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Job Description

The Facilities and Logistics Division (F&L) is responsible for monitoring DHS shelters as it relates to the maintenance of building systems. Within the Facilities & Logistics Division is Environmental Design & Construction which manages a capital construction portfolio in excess of $600M for reconstruction and upgrades at all city-owned shelters. A team of project managers oversees construction projects utilizing various DHS design and construction contracts. DHS also partners with the City’s Department of Design & Construction to manage the larger capital projects.

The Department of Homeless Services is recruiting for one (1) Administrative Construction Project Manager M-2 to function as Director of Design and Construction, who will:

- Oversee multiple DHS construction projects, establishing timetables to ensure timeliness of completion.

- Providing direct supervision of the unit’s project managers; assignment of projects and developing and implementing administrative procedures for carrying construction management functions.

- Manage the agency’s capital projects by developing and prioritizing scopes of work, schedules, and budgets.

- Manage capital commitment plans by monitoring design procurement schedules, design schedules and construction procurement schedules for all agency capital projects to ensure project registration by the Comptroller where fiscal year funding is allocated.

- Oversee the capital design consultant contract by securing funding, preparing RFP's and participating in consultant selection process; prepare work order letters and processing invoiced payments; ensuring all contracted work is completed in accordance with specifications and established timeframes.

- Work with the DSS Legal and Agency Chief Contracting Office staff to aid in the procurement of construction contracts.

- Maintain and updating a comprehensive database of all agency capital projects with current status and prepare and issue the FMD Capital report.

- Identify problem and possible delays in construction; taking steps to resolve project delays, clarifying work issues, such as project change orders for additional work needed to correct problems.

- Review construction work and invoice documents, to ensure proper verification of work and that payments are accurately approved.

- Provide reports to Assistant Commissioner on construction project progress and any issues on an ongoing basis.

- Perform additional tasks related to Design and Construction’s mission and objectives, as directed by the Assistant Commissioner.

ADMINISTRATIVE CONSTRUCTION PR - 82991

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 $15,000, 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:

a. Full-time satisfactory experience in construction inspection on capital projects, each one of which must have had a dollar value of at least $15,000. One year of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of construction inspection experience up to a maximum of four years.

b. 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.

c. Education in an accredited college 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 credits for one year of acceptable experience up to a maximum of four years.

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 "a", "b" and "c" 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.

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.

Salary Min: $ 90,000.00

Salary Max: $103,000.00