Assistant Director of Construction

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

• →Coordinates and directs a large-scale airfield and terminal program while under construction. Engineering, construction, and management activities occurring on a 24/7/365 schedule.  
• →Assigns and supervises the work of subordinates and consultants engaged in those activities, including establishing challenging standards and productivity goals with clear measurements.
• →Makes comprehensive recommendations to construction problems which will improve the safety, quality, and productivity of the work performed.
• →Requisitions materials, supplies, and equipment. Prepares equipment specifications.  
• →Ensures construction activities are conducted in compliance with federal regulations, state, and local requirements to maintain high standards of safety in all aspects of operation.
• →Prepares, maintains, reviews, analyzes, and interprets records and reports using technological advances to maximize results.
• →Directs, supervises, motivates, and counsels to ensure effective performance and career development of all applicable staff.
• →Prepares and maintains a program budget and budgetary controls.
• →Reviews requests for proposals; negotiates contractual terms of projects between the consultants and the City; directs the preparation of monthly estimates of construction completed; prepares and approves expenditures from the capital and operating design and construction budgets; reviews estimates and reports prior to authorizing payments; makes final decisions regarding contract disputes; negotiates and resolves payment claims with contractors; ensures that contractors are advised of schedules required to minimize impact on operations.
• →Directs and participates in pre-construction and post-construction meetings with consultants, contractors, and other parties participating in the construction of airport facilities; represents the department at conferences, hearings, and meetings pertaining to engineering and construction projects; participates in various professional community affairs to encourage teaming and partnership opportunities with the private sector.
• →Monitors changes in security regulations and technological updates that may affect operations; develops and/or modifies policies for design and construction based on sound engineering practices; interprets sections of plans and specifications that may present construction problems and provides recommendations; directs, through subordinate managers, the inspection and testing of civil, mechanical, electrical and structural elements of airport capital improvement projects; ensures that all division engineering projects conform to time schedules, cost estimates and airport construction standards; directs staff to administer changes in plans to compensate for unforeseen field conditions that do not affect engineering or project design integrity; administers the preparation and signs all change orders for modifications to construction project plans; issues stop orders if major design changes must be made by design engineers or consultants; notifies the FAA of work changes to ensure continued funding participation.
• →Explains and interprets construction specifications and regulations; resolves problems relating to quality of materials, construction techniques, and workmanship.
• →Reviews contract language and makes recommendations to reduce project impacts and claim implications.  
• →Guides activities between contractors, engineers, and Airport management.  Reviews punch lists for contracts in the programs.  Meets with contractors regarding issues that arise in the field.  Prepares suggested change orders that become necessary as a part of the contracts.
• →Provides constructability reviews during design phases for future Capital Improvement projects and provides guidance to the design team on the airfield and aircraft minimum operational requirements. 
• →Collaborates with other departments on Part 139 and helps develop a plan and staffing needs to correct any discrepancy.
• →Responsible for providing overall field contract administration and coordination on a mega program or mega project of a diverse and complex nature. Supervises assigned staff to verify that the Contractor’s activities are monitored and controlled in accordance with design specifications and contractual requirements.
• →Master scheduling, resource forecasting, budgeting, and procurement of consultants for inspections and materials testing.
• →Utilizes Project Controls software (E-Builder) in order to interface with contractors and consultants on the answering of RFIs, Submittals, and Pay Applications.
• →Reviews and approves contract inspection invoices.

• Works standard business hours, Monday- Friday.  Schedule subject to irregular hours, overtime, and emergency calls back to work.
• Valid driver’s license in state of residency and ability to obtain and maintain a City Driving Permit.
• Ability to pass a background check in advance of start date required.  Certain convictions will disqualify individuals from unescorted access privileges and therefore exclude from employment.
• Successful candidate must successfully pass and obtain Movement Area Training (MAT) Endorsement within the first 6 months of employment in order to maintain employment.

• High School Graduate or Equivalent plus nine years of experience OR
• 2 Year College Degree plus seven years of experience OR
• Bachelor's Level Degree plus five years of experience OR
• Master's Level Degree plus three years of experience

Graduation from high school with nine years of experience; or Associate’s degree in architecture, civil engineering, or another relevant degree with seven years of experience; or a Bachelor’s degree with five years of experience; or a Master’s degree with three years of experience required; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work/industry/military/job specific experience that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the essential job duties.  In either case, experience in field inspections involving construction contracts, commercial buildings, roadway construction, supervision of contract personnel, and training of co-workers is required. Knowledge of electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and post-tension concrete is preferred.

Spends about 50% of their time walking and standing and about 50% of their time sitting in an office.  Must be able to traverse a wide variety of active construction sites that may include exposure to machinery, moving objects/vehicles, scaffolds, and ladders.  Works both inside and outside, with possible exposure to inclement weather.  May also include exposure to dust, slippery, uneven surfaces, noise, and vibrating tools.  Works alone as necessary.  Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. unassisted.

Touch, hearing, vision (color distinction, distance, near, peripheral, depth), speech.

• Considerable knowledge of the practices and methods of airport engineering, planning, and construction. 
• Knowledge of airport hazards, safety precautions, and federal regulations.
• Effective organizational, strategic thinking, and reasoning skills.
• Analysis and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to prepare and maintain budgets and budgetary controls.
• Ability to make comprehensive recommendations to construction problems which will improve the safety, quality, and productivity of the work performed.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with tenants, City departments, co-workers, the public, contractors, and regulatory agencies.
• Ability to actively pursue and develop new ideas, methods, and procedures to meet changing situations.
• Ability to provide direction, communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, and drive projects to completion and on schedule, to
• scope, and within budget.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental and aviation agencies, and project eligibility and priority system for FAA, AIP and PFC Programs and state funding programs; possesses a working knowledge and understanding of FAR Part 77.
• Ability to interpret construction specifications and regulations. Resolve problems relating to quality of materials, construction techniques, and workmanship.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of modern airport administration and program management. Thorough knowledge of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules, regulations and FAA advisory circulars pertaining to airport operations and development.
• Ability to establish and cultivate effective working relationships with associates, contractors, consultants, airport tenants, labor unions, government representatives, and other City department representatives

The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress, appearance, or behavior.

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