Executive Director of Construction Management BBJ and OTxHU

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the Citys evolving criminal justice system participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees visitors volunteers and people in our custody. Importantly safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts.

The Department seeks an Executive Director of Construction Management to support the Borough-Based Jails (BBJ) Program and the Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit (OTxHU) healthcare infrastructure portfolio. Reporting to executive leadership and exercising wide latitude for independent judgment the selected candidate will direct field-level construction execution across complex correctional healthcare institutional mechanical electrical controls life-safety and high-voltage construction scopes.

This position will serve as a senior technical and operational authority for construction execution across active and planned DOC locations including work performed in occupied correctional facilities operating institutional environments and acute-care hospital settings. The Executive Director will identify construction risk coordinate multi-agency requirements support schedule recovery review technical submissions and ensure construction activity aligns with operational safety compliance and programmatic priorities.

Responsibilities
-Direct field-level construction execution across the BBJ program and OTxHU portfolio including multi-site and multi-phase work performed in active or occupied facilities.
-Serve as a senior technical resource for mechanical electrical building management controls life-safety standby power high-voltage detention electronics and related construction scopes.
-Review and assess contractor and consultant submissions including MEP structural curtain wall VFD switchgear controls commissioning and detention security electronics documentation.
-Coordinate with DOC leadership construction teams consultants contractors and external stakeholders to resolve field conditions sequencing conflicts technical issues permitting matters and project delivery risks.
-Support licensing permitting inspection and compliance coordination with NYC DOB FDNY DOHMH DEP OMB DCAS DDC BOC SCOC and other oversight or partner entities.
-Monitor construction activity for alignment with operational requirements life-safety obligations healthcare infrastructure requirements correctional security considerations and court-ordered compliance priorities.
-Lead construction risk identification and mitigation track critical path issues elevate barriers and support schedule recovery plans for at-risk packages.
-Prepare executive-level briefings field reports risk summaries technical assessments and recommendations for departmental leadership.
-Provide technical guidance and mentorship to construction management resident engineering assistant resident engineering and field staff assigned to the portfolio.
-Interface with executive-level entities within DOC and outside agencies as directed.

DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONAL STAND - 52620

Qualifications :

Qualification Requirements
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of full-time experience in corrections social work psychology law public administration law enforcement or a related field providing direct services to an inmate or detention population within a correctional or related facility at least one (1) year of which must have been in a responsible supervisory administrative or consultative capacity; or

2. A high school diploma or evidence of having passed a high school equivalency examination and six (6) years of full-time experience as described above; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 or 2 above. Service as an inmate in correctional or related facility may be substituted for a portion of the required experience up to a maximum of two years on a year for year basis. A graduate degree from an accredited college or university with a major in social work psychology law criminal justice or public administration which includes a field placement performing duties as described above may be substituted for up to one year of full-time experience as described in 1 above. However all candidates must have at least two years of full-time experience as described in 1 above at least one year of which must have been in a supervisory administrative or consultative capacity.

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