The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) mission is to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable, inclusive, and safe, while fostering opportunities for economic mobility. NYCHA is the nation’s largest public housing authority, with an operating budget of $3.3 billion and approximately 10,600 employees who manage and maintain 326 developments that house over 400,000 residents. NYCHA also operates the country’s largest Section 8 program, which provides rental assistance to over 200,000 additional families.
NYCHA’s Asset & Capital Management (A&CM) Division integrates and aligns the Authority’s existing development, modernization, and asset management work being carried out by the Real Estate Development, Capital Projects, and Comprehensive Modernization departments. This includes a $4.5 billion capital program – one of the largest in NY State – as well as a historic real estate transaction portfolio. The A&CM Division delivers comprehensive repairs to NYCHA buildings and apartments through innovative financing models, strong partnership with residents and other stakeholders, strategic, data-driven portfolio planning, and cost-effective project delivery and management. The Division also positions NYCHA’s housing portfolio for the future by incorporating innovative building materials, construction methods, and technology, improving residents’ quality of life while enhancing building performance and management systems.
The Capital Programs team of A&CM oversees all NYCHA capital projects. Capital Programs is responsible for managing over 500 active construction projects at any given time across the Authority’s properties throughout the city. These projects can range from $100,000 to up to $500 million. Regular capital investments are necessary to ensure that NYCHA developments remain in good and livable conditions. These projects include renovations and modernization of apartments, building interiors, systems, exteriors, site security, and grounds.
The A&CM Division’s Capital Programs Department is seeking to hire a Construction Management Oversight Manager.
The Construction Management Oversight Manager will provide management and oversight of Asset & Capital Management oversight staff tasked with the field supervision of construction management as agent firms on capital construction projects throughout the City of New York. They will be under administrative direction of and reporting to the Director for Field Operations and will have broad scope for the use of independent initiative, judgment and decision making. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Assign NYCHA Construction Management Oversight (CMo) staff to provide oversight of Construction Management as Agent (CMa) vendors on capital construction projects.
2. Ensure equitable distribution of workload across CMo staff.
3. Implement construction management best practices across the team to ensure safe delivery of capital construction projects on time and on budget.
4. Develop, continuously review and revise policies and protocols to implement construction management best practices and improve team efficiency and effectiveness.
5. Ensure consistency of CMa services across all project management teams.
6. Conduct regular meetings with project management teams to solicit feedback on CMa performance.
7. Ensure that CMo staff effectively monitor that CMa’s:
a. follow NYCHA’s stakeholder engagement policies during construction.
b. generate all required deliverables.
c. addressed nonconformance reports within required time frames across the portfolio.
d. correctly assess the validity of potential change orders.
e. process Requests for Information (RFI), submittals (shop drawings, material samples, etc.), change orders, schedule of values, progress schedules and other project correspondence in a timely manner.
f. review and approval of contractor payment requisitions.
g. verify that contractor signs the development logbook and the daily sign-in sheets are completed.
h. oversee preparation of punch lists and final closeout.
8. Ensure availability of field staff to respond to capital construction project related emergencies as needed.
9. Identify and obtain required training for CMo staff.
10. Prepare and submit reports to the Director for Field Operations.
11. Escalate issues to Director of Field Operations as needed.
12. Visit multiple construction sites to review the status of work; attend job progress and residents’ meetings, as needed.
13. Participate in project commissioning with stakeholders.
14. Maintain familiarity with applicable building codes and governmental regulations.
NOTE: IF THIS APPOINTMENT IS MADE ON A PROVISIONAL BASIS PURSUANT TO • 65 OF THE NYS CIVIL SERVICE LAW, NO TENURE OR PERMANENCE ACCRUES TO AN INCUMBENT IN THIS POSITION BY VIRTUE OF SUCH APPOINTMENT.
NOTE: This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a Program. For detailed information regarding the 55-a Program, please click on the link below:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/downloads/pdf/psb/100_1.pdf
Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.
Minimum Qual Requirements
At least six years of full-time satisfactory experience in construction management work on capital projects, each one of which must have had a dollar value of at least $15,000, at least eighteen months of which must have been in a managerial or consultative capacity in an organization responsible for the management of construction; and a combination of the following, sufficient to equal a total of ten years of education and experience:
a. Full-time satisfactory experience in construction inspection on capital projects, each one of which must have had a dollar value of at least $15,000. One year of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of construction inspection experience up to a maximum of four years.
b. 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 up to a maximum of four years.
c. Education in an accredited college leading to a bachelor’s degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or air pollution control, chemical, civil including structural and bridge design, electrical, mechanical, or sanitary engineering will be credited on the basis of 30 credits for one year of acceptable experience up to a maximum of four years.
A New York State license as a professional engineer or registered architect or a license as a professional engineer or registered architect from a state that has reciprocity with New York State may be substituted for the four years of education and experience described in “a”, “b” and “c” above. However, all candidates must have at least six years of experience in construction management work described above, including at least eighteen months in a managerial or consultative capacity in an organization responsible for the management of construction.
License Requirements
Possession of a Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. Employees must maintain the license during their employment.
Preferred Skills
1. Ten (10) plus years of experience managing multiple construction projects simultaneously and/or requirement contracts with each project exceeding $10 million in value.
2. Professional Engineer or Registered Architect.
3. Exceptional leadership abilities.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Additional Information
1. Candidates with permanent civil service status in the title of Administrative Project Manager M-1 will also be considered.
2. For NYCHA employees: employees applying for promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
3. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.
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55-a Program
This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.
Public Svc Loan Forgiveness
As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF .
Residency Requirement
NYCHA has no residency requirements.
POSTING DATE
06/13/2023
POST UNTIL
06/23/2023
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.