Construction Project Manager Level III

About NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 700,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue’s clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

Work Shifts

9:00 A.M – 5:00 P.M
No weekend requirement.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Purpose of Position:

This class of positions encompasses construction project management work of varying degrees of difficulty and responsibility. All personnel may supervise subordinate staff.

• Under general direction, performs highly responsible construction management work in overseeing the construction of several routine reconstruction projects or a single new construction or major reconstruction project, performing typical tasks described below.

Examples of Typical Tasks

• Accepts contractor’s submissions of subcontractors for approval and ensures agency’s review.
• Ensures contractor’s compliance with City vendor outreach programs.
• Schedules and runs job meetings.
• Ensures contractors’ acquisition of required permits and approvals.
• Ensures contractors obtain and maintain required insurance.
• Reviews contractor’s work for compliance with contract specifications.
• Approves contractors’ coordination of schedules.
• Reviews and approves contractors’ requisitions for payment.
• Reviews and ensures contractors’ compliance with prevailing wage requirements and with site safety requirements.
• Reviews and approves contract changes in accordance with City-wide procedures.
• Acts as City representative in the filing of complaints with the Police Department or other agencies in the event of any unlawful activity on the construction site.
• Identifies problems in construction and seeks their resolution.
• Works with architect or engineer of record regarding change orders, interpretation of documents, shop drawing approvals and other architectural and engineering related issues.
• When necessary, coordinates construction project with those of other agencies and entities.
• Acts as agency liaison with the community or public.
• Maintains contract files and written records of job progress.
• Reviews contractor’s time extension requests and makes recommendations to agency regarding approvals.
• Reviews for approval materials used by contractor.
• Issues field memoranda to contractors to enforce contract compliance issues. Makes recommendations to agency regarding necessity for liquidation damages and other contract enforcement mechanisms, including default.
• Ensures the formulation of contractors’ punchlist. Reviews for approval and ensures completion of punchlist items.
• Reviews contractor’s disputes and advises agency. Complies contract and project documentation bearing on these disputes.
• Formally evaluates performance of contractors on standard citywide evaluation forms.
• May oversee the work of consultant resident engineers and construction managers.
• May order contractor to stop work due to site conditions or non-compliance with contract.
• May supervise staff performing asbestos removal or lead abatement work involving removal or encapsulation of lead contained on any surface. Supervision requires use of protective clothing respirator and mask.
• May operate a motor vehicle to visit various job sites as required in the performance of the above tasks.

Minimum Qualifications

• Assignment Level I: Six years of full-time, satisfactory experience performing construction inspection or construction management work on projects comparable in scope and dollar value to those undertaken by the City of New York in its capital construction program; or, at least two years of experience as described in (1) and a combination of the following, sufficient to equal a total of six years of education and experience:
• a. Full-time satisfactory experience in building construction as a journeyperson in one or more of the skilled building construction trades. One year of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of journeyperson experience;
• b. Education in an accredited college leading to a Bachelor's Degree in architecture or construction related engineering will be credited on the basis of thirty credits for one year of acceptable experience.
• Assignment Level II: Special Requirements: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidate must have at least one additional year of experience as described in 1 on page 3 of this position description.
• Assignment Level III: Special Requirements: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least two additional years of satisfactory experience as a construction manager on projects comparable in scope and dollar value to those undertaken by the City of New York in its capital construction program. (Education, construction inspection, and skilled construction trades journey person experience are not acceptable for meeting this additional requirement.)

Department Preferences

• Strong knowledge of construction protocols, building codes, and healthcare compliance standards.
• Proficiency in project management software, CAD, BIM, Microsoft Office Suite, and scheduling tools.
• Excellent leadership, negotiation, and communication skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• College Savings Program
• Union Benefits for eligible titles
• Multiple employee discounts programs
• Commuter Benefits Programs

How To Apply

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