ALL CANDIDATES MUST WORK FOR A NYC AGENCY AND BE PERMANENT IN THE TITLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER OR HAVE TAKEN AND PASSED EXAM # 3039
The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City’s evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the city towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees, visitors, volunteers, and people in our custody. Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 9,000 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts.
The primary responsibility of this candidate will be to directly manage the professional and technical staff, including consultants, engaged in overseeing the execution of capital construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation projects. Operates a motor vehicle to visit various job sites as required in the performance of the duties and responsibilities. The decisions made by the Administrative Construction Project Managers impact the City's capital budget and capital construction.They will serve as the thought leader for technical business processes, developing forward-thinking systems prototypes and workflows that promote increased efficiency and productivity on multiple levels. The candidate will play a vital role in successfully delivering department objectives.
Under administrative direction with extremely wide latitude for independent judgment, initiative, and action, directs and manages the execution of complex and responsible capital construction projects for a significant geographic locality or service area, ensuring they are timely and cost-effective. This role involves overseeing a staff of construction professionals, exercising full administrative and technical responsibilities for planning, organizing, and directing staff in project management, resolving extraordinary construction problems, and representing the agency head or deputy in meetings with contractors and regulatory agencies. The position requires considerable knowledge of management principles and techniques, relevant agency policies and procedures, state and federal laws, project management administration, engineering, architecture, construction management, and facilities management, as well as strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication, supervisory, and technical coordination skills.
Responsibilities include:
- Responsible for the overall project and their team's performance.
- Coordinating with client agencies to determine and meet their project needs and managing all phases of construction projects from inception through planning, design, and construction.
- Overseeing and directing staff, operations, project consultants, contractors, and vendors through all phases of project planning, development, construction, and completion.
- The management, training, and performance of multiple project managers and associate project managers.
- Coordinating, planning, and managing division activities in coordination with other Construction Services Director of Project Manager, and senior leadership.
- Developing and/or assisting in the development of related policy.
- Working knowledge of building codes and understanding of ADA/TAS and life safety issues.
- Preparing yearly performance evaluations for the Project Management team as appropriate.
- Maintaining contacts with individuals within DOC, client agencies, contractors, and consultant communities related to DOC and State Construction program activities.
- Ensuring projects meet the programmatic goals of the client agency, within budget and schedule requirements.
- Ensuring risks and Issues are being tracked and mitigated/resolved proactively. Escalating issues to legal and senior management as appropriate to mitigate risks.
- Establishing staffing, financial, and technical resource requirements for unit tasks and assignments.
- Preparing for and participating in procuring project funding and is responsible for monitoring and overseeing project budgets and ensuring project costs remain within budget.
- Coordinating, monitoring, and managing project progress from initiation through closeout to ensure projects are processes and completed in the most efficient manner possible.
- Participating in and playing a significant role in the selection and procurement of architectural, engineering and construction firms in coordination with DCS legal and Procurement.
- Overseeing consultant, vendor, and contractor contract administration
- Overseeing the review and approval of various project technical reports.
- Oversees team participation in negotiating fees, terms, and conditions for DOC consultant contracts and construction manager at-risk contracts and guaranteed maximum price amendments associated with DOC construction projects.
- Overseeing organizational and project team meetings with consultants, client agencies, and Construction Services staff to prepare items for the Bond Commission agenda.
- Conducting project coordination meetings with DOC project managers, client agencies, consultants, contractors, and DOC teams.
- Preparing required reports for client agency and DOC administration.
- High level of expertise in all areas of construction including, but not limited to, the ability to assess and manage the work of others in many divergent areas of construction.
Minimum Qualifications
At least six years of full-time satisfactory experience in construction management work on capital projects, each one of which must have had a dollar value of at least $300,000, at least eighteen months of which must have been in a managerial or consultative capacity in an organization responsible for the management of construction; and a combination of the following, sufficient to equal a total of ten years of education and experience:
1. Full-time satisfactory experience in construction inspection on capital projects, each one of which must have had a dollar value of at least $300,000. One year of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of construction inspection experience up to a maximum of four years.
2. Full-time satisfactory experience in building construction as a journeyperson in one or more of the skilled building construction trades. One year of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of journeyperson experience up to a maximum of four years.
3. Education in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or air pollution control, chemical, civil including structural and bridge design, electrical, mechanical, or sanitary engineering will be credited on the basis of 30 semester credits for one year of acceptable experience up to a maximum of four years.
4. A New York State license as a professional engineer or registered architect or a license as a professional engineer or registered architect from a state that has reciprocity with New York State may be substituted for the four years of education and experience described in "1", "2" and "3" above. However, all candidates must have at least six years of experience in construction management work described above, including at least eighteen months in a managerial or consultative capacity in an organization responsible for the management of construction.
License Requirements
Possession of a Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. Employees must maintain the license during their employment.
55a Program
This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.
Residency Requirement
New York City Residency is not required for this position
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
