Project Director

Overview

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Hours:

Full-Time – 35 Hours

Work Location:

30-30 Thomson Avenue, NY, 11101

Only candidates who are permanent in the Construction Project Manager title or those who are reachable on the Open-Competitive List (Exam#3042) may apply. Please include a copy of your Notice of Results, Proof of Filing, or indicate if you are permanent in the title. If you do not meet the previously mentioned civil service criteria, you will not be considered for an interview.

The NYC Department of Design and Construction, Division of Public Buildings seeks Project Directors. The selected candidates will be assigned a portfolio of complex capital projects throughout the five boroughs, including but not limited to design/bid/build, design/build, priority, and emergency projects. The Project Directors will be accountable for the delivery of capital assets, reporting directly to the Unit’s Deputy Director and Program Director, and will manage all project phases including scoping, initiation, design, procurement, construction, and post-construction.

The responsive candidates will coordinate and lead project and site meetings, liaise and collaborate with DDC support units and City Agencies including sponsors/providers and regulatory approvers, and manage the performance and deliverables of all vendors including design consultants, commissioning agents, special inspectors, construction managers, and contractors. The Project Directors will utilize all Agency resources to ensure their projects meet DDC’s Commitment Plan and KPI objectives, maintain comprehensive project history files and project information tracking system, develop, and maintain project schedules, prepare thorough, accurate, and timely project correspondence and reports, develop and maintain complete project accounting records and timely audit and process all vendors payments.

The selected candidates will also be expected to participate and champion the development of new Agency initiatives, process improvements, and mentorship opportunities.

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience managing and/or inspecting one or more construction projects which must have a total cost of at least $300,000 for each of the five years of the required experience; or
• One year of the experience as described in “1” above and a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U. S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, architectural technology, landscape architecture, construction, construction technology, or construction management;
  
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• One year of the experience as described in “1” above and a valid license as a professional engineer, registered architect, or registered landscape architect, issued by a board of examining engineers, architects, or landscape architects duly established and qualified pursuant to the laws of any state or territory of the United States; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and a combination of at least two years of experience as described in “1” above and the education as described in “2” above to equal a total of five years of education and experience. Matriculation in an undergraduate college degree program as described in “2” above may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits for one year of satisfactory full-time experience up to a maximum of three years of experience.

Note:

Candidates must specify for each construction project they worked on: a description of the construction project, the time period they worked on the construction project, and the type of work they performed. Candidates must also specify the money allotted…