Section Lead - Construction Management

About the role

Under direction of the Director for the On-site Green Infrastructure Design and Construction, supervises staff and activities of the Construction Management Section for Green Infrastructure (GI) projects in NYC. The Construction Management Section responsibilities include construction oversight (inspection and documentation) for GI projects built by DEP, construction audits of GI projects built by DEP partners (DDC, DOE and EDC) and the DEP sewer use regulations enforcement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate field inspections for capital construction contracts for on-site or Right of Way Green Infrastructure.
• Prepare and submit reports to the Director relative to project schedule and cost updates.
• Participate in construction progress meetings with contractors, consultants and other agencies.
• Provide assistance to resolve construction related issues to maintain projects budget and schedule.
• Prepare cost estimates and assist in the negotiations for outsourced construction management services.
• Cookordination with other agency personnel, e.g. DOE/SCA, to receive project input and document decisions.
• Lead and coordinate inspection audits to measure contractor’s performance during construction of green infrastructure projects implemented by other agencies.
• Enforce compliance with the DEP sewer use regulations.
• Perform supervisory tasks: staff timesheet approval, leave requests approval, probationary and annual performance evaluation, etc.
• Cookordinate with Design Engineer regarding field related issues.

Requirements

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience managing and/or inspecting one or more construction projects which must have a total cost of at least $300,000 for each of the five years of the required experience.
• One year of the experience as described in "1" above and a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U. S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, architectural technology, landscape architecture, construction, construction technology, or construction management.
• One year of the experience as described in "1" above and a valid license as a professional engineer, registered architect, or registered landscape architect, issued by a board of examining engineers, architects, or landscape architects duly established and qualified pursuant to the laws of any state or territory of the United States.

Qualifications

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and a combination of at least two years of experience as described in "1" above and the education as described in "2" above to equal a total of five years of education and experience.
• Matriculation in an undergraduate college degree program as described in "2" above may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits for one year of satisfactory full-time experience up to a maximum of three years of experience.

Skills

• Experience in managing construction of public infrastructure projects from both the in-house design as well as outsourced engineering projects throughout the life cycle of projects including planning, design, procurement and design services during construction phases.
• Strong MS Office skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and ability to comprehend maps, graphs, and tables.
• Basic AutoCAD, GIS and ArcGIS knowledge is helpful for this job function.

Pay

$83,743.00 – $141,970.00

Schedule