Job Description
Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of Design and Project Management, the Executive Director oversees all the directors who are managing design and construction
projects in leased properties and City owned space. The function of this position is to manage project teams who implement the construction, renovation, and relocation efforts for City agencies within leased properties and City owned space. The Executive Director will coordinate critical components of complex projects among the various stakeholders including landlords, DCAS and other City agencies to facilitate their execution for lease negotiations (as applicable to projects in leased properties) and subsequent design/construction to be managed by the unit's directors and project managers. This position will also support the Assistant Commissioner in strategic planning and the creation and review of the capital plan and project budgets, unit staffing needs and work/priority allocations in support of the agency's priority initiatives. Additionally, the Executive Director will work closely with the Executive Directors of Leasing, Workplace Services, and Planning, Dispositions and Property Management units to establish business protocols to better manage the City's Real Estate portfolio and the workflow between the three units.
Responsibilities are but not limited to:
- Responsibility #1: Manage Design and Project Management Staff teams in the implementation of agency project needs and evolution of space and site plans;
- Responsibility #2: Support the Assistant Commissioner with the preparation and maintenance of the capital and expense budgets for projects under the unit's purview;
- Responsibility #3: Assist lease negotiators and attorneys with the negotiation of leases regarding design, construction, and project management lease Articles;
- Responsibility #4: Provide oversight of Directors on the coordination of construction, renovations and relocations for various City agencies;
- Responsibility #5: Oversee the planning, resource allocation and coordination of the development and progress of projects;
- Responsibility #6: Oversee the creation of cost estimates, bid approvals and change order approvals, as well as the processing of landlord payments;
- Responsibility #7: Coordination with Financial Services and Capital Budget Units to ensure financial project needs are met and included in the agency's budget;
- Responsibility #8: Coordination with other Lines of Service (Citywide Procurement, DCAS Purchasing, Fiscal and Business Management) to process furniture procurement, construction payments, etc.;
- Responsibility #9: Coordination with other DCAS administrative entities including Legal, IT and Building Services for specific City-owned projects and/or agency-wide initiatives;
- Responsibility #10: Intra-agency coordination for project-related services such as Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, Department of Buildings, Department of Sanitation, Department of Design and Construction, NYPD, etc.;
- Responsibility #11: Management and planning of unit's staffing needs to fulfill assignments, support employee well-being and development, and and advance current/future DCAS initiatives;
- Responsibility #12: Oversee the interview/hiring process of new personnel in coordination with DCAS HR;
- Responsibility #13: Oversee the compliance with the DCAS Space Guidelines throughout the various projects being handled by the unit;
- Responsibility #14: Coordinate critical components of complex projects among the various stakeholders including landlords, DCAS and other City agencies.
Only permanent employees in the title, a comparable title, and those that are reachable on the civil service list are eligible to apply.
To Apply:
Please go to www.nyc.gov/careers and search for Job ID #: 804817.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT MANAGER - 83008
Qualifications
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration, and five (5) years of full-time satisfactory experience in the planning, administering or expediting of engineering design, and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project, two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or
2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine (9) years of experience as described in "1" above; two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or
3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. One (1) year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration; (b) an accredited Master's degree in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree, or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Landscape Architect. However, all candidates must have the two years of the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.
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