The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City’s evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees, visitors, volunteers, and people in our custody. Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7,500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts.

The Department seeks an Executive Director of Construction Management to support the Borough-Based Jails (BBJ) Program and the Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit (OTxHU) healthcare infrastructure portfolio. Reporting to executive leadership and exercising wide latitude for independent judgment, the selected candidate will direct field-level construction execution across complex correctional, healthcare, institutional, mechanical, electrical, controls, life-safety, and high-voltage construction scopes.

This position will serve as a senior technical and operational authority for construction execution across active and planned DOC locations, including work performed in occupied correctional facilities, operating institutional environments, and acute-care hospital settings. The Executive Director will identify construction risk, coordinate multi-agency requirements, support schedule recovery, review technical submissions, and ensure construction activity aligns with operational, safety, compliance, and programmatic priorities.

Responsibilities
- Direct field-level construction execution across the BBJ program and OTxHU portfolio, including multi-site and multi-phase work performed in active or occupied facilities.
- Serve as a senior technical resource for mechanical, electrical, building management controls, life-safety, standby power, high-voltage, detention electronics, and related construction scopes.
- Review and assess contractor and consultant submissions, including MEP, structural, curtain wall, VFD, switchgear, controls, commissioning, and detention security electronics documentation.
- Coordinate with DOC leadership, construction teams, consultants, contractors, and external stakeholders to resolve field conditions, sequencing conflicts, technical issues, permitting matters, and project delivery risks.
- Support licensing, permitting, inspection, and compliance coordination with NYC DOB, FDNY, DOHMH, DEP, OMB, DCAS, DDC, BOC, SCOC, and other oversight or partner entities.
- Monitor construction activity for alignment with operational requirements, life-safety obligations, healthcare infrastructure requirements, correctional security considerations, and court-ordered compliance priorities.
- Lead construction risk identification and mitigation, track critical path issues, elevate barriers, and support schedule recovery plans for at-risk packages.
- Prepare executive-level briefings, field reports, risk summaries, technical assessments, and recommendations for departmental leadership.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to construction management, resident engineering, assistant resident engineering, and field staff assigned to the portfolio.
- Interface with executive-level entities within DOC and outside agencies as directed.

DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONAL STAND - 52620

Minimum Qualifications

Qualification Requirements
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and four years of full-time experience in corrections, social work, psychology, law, public administration, law enforcement, or a related field providing direct services to an inmate or detention population within a correctional or related facility, at least one (1) year of which must have been in a responsible supervisory, administrative or consultative capacity; or

2. A high school diploma or evidence of having passed a high school equivalency examination and six (6) years of full-time experience as described above; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. Service as an inmate in correctional or related facility may be substituted for a portion of the required experience up to a maximum of two years on a year for year basis. A graduate degree from an accredited college or university with a major in social work, psychology, law, criminal justice or public administration which includes a field placement performing duties as described above, may be substituted for up to one year of full-time experience as described in "1" above. However, all candidates must have at least two years of full-time experience as described in "1" above, at least one year of which must have been in a supervisory, administrative or consultative capacity.

Preferred Skills

Preferred Experience Minimum 25 years of progressive construction experience with at least 20 years in industrial, commercial, and institutional construction inside occupied operating environments. Candidates must demonstrate uninterrupted documented progression from entry-level field work through journeyman or superintendent grade, then through resident engineer, construction manager, and senior construction management roles. Office-based program management or owner’s representative experience does not satisfy this requirement. Minimum 10 years as Construction Manager or Resident Engineer of record on New York City public-sector capital projects with individual project values above $100M, delivered for or in direct coordination with NYC DDC, NYC HHC, NYC DOC, NYC DCAS, NYC EDC, or the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice. Out-of-jurisdiction equivalents do not satisfy this requirement. Direct, documented service as Construction Manager of record on at least one correctional therapeutic housing or behavioral health unit constructed inside an operating acute-care hospital, with personal responsibility for sequencing around active floors, ICRA Class IV infection control, NYC DOHMH coordination, and detention hardware integration inside a healthcare envelope. Candidates must be prepared to describe project-by-project sequencing, infection control, tenant coordination, and detention security integration challenges encountered in the field. Preferred Portfolio-Specific Experience Candidates must show prior delivery, as Construction Manager of record, on at least two of the following project types: - Healthcare infrastructure inside an operating acute-care hospital, individual project value above $100M - Correctional construction inside an operating jail, prison, or secure facility, individual project value above $100M - Multi-agency capital coordination above $100M involving three or more concurrent municipal stakeholders - Multiphase construction with parallel work fronts running concurrently, aggregate scope above $100M - Commissioning lead on a project above $100M with concurrent reporting to two or more city agencies and a federal monitor or court-appointed compliance officer Preferred Education and Licensure Valid New York State Professional Engineer license in electrical or mechanical engineering, with at least 10 years of post-license practice in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity overseeing construction of high-voltage and life-safety systems in occupied institutional facilities. Or Master’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering Management, or Real Estate Development from an ABET- or ACCE-accredited program. Preferred Certifications - PMP (Project Management Professional), active and in good standing - DBIA (Design-Build Institute of America), Designated Design-Build Professional or higher (preferred) - LEED AP BD+C, for Local Law 97 and sustainability obligations on BBJ and OTxHU sites (preferred) - OSHA 500 Outreach Trainer, with current trainer card (preferred) - NYC DOB Site Safety Manager (SSM), active and registered (preferred

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.