Director (Cost Controls)
About The Position
The Department of Design and Construction (DDC) seeks a Director of Cost Controls to lead all operations of the Project Controls cost management team. Reporting to the Associate Commissioner of Project Controls, the Director will oversee daily team activities, manage, and mentor up to 12 staff, and enhance cost estimating practices across the agency, as well as support the Advanced Capital Planning program with other City agencies. The Director will refine established policies and procedures to improve cost estimating accuracy. The Director will also support value engineering and cost reduction initiatives, provide guidance on front-end planning and change order estimating, and advance probabilistic cost estimating and BIM-based cost estimating initiatives. The Director will advise Project Managers on design-phase estimates, schedules of values, and change order analysis, as well as providing expertise on construction and soft costs, including escalation. Additionally, the Director will deliver staff training and drive the adoption of best-in-class cost management tools, including integration of risk analysis into estimating practices.
Requirements
- Only candidates who are permanent in the Administrative Project Manager title or those filed for the agency’s Promotional List (Exam #5565), or the Open-Competitive List (Exam #5164) may apply.
- Must include a copy of your Notice of Results card or indicate if you are already permanent in the title.
- All candidates must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States (U.S.).
- Candidates must present original documents proving citizenship or the legal right to work in the U.S.
- Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution.
- Credentials from foreign institutions require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service.
Nice To Haves
- A baccalaureate degree, with a major in design, graphic arts, the visual arts, marketing, computer science, or digital media from an accredited college; or
- An associate’s degree in design, graphic arts, the visual arts, marketing, computer science, or digital media from an accredited college, and two years of acceptable full-time paid experience as a designer, commercial artist, or graphic artist; or
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus two years of fulltime education at an approved trade or technical school in design, graphic arts, the visual arts, marketing, or digital media plus two years of acceptable full-time paid experience as a designer, commercial artist, or graphic artist; or
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus four years of acceptable full-time paid experience as a designer, commercial artist, or graphic artist; or
- A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", "3", or "4" above.
- College education in design, graphic arts, the visual arts, marketing, computer science, or digital media from an accredited college may be substituted for experience as described in "4" above at the rate of 30 semester credits for one year of experience.
- Trade or technical school education in design, graphic arts, the visual arts, marketing, or digital media may be substituted for experience as described in "4" above at the rate of one year of full-time education for one year of experience.
- To be qualified for assignment to Assignment Level II, individuals must have: at least one year of experience as a Graphic Artist, Assignment Level I; or
- To be qualified for assignment to Assignment Level II, individuals must have the Qualification Requirements described in "1" or "2" above, plus two additional years of acceptable specialized experience conceptualizing and initiating design or graphic arts projects.
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily team activities
- Manage and mentor up to 12 staff
- Enhance cost estimating practices across the agency
- Support the Advanced Capital Planning program with other City agencies
- Development and review of cost estimate
- Maintenance of records and historical databases
- Analysis of bid variances throughout the project lifecycle
- Representation of risks
- Estimates of cost at completion
- Refine established policies and procedures to improve cost estimating accuracy
- Support value engineering and cost reduction initiatives
- Provide guidance on front-end planning and change order estimating
- Advance probabilistic cost estimating and BIM-based cost estimating initiatives
- Advise Project Managers on design-phase estimates, schedules of values, and change order analysis
- Provide expertise on construction and soft costs, including escalation
- Deliver staff training
- Drive the adoption of best-in-class cost management tools, including integration of risk analysis into estimating practices
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
