Managing Field Supervisor

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 150,000 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 $6 billion capital projects portfolio – one of the largest in NY State – as well as 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 sustainable and resilient 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.
Capital Programs is responsible for end-to-end management of over 500 active modernization projects across the Authority's properties throughout the city. These investments are necessary to ensure effective building performance and good living conditions for residents, and include modernization of building systems, interiors and exteriors, apartments, and grounds. Current programs focus on heating systems, elevators, roofs, brick facades, CCTV and layered access controls, entryways, flood protection and resiliency, community centers, lighting and playgrounds. Projects utilize a range of delivery methods and procurement approaches, with budgets ranging from $100,000 to up to $100 million per project.

Reporting to the Director of Field Operations, the Managing Field Supervisor provides management and oversight of field staff responsible for performing on-site construction management of capital projects; monitor the progress of projects; evaluate staff performance; and prepare management reports and analysis as required by the Director, as well as providing management of Field staff tasked with the field supervision of construction management as agent firms on capital construction projects throughout the City of New York. The successful candidate will also focus on “problem” projects - where on-time delivery, budget, or quality is at risk and propose remediation measures. The successful candidate will oversee Construction Field Supervisors and or CM Oversight Field Supervisor whose responsibilities include but not limited to below:

1. Supervise activities of Construction Field Supervisors and Inspectors; monitor overtime; train and mentor assigned staff.
2. Mediate on field related issues that cannot be resolved among the project management and field staff and escalate them to the Director of Field Operations as needed.
3. Visit active construction sites to review the status of work; attend job progress meetings as needed.
4. Perform constructability reviews at various design stages as needed.
5. Audit daily reports from Construction Field Inspectors and ensure proper escalation to the responsible Project Management staff.
6. Audit and train field staff in contractor payment requisition review.
7. Assist with review of actionable documents such as: Requests for Information, submittals (shop drawings, material samples, etc.), schedule of values, evaluate and recommend validity of
potential change orders, progress reports and schedules.
8. Participate in pre-bid meetings, and pre-construction meetings, as needed.
9. Ensure that the Construction Field Staff maintain accurate, complete and current project records and update project management system accordingly. This includes but is not limited to daily
logs, daily reports, meeting minutes, two –week-look-ahead.
10. Assist the project management team to provide clear, concise and timely responses to contractor- related matters.
11. Ensure that the Construction Field Inspectors verify that the contractor signs the development logbook and that the daily sign-in sheets are completed.
12. Review and recommend action on contractor requests for time extensions.
13. Assist in the preparation of punch lists.
14. Review Construction Manager's (CMa's) on site activities for compliance with their contract obligations and approved staffing plans and NYCHA construction management standards of
practice.
15. Review CMa project documentation both at the con