Director of Construction - Facilities Design & Construction - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Roles & Responsibilities: 

The Director of Construction is responsible for managing the portfolio of short, mid and long-term construction projects for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), including all public, academic and research facilities, and clinical space for the Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice (MSDFP; FPA), both on campus and at off site facilities. The ISMMS Director of Construction will report directly to the Associate Dean for Design and Resource Management, and ultimately to the Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The current annual capital plan includes many projects at multiple sites around NYC, each of varying complexity. This is a very active and engaging position, interacting with knowledgeable and demanding clients, fulfilling state of the art technical requirements, reporting to senior leadership and managing the ISMMS Facilities Design and Construction Staff. The ISMMS Director will work closely with the Dean’s Office, various Mount Sinai in-house departments, physicians, educators, administrators, senior leadership and executive staff. The ISMMS Director of Construction must oversee a dynamic portfolio of ISMMS projects from concept, through design and construction, while maintaining control over budget, schedule and client satisfaction.

• Oversee staff activities of 6-7 Project Managers and 1-2 Facilities Document Manager/Administrators
• Coordinate the activities of construction managers, contractors, vendors, architects, engineers and consultants engaged in planning, implementing and coordinating capital and construction projects
• Lead the development and implementation of policies and procedures for Facilities Design & Construction department including administrative policies and procedures, technical circulars and directives 
• Develop, estimate and track project budgets, taking appropriate action when necessary to ensure adherence to budgetary limitations as well as to ensure projects stay on schedule.
• Review and approve all Contracts, Purchase Orders, Change Orders, Requisitions and Payments 
• Interface with Mount Sinai Departments like IT, Legal, Purchasing, Compliance, Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety, Fire Safety, and others
• Oversee relocations, enabling, and backfilling clients into new space
• Ensure that staff follow all departmental policies and procedures as well as internal purchasing and compliance directives
• Develop and manage annual capital budget in collaboration with senior management; monitor expenses to ensure adequate control of expenditures and that department and all projects are completed within established budgets
• Negotiate with outside vendors and consultants regarding capital projects and purchasing matters
• Represent the department on various school and health system committees
• Maintain Project Status Report providing the Dean’s Office, Associate Dean, CFO, FPA Administration with weekly updated project status reports, finance reports and strategy meetings with multiple ISMMS Deans, and FPA leadership
• Recruit, trains and evaluate performance of assigned staff
• Recommend and or perform disciplinary actions of assigned staff as required

• Bachelors degree in Architecture or Engineering. Masters degree preferred.
• 10 years professional experience as an Architect, Engineer or Construction Manager, including 3 years experience as Project Manager, preferred.
• Managing complex construction programs for a hospital, university or other similar institution
• Working in a construction Project Management capacity facilities management and administration
• Supervisory experience
• Experience with NYC codes and permitting processes
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of Project Management systems that interface with IT and Finance (e-Builder preferred)
• Hands-on skills, including ability to manage project directly, when needed
• Excellent negotiation and problem resolution skills
• Highly organized
• Understands value of team approach and effectively uses teamwork to improve results
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills
• Excellent time and project management skills
• Excellent financial management skills

 

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