Deputy Director

City of New York•New York City, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Design and Construction, Division of Infrastructure is currently seeking a Deputy Director to join the Program Management / Programs – Pedestrian Ramps Program team. The successful candidate will supervise a team of Senior Project Administrators, Project Administrators, and Junior Project Administrators responsible for managing a portfolio of approximately $5.6 Billion of design and construction of Pedestrian Ramps projects throughout the five boroughs. The Deputy Director will monitor, track, and identify critical issues throughout the project scope development, pre-design, construction, and final design phases; and serve as liaison between the agency, NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and other client agencies as it relates to project scopes, conflicts, troubleshooting, and resolving project related issues that arise. Lastly, the final candidate will utilize the Agency’s technical resources such as Benchmark to ensure that projects meet DDC’s Commitment Plan objectives; manage engineering consultants; maintain comprehensive project history e-files; coordinate project schedules; prepare project correspondence and reports; serve as the representative of the team in meetings with utility companies, and city, state, and federal agencies regarding pedestrian ramps issues; train staff in executing the team’ responsibilities; participate in the recruitment efforts of the agency; and support the Associate Commissioner, Assistant Commissioners, and Program Director with the team's objectives as required.

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.
Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position.
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, 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
2. 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
3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. An accredited Master's degree in one of the disciplines described in "1" above, a law degree, or a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer or Registered Architect or Landscape Architect may be substituted for one year of the required experience. However, all candidates must have the two years of the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

Responsibilities

Supervise a team of Senior Project Administrators, Project Administrators, and Junior Project Administrators responsible for managing a portfolio of approximately $5.6 Billion of design and construction of Pedestrian Ramps projects throughout the five boroughs.
Monitor, track, and identify critical issues throughout the project scope development, pre-design, construction, and final design phases
Serve as liaison between the agency, NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and other client agencies as it relates to project scopes, conflicts, troubleshooting, and resolving project related issues that arise.
Utilize the Agency’s technical resources such as Benchmark to ensure that projects meet DDC’s Commitment Plan objectives
Manage engineering consultants
Maintain comprehensive project history e-files
Coordinate project schedules
Prepare project correspondence and reports
Serve as the representative of the team in meetings with utility companies, and city, state, and federal agencies regarding pedestrian ramps issues
Train staff in executing the team’ responsibilities
Participate in the recruitment efforts of the agency
Support the Associate Commissioner, Assistant Commissioners, and Program Director with the team's objectives as required.