ACCOUNTABLE MANAGER
About The Position
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Engineering Design & Construction (BEDC) seeks an Associate Project Manager Level 1 to serve as an Accountable Manager for the Water System Capital Program. The role manages water and wastewater system projects in New York City and the watershed extending 125 miles north and west of the City. Projects may include improvements to dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, wastewater treatment plants, bridges, roadways, and other infrastructure. The Accountable Manager is responsible for achieving project goals and milestones and ensuring schedules, reports, and other work products conform to project scope. The role prepares, negotiates, and processes consultant contract modifications involving scope, cost, and schedule. It provides day-to-day direction and oversight to subordinate staff, including assigning work, approving time and leave, evaluating employees, and determining staffing needs. The position ensures environmental health and safety is incorporated throughout the project lifecycle, supports the operating Bureaus, implements project delivery procedures, and coordinates with BEDC support divisions and external stakeholders. The Accountable Manager monitors project performance and manages scope, schedule, budget, quality, issues, and risks from project conception through completion. This position is open only to permanent Civil Service Associate Project Managers. The work location is Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx.
Requirements
- Permanent Civil Service status as an Associate Project Manager is required.
- One year of full-time satisfactory experience supervising employees performing project management work on engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural projects, or supervising a construction project valued at $1,000,000 or more.
- Meet the stated education and experience pathway: a relevant bachelor’s degree plus one year of relevant project management experience; or a high school diploma plus five years of relevant project management experience; or an eligible combination of relevant education and experience equivalent to five years.
- For Assignment Level I, have an additional year of relevant supervisory experience or at least one year serving as project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.
- Demonstrate hands-on project management and sustained follow-through from project conception to completion.
- A valid New York State driver’s license may be required if the assignment requires operating a motor vehicle.
- Design-focused experience does not count toward the stated qualification requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Project management experience with large capital contracts.
- Critical thinking and effective independent data analysis.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Understanding of codes and standards.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word and Excel, and Microsoft Project.
Responsibilities
- Achieve project goals and milestones and ensure schedules, reports, and work products conform to project scope.
- Prepare, negotiate, and process modifications to consultant contracts covering scope, cost, and schedule.
- Provide day-to-day guidance and oversight of subordinate employees’ work assignments.
- Motivate employees, approve time and leave, evaluate staff, and determine staffing requirements.
- Incorporate environmental health and safety throughout the project lifecycle.
- Provide client service to operating Bureaus and implement project delivery procedures.
- Coordinate with Bureau support divisions, including Project Controls, Permit Resource Division, Sustainability, and Contracts Support.
- Coordinate and communicate with Agency Bureaus, other City Agencies, and key stakeholders.
- Identify and resolve issues, mitigate risks, and keep projects moving.
- Manage project delivery quality throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure appropriate project staffing and support opportunities for employees’ professional growth.
- Continuously monitor project performance indicators, including scope, schedule, budget, and other metrics.
- Manage water and wastewater infrastructure projects in the watershed and NYC, potentially including dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, wastewater treatment plants, bridges, roadways, and other infrastructure.
- Conduct site visits, equipment testing, inspections, and stakeholder meetings when required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
