Consultant Project Manager

*ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT FULL-TIME ANNUALLY PAID PARKS EMPLOYEES*

NYC Parks is an award-winning city agency that designs builds and cares for public spaces for New Yorkers to connect play and enjoy. NYC Parks manages more than 30000 acres or 14% of the citys land encompassing more than 5000 individual properties. Our diverse set of assets includes recreational facilities nature centers historic buildings and structures golf courses athletic fields playgrounds tennis courts public pools public restrooms retaining walls and nearly 14 miles of beaches.

Major Responsibilities
-Under direction plan coordinate and direct the implementation of design and construction of large and/or complex landscape architectural capital projects.
-Manage multiple consultant landscape architectural design contracts for new and remodeled Parks facilities within an established schedule and budget.
-Lead scoping meetings with project stakeholders to identify project goals. Liaise with project stakeholders to keep them apprised of progress.
-Develop requests for proposals for landscape architectural services.
-Monitor the progress of consulting landscape architects to ensure designs are well-thought-out and balance the aesthetics scope requirements and maintenance constraints. Utilizing AutoCAD and other software programs review consultant submissions for completeness and compliance with agency goals such as high-quality design sustainability and durability. Coordinate other professional reviews such as architectural design and engineering trades.
-Manage project milestones to ensure timely completion of work.
-Review designs with agency staff including landscape architects engineers construction staff and maintenance personnel.
-Present projects to other governmental agencies and departments contractors and their representatives consultants community members and the general public as required.
-Ensure all necessary regulatory city state and federal agency approvals are received prior to issuance of bid.
-Review and approve consultant payment requests. Coordinate with agency budget and accounting units to ensure efficient contract registration and payments.
-Monitor progress of construction including consultants review and approval of shop drawings. Conduct occasional site inspections for quality assurance.

Work Location: Olmsted Center Queens

This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent city employees serving in the Associate Project Manager civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent Parks employees in or on leave from a comparable title.

Note: To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II candidates must have at least one additional year of experience in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least one additional year as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.

How to Apply
All Applicants:
Go to and search for Job ID# 761766.
All applicants must apply via . The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications.

*Current City Employees please include your ERN on your cover letter and resume.

NOTE: All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. References will be required upon request.

IN THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICE LISTS IS PROHIBITED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

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ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER - 22427

Qualifications :

One year of full-time satisfactory experience in supervising employees performing project management work such as planning administering managing coordinating or expediting on engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects or supervising a construction project with a value of $or more and either:

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering engineering technology architecture landscape architecture architectural technology construction construction management construction technology sustainable design urban planning urban studies city planning transportation planning business administration or public administration and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in project management work such as planning administering managing coordinating or expediting for engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects; or

2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in 1 above; or

3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of college or university education and/or experience described in 1 above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience. One year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in engineering engineering technology architecture landscape architecture architectural technology construction construction management construction technology sustainable design urban planning urban studies city planning transportation planning business administration or public administration; (b) a Masters degree from an accredited college or university in one of the disciplines described in 1 above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer Registered Architect or Registered Landscape Architect. Where experience which is primarily of a design nature is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements.

In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I candidates must have at least one additional year of experience as described in 1 above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least one year as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.

In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I candidates must have at least two additional years of experience as described in 1 above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least two additional years as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time