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Austin Energy is a growing, dynamic, municipal utility in Austin, Texas. Serving as the 3rd largest community-owned utility in the nation, Austin Energy serves more than 500k customers with an annual budget of over $1.5B, with over 2,000 employees. As a department of the City of Austin, the Austin City Council sets the Utility’s policies and strategic direction.

Austin Energy is seeking a Director Energy Efficiency Services responsible for developing and implementing short and long range plans, programs, and personnel to promote Austin Energy’s Green Building and sustainability projects and programs and likewise oversees Electric Vehicles and Emerging Technologies Department. Determines goals, objectives, and resource requirements for activities within the division. Establishes processes and procedures to provide services in green building and sustainability, ensuring compliance with all city ordinances, practices, policies, and procedures. Works effectively with other City departments and externally with stakeholders to forward green building, sustainability and electrification goals. This position will oversee 4 direct and 33 indirect reports.

Working with Austin Energy provides a number of health and welfare benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, career development opportunities and more. Please click HERE for more information.

 

 

• Experience leading complex, multi-layered organizations of 20+ employees
• Experience with green building and sustainability, including leading a green building or sustainability team
• Experience managing managers who develop, manage and innovate programs to meet policy objectives
• Experience presenting publicly at forums and responding to Boards & Commissions
• Experience effectively managing executive discussions and relationships
• Demonstrated ability to ideate and integrate between departments both within CES and enterprise-wide
• Demonstrated effective communications and leadership with the mid-level manager or Director peer group moving specific policy/program items forward
• Experience developing and executing complex strategies for both Green Building and Electric Vehicles / Electrification