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Planning Design and Construction Project Manager - Engineering

Vice President- Capital Planning Construction & Operations & CSO AVP for Capital Planning and Senior Project Manager

Position Summary:

The Planning Design and Construction Project Manager Engineering manages capital projects from concept through completion with a primary focus on integrating climate resilience decarbonization and sustainable design practices into the planning design and construction of architecture engineering and infrastructure projects. This role ensures that projects advance institutional climate action goals while meeting established standards for scope schedule budget quality and safety.

The position combines core capital project management responsibilities with technical leadership in lowcarbon resilient and durable infrastructure delivery. The Project Manager Engineering works closely with internal stakeholders consultants contractors and leadership to translate climate and infrastructure performance objectives into buildable measurable project outcomes.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

Deliver capital projects on time and within budget while advancing institutional climate action resilience planning and sustainable infrastructure objectives.

Serve as a technical integrator for climate resilience decarbonization and infrastructure performance across assigned projects and the broader capital portfolio.

Support Senior Project Managers Assistant Vice Presidents and the Vice President in advancing organizational capital and sustainability priorities.

Project Management

• Manage all phases of capital projects including planning programming design bidding budgeting scheduling construction administration and closeout.

• Embed sustainable design climate resilience lowcarbon and infrastructure performance strategies into project scopes schedules and deliverables at each phase.

• Review design and construction documents to ensure alignment with decarbonization pathways resilience strategies infrastructure standards and applicable codes.
• Conduct onsite walkthroughs during construction to verify implementation of climateresilient design measures electrification strategies and sustainable infrastructure systems.

• Maintain project documentation schedules budgets and reporting in accordance with institutional standards.

Consultant and Contractor Coordination

• Coordinate multidisciplinary consultant and contractor teams including architects engineers construction managers and specialists in energy carbon envelope systems civil works landscape utilities and infrastructure resilience.

• Manage consultant and contractor performance with emphasis on lowcarbon materials electrification infrastructure durability climate adaptation measures commissioning and closeout documentation.

• Facilitate coordination among internal stakeholders regulatory agencies and external partners to ensure project alignment with technical operational and sustainability goals.

Climate Resilience Decarbonization and Infrastructure Leadership

• Translate institutional climate action and sustainability goals into projectspecific performance criteria scopes of work and technical requirements consistent with New Yorkbased mandates for greenhousegas reduction energy efficiency and building electrification.

• Advance electrification energy efficiency and lowcarbon infrastructure solutions across building and site systems to support compliance with applicable energy carbon and emissionsperformance standards.

• Incorporate climatehazard mitigation and adaptation strategies addressing flooding heat extreme weather and infrastructure vulnerability consistent with state and city resilience planning frameworks.

• Evaluate building and infrastructure systems for climate risk lifecycle cost durability maintainability and longterm operational resilience in accordance with publicsector capital planning asset management and riskmanagement policies.

Analysis Metrics and Continuous Improvement

• Track and evaluate projectlevel metrics related to energy use carbon emissions resilience performance infrastructure lifecycle and operational impacts.

• Support postproject evaluations to assess climate resilience and decarbonization outcomes and inform continuous improvement.

• Contribute to the development and refinement of institutional standards guidelines and tools for resilient lowcarbon capital infrastructure.

Other related duties as applicable.

Qualifications:

• Professional degree in Engineering with a focus on Sustainability or a related infrastructurefocused field.

• Professional Licensure and LEED Certification required.

• Advanced degree preferred.

• Minimum 8 years of full-time experience in performing design and construction project management work including planning administering managing coordinating and expediting both large- and small-scale projects. Experience must include the monitoring and supervision of multi-disciplinary consultant design and/or construction management teams inclusive of construction document preparation pre-construction reviews design and construction scheduling construction administration and post-construction tasks.

• Demonstrated experience integrating climate resilience decarbonization electrification or infrastructure performance strategies into capital projects.

• Experience working in complex institutional or publicfacing environments with multiple stakeholders.

• Ability to read and interpret plans specifications bid documents and knowledge of Design and Construction Contracting.

• Thorough understanding of Construction Practices with construction phase experience including the submittal shop drawing review process and on-site inspections.

• Strong project management organizational and communication skills.

• Ability to translate complex technical and climate objectives into actionable project requirements.

• Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks manage multiple projects and deadlines with minimal supervision.

• Strong computer skills- AutoCAD Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint) Bluebeam and Adobe Acrobat software.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

Stand and sit for long periods use hands handle tools use motorized/heavy equipment climb ladders climb stairs; balance; stoop kneel crouch or crawl. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Work outdoors under a variety of weather conditions. Work under moderate and loud work conditions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Baseline Work Schedule:

Monday Friday 9am-5pm; occasional early mornings evenings and weekends based on projects.

Salary: $110000-$127000

Benefits:

• 20Vacation Days
• 13 Paid Holidays
• 12 Sick Days
• Health and Dental Insurance Coverage
• 401K
• Pension Plan

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