Senior Project Manager / Electrical Engineer

Downstate; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Facilities Program Coordinator / Senior Project Manager, Electrical Engineer. You will oversee a broad portfolio of hospital and academic construction projects in NYC, coordinating design and construction activities to meet scope, schedule, and budget.

You will collaborate with Hospital and University Administrators, architects, engineers and consultants, ensure life-safety standards, manage procurement documents, and align project

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight for Academic and Hospital Projects, including planning, scheduling, resource allocation, budget decisions, and all project activities.
• Define and develop project goals and scope based on client/department needs.
• Meet with Hospital and University Administrators, Architects, Engineers and consultants to ensure goals are understood and met.
• Monitor design and construction drawings to ensure building standards are met.
• Coordinate schedules of design and construction activities within the hospital and university to minimize interference with operations.
• Coordinate contractors, end-users and department personnel for the project duration.
• Initiate ICRA and identify ILSM where required, enforcing measures to meet design, quality and contractual standards.
• Prepare RFQ/RFP and construction bid documents in collaboration with Contracts and Procurement.
• Ensure on-time project completion within scope and budget per contract documents.
• Monitor construction and maintain project schedule.
• Coordinate interface requirements with Facilities Operations for existing building systems.
• Prepare and oversee financial aspects: estimates, budgets, funding, POs, change orders, payments.
• Identify and resolve budget problems, maintain cost reports and schedules.
• Prepare weekly status and schedule updates and reports; monitor construction schedules.
• Be accountable for deadlines and professional obligations during critical projects, coordinating with admins, SUCF managers, FM&D staff, and consultants.

Job description

The Department of Facilities Management & Development at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Facilities Program Coordinator / Senior Project Manager, Electrical Engineer.

Reporting directly to the Director of Design and Construction, the successful candidate’s responsibilities will include:

• Provide oversight for a variety of Academic and Hospital Projects, including all project phases of planning, scheduling, implementation, resource allocation, budgetary decisions, and all project related activities.
• Define and develop project goals and scope based on client/department stated needs.
• Meet with Hospital and University Administrators, Consulting Architects, Engineers and specialized consultants ensuring that program, scope and goals are understood and met.
• Monitor the preparation of design and construction drawings and specifications to ensure building standards are met.
• Coordination of schedules of design and construction project activities within the hospital and university; minimizing interference with the daily operations.
• Coordination of contractors, end-users, and other relevant department personnel for the duration of the project.
• Initiate the Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) and identify Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM) where required, enforce identified measures ensuring that work conforms to design, quality and contractual standards.
• Prepare documentation, working in collaboration with Contracts and Procurement in the development of Request for Qualifications (RFQ), Requests for Proposal (RFP) and construction bid documents.
• Ensure on-time project completion within the scope and budget in accordance with the contract documentation and all aspects of a design and construction project.
• Monitor construction, ensuring that the project schedule is maintained.
• Coordinate with Facilities Operations to provide the infrastructure interface requirements to existing building systems as related to Design and Construction projects.
• Coordinate contractors, end-users, and other relevant department personnel for the duration of the project.
• Prepare and oversee all financial aspects of a project, including estimates, project budget, funding, purchase orders, change orders, and requisition payments, from feasibility thru close-out.
• Identify and resolve budget problems, develop and maintain project cost reports and schedules.
• Prepare weekly project status and schedule updates and reports as well as monitor and update construction schedules.
• Be accountable for establishing and adhering to strict deadlines and professional obligations during critical projects, manage shutdowns, coordinate with University and Hospital Administration, State University Construction Fund (SUCF) managers, FM&D Operational staff, and other consultants.