Senior Director Capital Construction - Campus Services

Emory•Atlanta, GA

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Planning, Design and Construction, this role provides collaboration, communication, and leadership in support of Emory University's capital and non-capital construction programs. The focus is on projects from $2 million and above, including renovation and deferred maintenance projects, through to completion and closeout. The position requires a thorough understanding of Emory University's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), capital funding process, and processes for project design, sustainability, documentation, and construction. It involves balancing project workloads and requirements for a team of 6 construction program managers and their administrative support staff. In coordination with university leadership, this role is responsible for developing and implementing a growth strategy to enable the Planning, Design & Construction department to successfully execute major campus development plans, including the Campus Framework Masterplan, Executive Park development, off-campus leased site projects, and Emory Healthcare projects. The role is responsible for establishing goals to meet project budgets and scheduling, managing logistics, and mitigating the potential impact of construction on the University. Collaboration with other Senior Directors is key to establishing a high-performing team capable of cross-utilizing skill sets. This position is directly responsible for developing, maintaining, and updating Emory's Design & Construction Standards and associated processes, including the transition from construction to operations. It also involves establishing and maintaining relationships with the City of Atlanta Planning Department and other authorities to facilitate permitting and inspections. The role participates in design and technical reviews, works closely with Facilities Management to ensure their needs are met, and leads the selection and contract negotiation for architects, engineers, consultants, and construction managers. Guidance is provided to staff to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget, with immediate notification to leadership of any delays or budget challenges. The role is responsible for successful project closeouts, post-occupancy evaluations, and ensuring receipt of all necessary documentation and warranties. Finally, it involves developing departmental guidelines, policies, procedures, programs, and services to improve customer satisfaction and project management efficiencies, performing other responsibilities as required by the Vice President for Campus Services.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in architecture, urban planning, engineering or related field.
Ten years of experience in planning multiple, diverse and complex capital and non-capital projects OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and professional experience.
A thorough understanding of capital and non-capital funding process, as well as processes for project planning, design, execution, sustainability and project documentation is required.
Must have working knowledge of state and local building codes, building systems operations, and design.
Must have the ability to multi-task and to handle competing priorities.
Strong leadership, organization, communication, and relation management skills required.
Solid knowledge of the construction process is required.

Nice To Haves

At least five years of demonstrated coordination and leadership of teams preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides collaboration, communication, and leadership in support of Emory University's capital and non-capital construction programs.
Manages projects from $2 million and above, including renovation projects and deferred maintenance projects, through project completion and closeout.
Develops and implements a growth strategy for the Planning, Design & Construction department in coordination with university leadership.
Establishes goals to meet project budgets and scheduling, including milestone identification and deadlines.
Manages logistics and the potential impact of construction on the University.
Collaborates with other Senior Directors to establish a high-performing team capable of cross-utilizing skill sets.
Responsible for all capital project budget and schedule development in coordination with the Senior Director of Project Planning.
Ensures that all capital projects over $10 million are audited in compliance with University policy and assists the University's audit department on internal audits for Emory Health Care construction.
Assists the University General Counsel's office with review of construction related contract issues.
Coordinates all design and construction related insurance issues with the University's Risk Management department.
Develops, maintains, and updates Emory's Design & Construction Standards as well as processes required throughout the design and construction phases.
Establishes and maintains good relationships with the City of Atlanta Planning Department and other authorities having jurisdiction.
Participates in design and technical reviews throughout the schematic design and design development phases of large capital projects.
Works closely with the AVP of Facilities Management to ensure that FM's needs are addressed and that the transition from construction to occupancy occurs smoothly.
Participates in selecting project architects, engineers, other professional consultants and assumes the leading role in developing and refining the RFQ/RFP documents.
Selects construction managers and construction related consultants and equipment providers.
Assumes the leading role in the negotiation and administration of contracts.
Provides guidance to staff ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget.
Informs Campus Services leadership immediately should a project encounter delays in scheduling or budget challenges.
Responsible for the successful completion of project closeouts, conducting post occupancy evaluations and ensuring receipt of maintenance manuals, as-builts and project warranties.
Develops departmental guidelines, policies, procedures, programs and services to consistently encourage and demonstrate action to improve Campus Services customer satisfaction as well as project management efficiencies.
Performs related responsibilities as required by the Vice President for Campus Services.