Executive Director Program Management and Capital Projects

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The University of New Haven, founded in 1920, is a private university whose mission is to prepare students to excel and lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a global society. The university offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate programs and has been recognized for academic excellence, nationally and internationally. In addition to its main campus in West Haven, the university has a campus in Tuscany, Italy. Learn more at newhaven.edu.

The Executive Director of Program Management and Capital Projects will design, construct, control and monitor capital projects including deferred maintenance, programmatic renovations, and new construction. Assist in developing and implementing facilities related strategies to support the current and future requirements of the University including space management and planning, furniture standards, and overall facilities building standards.

You will:

• Analyze and refine capital improvement opportunities, priorities, budgets, and options consistent with approved capital plan
• Provide technical feasibility, options and preliminary budget estimates and recommendations to University Planning leadership for consideration in establishing priorities.
• Prepare applications and analysis for construction approvals for various regulatory agencies including but not limited to Planning and Zoning, Inland Wetlands, Zoning, DEEP, EPA, Army Corp of Engineers etc.
• Coordinate and manage outside contractors and vendors including architects, engineers, construction managers, and other contractors in the execution of construction projects
• Develop and monitor project resource allocation and project budgets including hard and soft costs
• Develop and maintain project scopes and schedules, coordinate project schedules with affected university constituents
• Resolve conflicts between design professionals, contractors, and affected agencies
• Assist in ongoing coordination with appropriate regulatory agencies in support of capital projects
• Conduct analysis and evaluate options to support client’s business requirements in the most cost-effective manner
• Develop strategies and practical solutions to support the University's Strategic Plans
• Monitor capital improvement budgets
• Coordinate Facilities activities with other University resources such as IT, voice, data, and campus police, etc. that interface with or are influenced by construction activities and/or the capital program
• Manage construction commissioning, transition to Facilities Operations and End Users (training/technical documentation/warranties), punch list and close out consistent with Facilities standard operating procedures.
• Confer with a variety of individuals in the university community and outside resources to discuss issues, coordinate activities, and resolve problems
• Analyze building programs and projects to evaluate performance in meeting objectives, and to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change
• Monitor and assess the performance of yourself, other individuals, or