Senior Project Manager

City of New York•New York, NY

9d•$104,720 - $120,428•Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) aims to enhance the functionality of New York City government. DCAS manages iconic city buildings, procures over $1 billion in goods and services annually for more than 80 agencies, and plays a crucial role in the daily operations of the City of New York. The Real Estate Services (RES) division within DCAS handles the city's real estate needs, including space planning and management of 37 million square feet, property acquisitions and dispositions, architectural design, project management, zoning analysis, property valuation, and financial analysis of real estate transactions. The Design & Project Management (D&PM) Unit specifically provides project management and design expertise to DCAS and client agencies to meet their operational and space requirements. This includes managing renovations of leased and city-owned spaces, programming, preliminary design, scope of work development, cost estimating, furniture specifications, procurement coordination, space measurement verification, and construction administration. D&PM acts as a facilitator to translate agency operational needs into suitable space solutions.

Requirements

A valid New York State Registration as an Architect.
Current New York State Registration as an Architect must be maintained for the duration of your employment.
At least one year within the last three years of experience as a major contributor or a project leader on a complex project requiring additional and specific expertise in the disciplines needed to design or construct the project (for Assignment Levels II and III).

Nice To Haves

Ability to manage projects in leased space.
Ability to develop and/or supervise plans, designs and technical drawings to ensure code, industry and City compliance.
Performing project contract and general administration duties.
Including comments to Term Sheets and management of multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Ensure programming questionnaire and analysis sheets are accurately completed and within timeframes.
Provide feedback to client agencies on efficient office space programming to meet operational requirements with flexible space planning strategies that support the workplace agency culture.
Ensure the site evaluation is accurately completed and proposed architectural base building work is included.
Develop initial project schedule, with input from team members.
Confirm that the project is properly budgeted for and all financial approvals are secured.
Write or review/comment on Tenant Representative Scopes of work, and if required, incorporate into the transaction.
Review preliminary plans, construction documents, furniture manifests for compliance with program and design intent.
If required, develop preliminary plans or base drawings, and any other drawings deemed necessary to illustrate a space planning design concept.
If required, develop construction documents and select finishes/furniture for in-house expense projects.
Identify spaces requiring measurement and confirm spatial scope for D&PM to sign off.
Manage construction projects through Substantial Completion, check field conditions, and coordinate effective and timely completion of projects.
Develop and/or supervise and review plans, designs, and technical drawings to ensure code, industry and City standards compliance appropriately designed to the client agency’s programmatic requirements.