VP, MEP Design & Construction

Rxr; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

RXR Realty, in partnership with TF Cornerstone, seeks a VP, MEP Design & Construction to lead the end-to-end delivery of base-building MEP systems for 175 Park Avenue, a premier mixed-use tower adjacent to Grand Central. The role requires senior technical leadership and close interface with the design team, construction manager, and RXR Property Management.

You will drive VE, manage procurement, coordinate with public agencies, utilities, and anchors, and oversee commissioning through turnover.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering; PE preferred.
• 10+ years delivering MEP on large-scale, complex projects.
• Strong leadership in procurement, contracts, and team coordination.
• Experience with NYC building codes and design codes for building systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead MEP design through CDs and construction.
• Coordinate MEP interfaces and coordination meetings.
• Oversee procurement, major equipment, and long-lead planning.
• Manage VE to save costs without performance loss.
• Lead commissioning, turnover, and operations integration.

Skills

MEP leadership

Project coordination

Contract management

Budget management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

PE license preferred

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

AutoCAD

Procore

Primavera P6

Job description

Headquartered in New York with a nationally-scaled platform, RXR is a 450+ person, vertically integrated investment manager with expertise in a wide array of value creation activities, including acquisitions, asset and portfolio management, property operations, development, construction, leasing, and technological innovation. RXR is an active investor in real estate credit, rental housing, commercial property, and property technology through value-added and opportunistic investment strategies.

Job Summary

RXR Realty, in partnership with TF Cornerstone, seeks a VP, MEP Design & Construction to lead the end-to-end delivery of base-building MEP systems for 175 Park Avenue — a world-class, mixed-use, transit-integrated tower adjacent to Grand Central Terminal.

This role is accountable for the overall MEP system design leadership through construction delivery, including procurement, value engineering, coordination of installation, and commissioning / turnover. The Project Executive will serve as a senior technical leader and owner’s representative, interfacing daily with the design team, providing oversight and direction to the Construction Manager, and coordinating closely with RXR Property Management to ensure operability, maintainability, and smooth building turnover.

The position will coordinate with the project’s internal construction and development management team with direct responsibilities for distinct phases of work including: core-and-shell office, MTA Improvements, hotel fit-out, interaction with anchor tenant design team and construction manager to enable streamlined base-building delivery to meet tenant lease requirements.

Core Responsibilities

MEP Technical Leadership

• Lead the MEP technical decision-making process from design development through CDs and into construction, ensuring alignment with program, schedule, budget, and constructability.
• Drive interdisciplinary coordination between MEP, life safety and operational needs to deliver fully integrated building systems.
• Lead MEP design reviews for coordination, code compliance, performance criteria, maintainability, and lifecycle considerations; manage issue resolution with consultants and CM.
• In collaboration with preconstruction team, oversee CM procurement of MEPs (bid packaging, scope development, leveling, awards), including major equipment procurement and long-lead planning.
• Lead MEP value engineering (VE) through design and procurement, ensuring savings are real, documented, and do not compromise performance or operations.

Construction Oversight & Field Coordination

• Provide senior oversight of the Construction Manager’s MEP execution plan: staffing, sequencing, safety, coordination impacts, and installation quality.
• Participate in weekly OAC and MEP coordination meetings; manage key logs (coordination, RFIs, submittals, design clarifications) to drive timely decisions and maintain schedule.
• Coordinate MEP interfaces and constraints tied to public agencies, utilities, and transit-adjacent requirements as part of an integrated project delivery approach.
• Review and approve MEP CM requisitions for accuracy and progress validation.
• Manage MEP change management: evaluate, negotiate, and resolve change orders; maintain clean cost tracking and forecasting for MEP scope.
• Review and approve CM’s integration of MEP activities into the master project schedule, resolving sequencing, access, and logistics issues with field teams.
• Oversight of CM’s MEP coordination, BIM clash resolution.

Commissioning, Turnover, and Operations Integration

• Lead commissioning strategy and execution across all MEP systems, including functional performance testing, closeout documentation, training, and turnover readiness.
• Coordinate closely with RXR Property Management and operations teams to ensure systems are delivered in an operationally stable way (SOPs, warranties, spare parts, training, and transition planning).
• Drive creation/management of handover deliverables (O&M manuals, record drawings, commissioning reports, issue resolution plan through stabilization).
• Support executive-level communication of technical decisions, risks, and mitigations to internal stakeholders and project partners.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or related discipline; PE preferred.
• 10+ years delivering MEP scope for large-scale, complex projects (high-rise mixed-use, hospitality, commercial).
• Demonstrated leadership of MEP procurement/buyout, contract management, change management, and team coordination across multiple trades.
• Proven commissioning and turnover experience, including coordination with operations teams to optimize system performance.
• Strong working knowledge of NYC building codes and design codes related to building systems and process, permitting workflow, and construction administration practices (RFIs, submittals, ASRs).
• Proficiency in Bluebeam/MS Office; proficiency with project management software (Procore, Primavera P6, MS Project, etc.)
• Experience with BIM coordination (Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD)

Ideal Attributes

• Experience leading MEP scope on complex projects with multiple components and delivery specifications including commercial office, hotel, MTA.
• Strong commercial instincts: can balance technical performance, schedule, and cost; skilled negotiator and clear decision-maker.
• Operates with “owner mindset” and can translate technical complexity into crisp executive-level updates and risk mitigation plans.
• Highly organized, deadline-driven, and comfortable leading through ambiguity on large, high-visibility projects.

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary/rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g. location, years of service, specialty, education, relevant experience).

Pay Range

$250,000 - $275,000 USD

RXR is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

RXR is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, RXR will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact 516-506-6847.