Executive Director, Design and Project Management

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

City of New York is seeking an Executive Director for Design and Project Management to lead the DCAS units responsible for design, construction, and relocation across City agencies. The role oversees directors and project managers, coordinating with landlords, DCAS, and other agencies to execute leases and built environment projects.

The position reports to the Assistant Commissioner and contributes to strategic capital planning, staffing, and budget development to support major City-wide

Qualifications

• Requires a baccalaureate degree in engineering, architecture, or related field and five years of full-time experience in planning, administering or expediting large engineering projects, with supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage Design and Project Management staff for agency project needs and space planning evolution.
• Assist in preparation and maintenance of capital and expense project budgets.
• Coordinate lease negotiations and design/construction lease articles with attorneys.
• Oversee coordination of construction, renovations and relocations for City agencies.
• Oversee project development, cost estimates, bid approvals, and landlord payments.
• Coordinate with Financial Services and Capital Budget to ensure funding within the agency budget.
• Collaborate with City departments to process furniture procurement and construction payments.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, sustainable design, urban planning, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration

Job description

Executive Director, Design and Project Management

• Full-time
• Agency: DEPT OF CITYWIDE ADMIN SVCS
• Job Category: Engineering, Architecture, & Planning
• Salary Band: $150,000+
• Compensation: USD 180,000 - USD 185,933

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City?s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies. What we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of City government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:

• Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
• Managing 56 public buildings.
• Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
• Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
• Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
• Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service to all of them. It's an opportunity to provide meaningful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at NYC.GOV/DCAS to learn more about the work we do.

DCAS Real Estate Services is the real estate arm of the City of New York. They are responsible for the acquisition, disposition and reallocation of the City’s real property. DCAS oversees the City’s commercial rental and surplus real estate portfolio, and in addition, negotiates and administers City leases of private property for City agency use. This includes overseeing the design and build-out of leased office space, as well as the strategic management of the City’s office portfolio, which includes both leased and owned offices.

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.

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.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.