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Campus Energy & Resource Coordinator
Oberlin College
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Posted: 11-Jul-25
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Internal Number: 15086
Job Summary:
The position of Energy Coordinator is a continuing 12-month, continuing, Administrative and Professional Staff (A&PS) position within the Office of Energy and Sustainability (OES). The hire will serve four important functions that involve the acquisition and use of data to support a culture and practice of sustainable and climate resilient resource use on campus. They will: 1) Support the development and implementation of energy and conservation resource plans and policies that maximize energy efficiency, load management, carbon free energy acquisition and generation, and climate resilience. 2) Play a central role in managing, troubleshooting, and expanding a campus dashboard metering, analysis and display system; 3) Validate and manage data associated with campus resource use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to advance Oberlin's mitigation and adaptation efforts; 4) Collaborate and coordinate across campus to ensure that data are used to improve facilities management, enhance academic and residential education, enhance student and faculty research, maximize value for behavior change programming, and attain institutional policies and goals.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
1)Support the development / implementation of energy and resource conservation plans / policies/projects
○ Work with Facilities Operations, Facilities Planning and Construction and the College Leadeship to develop energy conservation, plans, policies and projects.
○ Assist and support all planning and strategy efforts related to new and existing energy projects on campus including energy efficiency and renewable energy projects to achieve GHG reduction and climate resilience commitments.
○ Assist in the development and revision of energy management standards, guidelines and policy for operations, design, and construction
○ Assist in assessing proposed projects in terms of: future resource use forecasting; life-cycle financial and environmental costs; dependability of future energy supply; climate resilience opportunities and impacts; collaborative opportunities with the City and with larger regional entities.
○ Assist in researching funding opportunities that support and economize on capital energy projects including: local, state and federal rebate, tax credit and financing programs; grants; power purchase agreements. Assist in proposal writing and necessary reporting associated with these initiatives.
2)Manage essential aspects of dashboard metering and display system
○ Oberlin's dashboard is unique data metering, analysis and display technology that includes hundreds of meters installed in buildings across campus and in the central utility plant. The Coordinator will serve as a point person for maintaining and expanding this system for building level metering. They will provide support services for additional submetering including connecting new submeters, verifying all submeters are operating, reporting and otherwise maintained accurately.
○ Directly collaborate with Facilities personnel, OES staff and faculty to plan metering for new construction and renovation projects to maximize data benefits for management and education.
○ Evaluate and update metering specifications, and installation protocols required of contractors to insure best technology, practices and economy are considered.
○ Oversee meter installation and verify that contractual specifications are met before payment occurs.
○ Configure new variables as they are added to the dashboard system and maintain consistent and easily interpretable documentation for the system.
3)Validate and manage data and assist in GHG accounting, mitigation and adaptation
Oberlin College & Conservatory is a four-year, highly selective liberal arts college that combines a top-ranked college of arts and sciences with a world-renowned conservatory of music. Combined, the two divisions enroll approximately 2,900 students. Founded in 1833, Oberlin College & Conservatory was the first college in America to make interracial education and coeducation central to its mission-traditions that live today within a commitment to positive social engagement. Located 35 miles southwest of Cleveland, OH, Oberlin College & Conservatory has earned a reputation of excellence based on the quality of its richly diverse student body, outstanding faculty, excellent facilities, and academic and technological resources. Learn more at http://new.oberlin.edu/about