forecasting tools.
• Provides regular monthly and annual program budget forecasts for services and expenditures to the Senior Management Team.

Planning and Delivery (Energy Programs)

• Forecasts resource requirements and recommends a flexible model including in house and market resources to manage the cyclical needs of TCHC.
• Develops streamlined business processes to manage budgets, schedules and mitigate risk.
• Provides technical advice, updated knowledge of new regulations, best practices and innovative and industry leading solutions to support effective and efficient program delivery.
• Leads complex energy and capital tenders through sound estimating, quoting and bidding practices, including calls for Tenders, RFQ’s & RFP’s and prequalification tenders.
• Develops and recommends tender/scope strategies, specifications, to meet TCHC.
• standards and needs.
• Evaluates tenders through procurement process on cost, capacity, performance and deliverables.
• Manages energy partners by developing service-level, operating-level and partnership agreements.
• Leads and resolves complex contract management and service issues to successful outcomes.
• Works closely with the Facilities Team (Planning/Engineering) to develop and recommend corporate standards through market research and industry standards.
• Participates in capital planning and budgeting priorities with stakeholders.

Reporting and Performance Metrics

• Contributes to the corporate development of metrics and measurement tools for energy performance.
• Recommends, develops and implements the Key Performance Indicators as required to effectively monitor and improve energy delivery.
• Contributes to senior management reports in regards to areas of responsibility.
• Assists in the compilation and updating of organizational energy management plan and sustainability.

What you’ll need

• Professional certification or post-graduate degree in Engineering, Data Analysis, Building Science or equivalent.
• Certified Energy Manager, Certified Energy Auditor, Certified Business Energy Professional or Certified Measurement & Verification Personnel designation would be an asset.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in energy systems management.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in building energy management, building automation, financial analysis or equivalent.

• Knowledge of enterprise energy information management, building automation, energy auditing, continuous commissioning, measurement & verification, new and emerging energy and green building practices and technologies.
• Experience with energy analysis software (Faser, Gridlogix, Metrix, EnergyCAP)
• Full G Driver’s License and access to a vehicle

We use AI technology through the use of pre-screening questions to assist in the screening process.

Accessibility for applicants

Toronto Community Housing is committed to equity in employment. Our goal is a diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free workplace that reflects the communities we serve.

We will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities at all stages of the hiring process in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and Toronto Community Housing’s Accessibility Policy.

If you are a person with a disability and need the job posting in an alternative format or any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, please email your request to our People & Culture department at [e-mail] or call our accessible accommodations line at (416) 981 - 4119. Please refer to the job requisition number when you contact us.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and strive to create a diverse workplace that reflects the cultural mosaic of our great city and the communities we serve. We recognize the value that comes from different viewpoints, unique experiences and diverse perspectives of our employees, who bring fresh, new ideas to our business. Diversity plays a key role in our ability to deliver on our mission to provide clean, safe, well-maintained, affordable homes for tenants.

TCHC is committed to diversity and inclusion within its community and encourages applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized persons/persons of colour, persons with disabilities, women, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, and others who can help us provide vibrant communities and make our city a great place to live. In an effort to ensure access to information for people with disabilities, we have noticed that some screen readers do not function properly with our job portal. If you are a person with a disability and are experiencing issues with our job portal and would like access to our job postings in an alternative format, please email your request to our People and Culture Division at [e-mail].

Thank you for your interest in Toronto Community Housing

We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we’ve included in the job postings below, we encourage you to consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills, and passion are key!

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