Construction Coordinator

Reports to:

Senior Construction Project Manager

Department:
Capital Projects

Job Type: Full-Time/Exempt

Schedule:

7:30am – 3:30pm (Monday through Friday)

Central Park is one of the most famous and beloved urban public spaces in the world. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1857, the 843-acre park was the first purpose-built public park in the country and is a National Historic Landmark. The Park sees a unique and extraordinary level of use, with over 42 million visits per year.

The Central Park Conservancy (“the Conservancy”), a private not-for-profit organization, was founded in 1980 to rescue the Park, which had fallen into serious disrepair at that time. Since its founding, the Conservancy has grown to be fully responsible for the physical maintenance and upkeep of the Park through a management agreement with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

To date, the Conservancy has overseen the investment of approximately $1.6 billion in the restoration of the Park, employs nearly 400 people, and has an operating budget of $120 million.

The Capital Projects department is responsible for and supports the Conservancy’s efforts of restoration and stewardship of Central Park, with an ongoing program of work that includes historic and ecological landscape and water body restorations, redesign of playground and recreation facilities, infrastructure modernization and a wide range of architectural rehabilitation projects. The department is approximately 30 people composed of primarily planners, landscape architects, and architects whose focus includes the planning, design, and construction of projects of varying complexity, program, and scale.

Most recently, the Capital Projects department was responsible for the completion of the award-winning Davis Center in the Northend of the Park and the restoration of the Conservancy Garden.

The Construction Coordinator in the Capital Projects department is a key member of the team supporting the construction group by providing daily monitoring, reporting, and on-site support for projects during the construction phase. Construction projects span a wide range of scopes and complexity, but all projects must be executed at the highest level of professionalism as they take place in a landmarked, highly visible Public Park.

The Construction Coordinator will report directly to the Vice President for Construction but will also receive direction from the department’s Senior Construction Project Managers and Construction Project Managers.

• Supervise and monitor field work performed by landscape, building, and site contractors and provide directives accordingly.
• Coordinate daily fieldwork and necessary site meetings with contractors, the Conservancy operations staff, and outside consultants.
• Inspect material deliveries and completed work for quality and conformance with contract documents.
• Assist Capital Projects Construction Managers to perform field measurements and calculations for contract payments.
• Ensure that project sites are managed in a safe and professional manner, in full compliance with applicable safety standards and other regulatory requirements.
• Ensure project sites are consistent in appearance with the Conservancy’s public image and high standards for our work in the Park.
• Ensure that construction signage and information posted on site communicates current information to park patrons.
• Maintain daily and weekly field reports, regulatory required reports, construction meeting minutes, and photo-documentation of work by contractors.
• Maintain up-to-date files on projects.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Passion for Central Park and the…