Chief of Capital Architecture and Engineering Program Management

*ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT FULL-TIME ANNUALLY PAID PARKS EMPLOYEES* *This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent Parks employees serving in the Administrative 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 (e.g. Administrative Architect, Administrative Landscape Architect, Administrative Engineer or Administrative Manager) or 4) Parks employees who are reachable on the Administrative Project Manager civil service list or a comparable civil service list or qualify for a comparable title. [Please indicate the exam number and your list number or comparable title on your cover letter and resume.] Major Responsibilities • Under the direction of the Assistant Commissioner for Capital Architecture, Engineering, and Capital Needs Assessment, develop the overall Capital plan for the Capital Architecture and Engineering (A&E) Unit. • Manage staff responsible for delivering the assessment, planning, scoping of all projects to be delivered by the Capital A&E Unit, including the Dep. Chief of Capital A&E Program Management. • Be responsible for developing the 10-Year Capital Plan for A&E, in close coordination with the Dep. Chief of Capital A&E Program Management, including for both assessing needs as well as developing an approach for when and how the Capital work will be delivered. • Coordinate with the Chief of A&E Project Delivery to move projects from pre-design to design in a timely and transparent fashion. • Coordinate and track required administrative tasks required to move projects from the proposed phase into the pre-design and design phases. Managed the administrative staff responsible for the associated administrative tasks. • Develop an established standard and plan for routing a subset of A&E projects through partner agencies. • Develop a systematic approach for requests for A&E estimates and managing the staff responsible for them. Work Location: Olmsted Center, Queens How to Apply: Go to cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID# 779609. All applicants must apply via cityjobs.nyc.gov. The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications. *Current Employees please include your ERN and 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. nyc.gov/parks MOVEMENT IN THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICE LISTS IS PROHIBITED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW. For information about applying for Civil Service Exams go to: Civil Service Exams - Department of Citywide Administrative Services (nyc.gov)

Minimum Qualifications: 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college 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 five years of full-time satisfactory experience in the planning, administering or expediting of engineering design, and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project, two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or 2. A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine years of experience as described in "1" above; two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or 3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. One year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's 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) An accredited Master's degree 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 Landscape Architect. However, all candidates must have the two years of the administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

Preferred Skills: 1. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including public speaking and experience in translating between technical and non-technical stakeholders. 2. Ten years full time experience in coordination and/or management of either individual capital projects or an overall capital plan, with a preference for Architecture and/or Engineering projects. 3. Experience with coordination of project scoping with various stakeholders, including other delivering agencies. 4. Demonstrated ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment, prioritize among competing needs, and respond quickly to requests for information. 5. Strong general management skills, including the ability to listen to and motivate staff. 6. Valid New York State driver’s license.

Salary : $160,000 - $165,000