Job DescriptionThe Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the largest Fire Department in the United States and universally is recognized as the world's busiest and most highly skilled emergency response agency. The Department's main goal is to provide fire protection, emergency medical care, and other critical public safety services to residents and visitors in the five boroughs. FDNY members are sworn to serve and protect life and property and the Department works to continually educate the public in fire, life safety and disaster preparedness, along with enforcing public safety codes. Since its inception in 1865, FDNY has helped lead efforts to make New York the safest big city in the nation. This accomplishment requires a steadfast and daily commitment to maintaining the Department's core values. The Bureau consists of administrative, architect, compliance, construction project manager, and industrial chemist to skilled trade titles (e.g., carpenter, plumber, electrician, and stationary engineer). We are responsible for the repair and maintenance of approximately over 400 Department facilities Citywide as well as (in coordination with the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) for the design and construction management for all new agency facilities and major construction projects (e.g., apparatus floors, gut rehabilitation projects, etc.) – however in the majority of these projects BFM serves as the lead and manages all design and construction activities. This includes inter-agency project management as well as management of our own engineering/architectural design consultants and construction trades requirements contracts. Their work is comprised of the preparation of construction documents for the renovation and repair of firehouses, EMS stations, offices, and storage spaces; executing complex and essential research, investigations, and studies related to Department facilities in relation to our operational needs as well as City, State, and Federal regulatory codes. Staff also performs “in house” design of small-scale projects for our skilled trades unit use in performing these renovations. Additionally, the BFM also manages the agency’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Unit, serves as the project manager for all OMB sponsored Capital Project Scope Development (CPSD) studies and manages the in-house consultant. The Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY), seeks a full-time Executive Director in the Bureau of Facilities Management. Reporting directly to the Associate Commissioner of Support Services, the successful candidate will be: responsible for overseeing the maintenance of 400 FDNY Facilities five boroughs and overseeing 90 employees serving in various titles. Manage the agencies Design & Construction unit including their Capital Program; oversee the Building Trades and 15,000 work orders received yearly. Responsible for managing 3-unit Directors of various skill-sets, providing coordination and analysis of workloads. Ensure the staffing and timelines to meet project deadlines. Monitor the Expense and Capital budgets and grant-funded projects. Sign off on all projects of various degrees with coordination from agency and inter-agency stakeholders. Represent the agency at Fire, EMS and unions about Safety and Facility related issues and concerns. Serve as liaison with various City, State, and Federal agencies regarding projects as needed. Attend executive agency coordination meetings on all Facilities Management related issues and concerns. Work closely with all levels of the Agency on prioritizing and project planning.QualificationsAt least six years of full-time satisfactory experience in construction management work on capital projects, each one of which must have had a dollar value of at least $300,000, at least eighteen months of which must have been in a managerial or consultative capacity in an organization responsible for the management of construction; and a combination of the following, sufficient to equal a total of ten years of education and experience:
Full-time satisfactory experience in construction inspection on capital projects, each one of which must have had a dollar value of at least $300,000. One year of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of construction inspection experience up to a maximum of four years.
Full-time satisfactory experience in building construction as a journeyperson in one or more of the skilled building construction trades. One year of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of journeyperson experience up to a maximum of four years.
Education in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or air pollution control, chemical, civil including structural and bridge design, electrical, mechanical, or sanitary engineering will be credited on the basis of 30 semester credits for one year of acceptable experience up to a maximum of four years.
A New York State license as a professional engineer or registered architect or a license as a professional engineer or registered architect from a state that has reciprocity with New York State may be substituted for the four years of education and experience described in "1", "2" and "3" above. However, all candidates must have at least six years of experience in construction management work described above, including at least eighteen months in a managerial or consultative capacity in an organization responsible for the management of construction.
License RequirementsPossession of a Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. Employees must maintain the license during their employment.Additional InformationThe 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.