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Utilities Planning and Renewal Senior Engineer

LocationIthaca (Main Campus)
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
DepartmentEnergy & Sustainability
Company size10,000+ people
First seen2w ago
Last seen4d ago
About the company
Energy & Sustainability is comprised of four interactive teams: Campus Sustainability Office, Utilities Distribution and Energy Management, Utilities Production, and Utilities Planning and Renewal which work together to provide vital utilities services to the Ithaca campus and seizing opportunities to reduce our environmental footprint.
The Utilities Planning and Renewal section of Energy and Sustainability focuses on operation, system renewal (replacement and/or repair) and future electrification of the University energy infrastructure system. This system is critical to University operations supplying power, heat, chilled water, and potable water on a 24-hour, 365 day per year basis. The Utilities Planning and Renewal team support production assets as well as buried and above-ground electric, steam, hot water, chilled water, potable water, storm and sanitary infrastructure serving over 17 million square feet of building stock. This job provides the opportunity to work in a collaborative team environment delivering capital projects, troubleshooting and repairs of the mission critical utilities systems.
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Responsibilities
The Utilities Planning and Renewal Team Senior Engineer provides engineering and project leadership for the University’s power, steam, hot water, chilled water, and related thermal utility systems. These systems will be transitioning over time from fossil fuels to full electrification with grid supplied power.
This position is accountable for system design, reliability engineering, asset management, and capital project leadership and support to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient delivery of utilities on a 24/7/365 basis both now and into the future.
Working closely with operations, maintenance, project management, consultants, and campus stakeholders, the Senior Engineer will be the University Energy System subject matter expert: evaluating system condition and performance, developing renewal and upgrade strategies, supporting complex troubleshooting, and overseeing design and construction activities. The role will apply a knowledge of equipment to system modelling, system analysis, and lifecycle cost evaluation to inform operational decisions, long-term capital planning and execution.
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