Construction Project Manager – NYC Public Buildings

New-York-City-Department-of-Citywide-Administrative-Services; New York; On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DCAS seeks a Construction Project Manager to oversee construction projects for 56 City-owned buildings under FMC, coordinating with in-house staff, consultants, and city agencies. Role emphasizes accurate cost estimates, change orders, and field inspections to ensure compliance with plans and budgets.

Minimum qualifications include a four-year diploma and five years of project management or a combination of education and experience; a NY driver license is required.

Qualifications

• Professional Certification OSHA Standards (min – 30 hours)
• Strong analytical background
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office – Excel, Access, and Projects
• Strong organizational, writing and communication skills
• Project Management experience
• Ability to work under limited supervision and to handle multiple assignments with limited time constraints
• Demonstrates personal initiative, responsibility, leadership, and flexibility
• Able to respond rapidly and accurately to requests, and work in a high-pressure, time-sensitive environment
• Landscaping knowledge

Responsibilities

• Coordinating with unit in-house technical staff design details before and during construction.
• Managing construction projects and coordinating with in-house staff, consultants, and client agencies.
• Reviewing field conditions and preparing sketches for omitted conditions on design drawings.
• Reviewing construction/consultants reports to determine payment progress.
• Conducting field inspections for a fair and reasonable standard of proposed negotiations, based on field conditions.
• Developing change order negotiations, based on technical bulletins, drawings, and sketches, and reviewing the validity of extra work costs and credits of the work performed is not part of the original contract.
• Reviewing all change orders submitted for DCAS in-house projects for their validity and cost and preparing for submission to Engineering Audit.
• Reviewing and analyzing construction requisitions based on work progress is in conformance to the plans and specification reports and determines final payment amounts.
• Preparing project estimates based on building needs (Capital/Expense New Needs) and as proposed by the in-house staff.
• Reviewing construction projects estimates for DCAS facilities as submitted by other agencies and reviewing consultants and contractors' estimates for accuracy and completeness.
• Reviewing contract documents comprised of drawings and specifications to attain estimates of value(s).
• Assisting in-house staff in the pricing and the forecasting of cost trends and factors

Skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Writing & communication

Leadership

Time management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Access

OSHA Standards

Job description

DCAS seeks a Construction Project Manager to oversee construction projects for 56 City-owned buildings under FMC, coordinating with in-house staff, consultants, and city agencies. Role emphasizes accurate cost estimates, change orders, and field inspections to ensure compliance with plans and budgets.

Minimum qualifications include a four-year diploma and five years of project management or a combination of education and experience; a NY driver license is required.