Associate Commissioner

City of New York • New York City, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The NYC Department of Design and Construction, Division of Public Buildings, seeks an Associate Commissioner. The selected candidate will provide leadership to the division’s capital portfolio and program units, and will be responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating every aspect of the division’s architectural/building portfolio, controlling projects from initial concept, through scope development, to building completion and contract closeout while ensuring high quality, efficient, functional designs, and adhering to defined construction standards and codes. The Associate Commissioner will develop the portfolio in line with sponsor needs, building usage and environmental impact. This includes accountability for the division’s capital construction project portfolio, valued in excess of $6 billion; supervising 150 engineers, architects, and construction professionals; acting as a liaison to the division’s senior management; and interacting with other agencies, community boards, and elected officials. The candidate will utilize technical best practices and standards; meet with sponsors and technical delivery/management teams; guide the delivery of cost-effective, high-performance projects; and translate the division’s objectives into relevant and tangible goals.

Requirements

• Only candidates who are permanent in the Administrative Project Manager title or those who are reachable on the agency’s Promotional List (Exam #8529), or the Open-Competitive List (Exam #8042) may apply.
• Please include a copy of your Notice of Results card or indicate if you are already permanent in the title.
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience in the planning, administering or expediting of engineering design, and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project, two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or
• A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine years of experience as described in "1" above; two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above.
• One year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration; (b) An accredited Master's degree in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree, or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Landscape Architect.
• However, all candidates must have the two years of the administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring the division's project delivery for alignment of scope, scheduling and budgeting
• Reviewing annual sponsor portfolio reports
• Overseeing systems and process enhancements
• Analyzing workload and workflow across the division
• Ensuring efficient distribution of resources
• Participating in citywide initiatives and programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees