Project Manager, Capital Planning

City of New York • New York City, NY

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About The Position

The Project Manager, Capital Planning will join the NYC Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Coastal Resilience (BCR), which develops and implements strategic initiatives to address current and future coastal flooding and manages coastal infrastructure along New York City’s 520 miles of shoreline. The role helps manage near-term and long-term capital projects, infrastructure design reviews, and grants, including participation in proposal writing, execution, and reporting.

The Project Manager will review coastal infrastructure designs to help ensure they satisfy engineering requirements and BCR’s broader urban resilience goals. The position requires close coordination with other DEP bureaus and city agencies to reach consensus before designs are finalized, and supports coordination among BCR’s Planning, Engineering, and Operations teams. The successful candidate will bring strong communication and organizational skills, knowledge of program management, budgeting, procurement, and engineering practices, and the ability to facilitate planning, funding, procurement, design, and construction of capital and expense infrastructure projects.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in an accepted field, including engineering, architecture, construction, sustainable design, urban or city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience planning, administering, or expediting engineering design and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project; two years must be in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity.
• Alternatively, a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and nine years of the specified experience, including two years in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity.
• Alternatively, education and/or experience equivalent to the stated education and experience pathways. Credit toward the education/experience requirement is allowed for specified college credits, an accredited master’s degree in an accepted discipline, a Juris Doctor degree, or a valid New York State Professional Engineer, Registered Architect, or Landscape Architect license.
• All candidates must have two years of administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory experience as described in the qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple tasks and complex systems using strong organizational and project management skills.
• Review design drawings for coastal infrastructure projects and ensure compliance with existing regulations and policies.
• Coordinate design review comments from other DEP bureaus and city agencies.
• Attend meetings with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concerning coastal storm risk management projects and support BCR’s engagement on Section 8106, including consideration of stormwater and inland flooding, groundwater, and other forms of flood risk in USACE designs.
• Support the Director in coordinating DEP design reviews for existing USACE projects, including the South Shore of Staten Island and Rockaways Bayside projects.
• Coordinate multi-agency input on design, engineering, and implementation, and ensure DEP utility assets are appropriately considered in designs.
• Coordinate meetings with subject matter experts and internal and external partners as needed.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other NYC agencies and DEP bureaus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager