Senior Director of Capital Project Management

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access through traditional and distance learning modes to higher education and workforce training including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the colleges mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students low-income students and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

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Job Description:

Austin Community College District (ACC) seeks a strategic collaborative and results-driven Senior Director of Capital Projects Management to lead the planning design and delivery of the Districts capital construction and infrastructure program. Reporting to the Associate Vice Chancellor of Campus Planning Construction & Sustainability this role oversees a portfolio of major construction renovation and infrastructure projects that support ACCs academic mission long-term growth and sustainability goals.
The Senior Director provides executive leadership to the capital project management team and serves as a key liaison among college leadership faculty and staff architects engineers contractors regulatory agencies and community partners. This position plays a critical role in shaping ACCs physical environment and ensuring projects are delivered safely on schedule and within budget.

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Lead and manage the Districts capital construction program from concept through occupancy ensuring alignment with the Facilities Master Plan and institutional priorities.

• Provide strategic leadership supervision coaching and performance management for capital project management staff.

• Oversee development and execution of long-range capital improvement plans and annual project portfolios.

• Administer operational and capital budgets ensuring effective financial planning cost control and reporting.

• Establish and maintain departmental standards procedures and best practices for project delivery.

• Manage procurement negotiation and administration of professional services and construction contracts in coordination with legal and procurement teams.

• Ensure compliance with applicable building codes safety standards accessibility requirements environmental regulations and historic preservation requirements.

• Champion sustainability and environmental stewardship across all capital projects.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure facilities meet programmatic and user needs.

• Represent the District with external agencies regulatory authorities and community planning and advisory bodies.

• Anticipate and resolve project risks conflicts and construction disputes.

Knowledge

• Capital planning design construction and project management best practices.

• Building codes accessibility standards and environmental and safety regulations.

• Sustainable design and construction principles.

• Ability to lead complex multi-stakeholder initiatives in a dynamic environment.

• Strong analytical organizational and decision-making capabilities.

• Skilled in executive-level communication presentations and written reporting.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to oversee the work of a team managing multiple large-scale projects simultaneously.

• Strong budget and financial skills;

• Experience with and knowledge of benchmarking best practices and continuous improvement processes related to design and construction departments and systems;

• Knowledge of building codes ADA requirements sustainability practices and knowledge of OSHA regulations;

• Strong leadership skills and a collaborative service-oriented approach to work;

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for engagement at all institutional levels and with a variety of constituencies;

• Deep understanding of both the service and stewardship roles of college facilities organizations.

Technology Skills

• Use a variety of spreadsheet word processing database scheduling and presentation software.

Required Work Experience

• Five (5) or more years of experience managing multiple construction and renovation projects including large institutional or commercial projects AND

• Five (5) or more years of managerial experience supervising capital project management staff within a department or agency.

Preferred Work Experience

• Eight (8) or more years of experience managing multiple construction and renovation projects including large institutional or commercial projects

• Eight (8) or more years of managerial experience supervising capital project management staff within a department or agency.

Required Education

• Bachelors degree

Preferred Education

• Bachelors degree in Architecture Engineering Construction Management or a related field; or

• Masters Degree in Architecture Engineering Construction Management or a related field

Preferred Licensure and Certifications

• Texas license as Architect or Professional Engineer in a discipline related to building construction

• CCM CEFP LEED and OSHA 30 certifications.

Special Requirements

• Valid Texas drivers license and reliable transportation for local Austin area travel.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a variety of settings.

• Ability to travel as required.

• Subject to standing walking sitting bending reaching pushing and pulling and at times subject to stooping crawling and climbing ladders and navigating hazardous job sites.

• Occasional lifting of objects up to 30 pounds.

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Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education employees are required to report violations under Title IX and under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act) you will be notified trained and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.

For direct access to the current Annual Security Report visit . You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ( ). For an overview see ACCs Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add change amend or delete portions of this job description at any time with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested directed or addition reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.