Assistant Director of Construction

charlottenc; United States; On-site; USD 126,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Charlotte's Aviation Department seeks a high-level manager to lead engineering, construction, and administrative teams at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. You will oversee a $3 billion five-year program, applying independent judgment, and maintaining extensive public contact.

Responsibilities include directing a 24/7 construction schedule, coordinating contractors, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance, and delivering projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates a large-scale airfield and terminal program while under construction.
• Assigns and supervises the work of subordinates and consultants with clear standards and productivity goals.
• Makes comprehensive recommendations to construction problems to improve safety, quality, and productivity.
• Requisitions materials, supplies, and equipment; prepares equipment specifications.
• Ensures construction activities comply with federal, state, and local safety regulations.
• Prepares and analyzes records and reports using technology to maximize results.
• Directs, motivates, and counsels staff for performance and career development.
• Prepares and maintains a program budget and budgetary controls.
• Reviews RFPs; negotiates contractual terms; approves expenditures; resolves disputes.
• Represents the department at meetings with consultants, contractors, and other parties.
• Monitors changes in security regulations and directs changes to policies; administers change orders; notifies FAA of work changes.

Job description

Department: Aviation Department

Salary: $126,009.00 - $181,137.64 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is America's Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development
• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services
• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems
• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

Performs high- level management work planning, directing, supervising, and reviewing the work performed by engineering, construction, and administrative staff at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Oversees a widespread construction program which will cost $3 billion over the next five years. The exercise of considerable independent judgment and initiative is expected, and extensive public contact is involved. Maintains effective working relationships with tenants, City departments, co-workers, the public, contractors, and regulatory agencies. Successful delivery of construction projects on-time and within budget; experience in change management and compliance with applicable laws, rules, ordinances, and regulations; experience in all construction project phase services, including pre-design, design/pre-bid, bid, construction, and post-construction as well as experience managing a staff augmentation, contracts, and experience in government contract administration.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinates and directs a large-scale airfield and terminal program while under construction. Engineering, construction, and management activities occurring on a 24/7/365 schedule.
• Assigns and supervises the work of subordinates and consultants engaged in those activities, including establishing challenging standards and productivity goals with clear measurements.
• Makes comprehensive recommendations to construction problems which will improve the safety, quality, and productivity of the work performed.
• Requisitions materials, supplies, and equipment. Prepares equipment specifications.
• Ensures construction activities are conducted in compliance with federal regulations, state, and local requirements to maintain high standards of safety in all aspects of operation.
• Prepares, maintains, reviews, analyzes, and interprets records and reports using technological advances to maximize results.
• Directs, supervises, motivates, and counsels to ensure effective performance and career development of all applicable staff.
• Prepares and maintenance a program budget and budgetary controls.
• Reviews requests for proposals; negotiates contractual terms of projects between the consultants and the City; directs the preparation of monthly estimates of construction completed; prepares and approves expenditures from the capital and operating design and construction budgets; reviews estimates and reports prior to authorizing payments; makes final decisions regarding contract disputes; negotiates and resolves payment claims with contractors; ensures that contractors are advised of schedules required to minimize impact on operations.
• Directs and participates in pre-construction and post-construction meetings with consultants, contractors, and other parties participating in the construction of airport facilities; represents the department at conferences, hearings, and meetings pertaining to engineering and construction projects; participates in various professional community affairs to encourage teaming and partnership opportunities with the private sector.
• Monitors changes in security regulations and technological updates that may affect operations; develops and/or modifies policies for design and construction based on sound engineering practices; interprets sections of plans and specifications that may present construction problems and provides recommendations; directs, through subordinate managers, the inspection and testing of civil, mechanical, electrical and structural elements of airport capital improvement projects; ensures that all division engineering projects conform to time schedules, cost estimates and airport construction standards; directs staff to administer changes in plans to compensate for unforeseen field conditions that do not affect engineering or project design integrity; administers the preparation and signs all change orders for modifications to construction project plans; issues stop orders if major design changes must be made by design engineers or consultants; notifies the FAA of work changes to ensure continued funding