Job Information
City of New York Senior Director of Architecture & Engineering Services in New York, New York
Job Description
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nation’s oldest and largest public housing authority with more than 177,000 apartments, and responsibility for administering a citywide Section 8 leased housing program that serves over 200,000 additional tenants. NYCHA’s mission is to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable, inclusive, and safe, while fostering opportunities for economic mobility.
NYCHA’s Asset & Capital Management (A&CM) Division leads the Authority’s capital, sustainability and resiliency programs that comprise a $5 billion capital projects portfolio - one of the largest in NY State – as well as a range of activities related to property modernization and strategic asset management. A&CM aims to preserve and modernize NYCHA buildings and apartments through strategic portfolio planning, comprehensive design standards, innovative financing and project delivery models, strong partnership with NYCHA residents and other stakeholders, and effective program and project management of capital investments. The Division also positions NYCHA’s housing portfolio for the future by piloting and scaling up sustainability and resiliency technologies and practices, improving residents’ quality of life while enhancing building performance. The work culture of the Division is strongly customer service oriented, collaborative and delivery focused.
The Architecture & Engineering Services Vertical (AES) of A&CM provides design services and oversight of AE firms for the division and across NYCHA while setting overall design requirements and standards for properties input to technical scoping for vendor contracting across NYCHA.
AES is seeking a proven and dynamic leader to introduce innovation and guide the day-to-day activities of its professional design staff. Reporting to the Vice President for AES, the AES Senior Director with extremely wide latitude for independent judgment, action and decision making, will be responsible for but not limited to the following:
Lead and direct a team of professional architects, engineers, designers, expeditors and analysts.
Oversee supervisory staff and provide direction on key decisions, including design standards, non-conforming work, major design changes and other design issues.
Introduce innovation to administer a strategic alignment of the Department to better manage emergency, urgent and planned projects.
Provide enhanced design and code services for A&CM and Agency stakeholders.
Oversee the revision and implementation of the Design Guidelines for Rehabilitation of NYCHA Residential Buildings Agency-wide and with external partners and stakeholders.
Ensure design excellence throughout all work, updating Design Standard Notices, Design Guidelines and Specifications and supporting a peer review program.
Develop and track Key Performance Indicators (KPI’ s) and measure for desired outcomes.
Develop metrics for determining the distribution of work to in-house staff and through the use of Architectural, Engineering and Landscape Architectural consultants.
Manage in-house and consultant design projects focusing on quality, budget, schedule, and code compliance and establishing priorities.
Direct the use of Architectural, Engineering and Landscape Architectural Consultant Contracts and ensure adequate capacity for NYCHA’s portfolio of projects.
Ensure regular and consistent communication with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the nature, scope, schedule and potential issues of each project are well defined and understood.
Provide guidance to staff on stakeholder engagement during planning and design phases.
Prepare presentations to executives, businesses, government elected officials, residents and community groups, as requested.
Represent NYCHA at interagency and stakeholder meetings.
Work with Capital Program Teams in developing processes for adherence to NYCHA’s design standards.
Facilitate the incorporation of post completion findings and lessons learned following design errors and omissions into standard processes.
Coordinate with Directors, Deputy Directors and Studio Leaders on support issues including planning, budget, design and construction standards, policies and procedures, Human Resource issues and IT support.
Additional Information
Candidates may be given a skills assessment as part of the interview process.
Candidates with permanent civil service status in the titles of Administrative Project Manager, Administrative Engineer, and Admin Construction Project Manager will also be considered.
Employees serving in the title of or who meet the qualification requirements for Administrative Architect will also be considered.
NYCHA employees applying for promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.
Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.
Qualifications
A valid New York State professional engineer’s license or a valid New York State registration as an architect is required. In addition, candidates must have:
A baccalaureate degree in engineering or architecture form an accredited college or university and five (5) years of satisfactory, full-time, paid practical experience in an executive and/or top-level administrative capacity in organizations with a large-scale construction program; or
A satisfactory equivalent.
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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
