
Administrative Construction Project Manager
New York, NYFull-time$62–113K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The NYC Department of Design and Construction’s Public Buildings Division seeks an Administrative Construction Project Manager to manage complex capital construction projects from planning through completion and close-out. The role oversees project staff, budgets, schedules, contractors, and coordination with sponsor agencies. Applicants must meet specified civil service eligibility criteria and satisfy the construction-management experience and licensing requirements.
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Job Description
Hours: Full Time- 35 Hours
Work Location: 30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101
Only candidates who are permanent in the Administrative Construction Project Manager title or those who are reachable on the DDC promotional list (exam #3523), or the open-competitive list (exam #3039) may apply. Please indicate a copy of your Notice of Result card or indicate if you are already permanent in the title. If you do not meet the previously mentioned civil service criteria, you will not be considered for an interview.
The NYC Department of Design and Construction, Public Buildings Division seeks an Administrative Construction Project Manager. The selected candidate will manage complex capital commitment projects; oversee the planning, execution, and project completion of capital construction projects. Duties also include managing Construction Management (CM) Staff, project budget and schedules to ensure a cost effective and timely project delivery schedule. Duties also include working with Sponsor Agencies from project inception to ensure an understanding of each project’s scope and vision, construction completion and close-out of the finished structure. Reporting to the Deputy/Program Director, other key responsibilities include but are not limited to: generating cost estimates to determine the price at which the project should be bid; developing deliverable dates to determine schedules that should be adhered to in order to finish assigned projects in a timely, cost-effective manner; supervise, coordinate, and direct project’s design, construction management and construction staff; resolve complex construction or design issues; and negotiate with contractors and vendors. In addition, the selected candidate will process and review change orders and project estimates; ensure that all safety precautions are adhered to, and work is completed on schedule; generate reports; attend meetings; oversee contractor’s performance; and supervise, coordinate and direct Project Managers and Junior Project Managers.
Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution. Credentials from foreign institutions require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service. A list of providers (fees apply) is available at: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dcas/downloads/pdf/employment/nyc-dcas-foreign-education-evaluation-guide.pdf.
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ADM CONSTRUCTION PRJ MGR-NM - 8299A
Qualifications
At 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 $15,000, 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:
a. Full-time satisfactory experience in construction inspection on capital projects, each one of which must have had a dollar value of at least $15,000. One year of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of construction inspection experience up to a maximum of four years.
b. 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.
c. Education in an accredited college 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 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 "a", "b" and "c" 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 Requirements
Possession of a Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. Employees must maintain the license during their employment.
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.
Salary Min: $ 62,407.00
Salary Max: $113,013.00
How this job compares
Set against the 1,912 open Construction Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$62–113K/yr
- New York median$106–140K/yr92 salary ranges
- US median$110–177K/yr1,070 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $88K, is 28% below the New York median midpoint ($122K) — in the lowest quarter of Construction Project Manager salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 128 open Construction Project Manager jobs in New York and 1,912 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- City of New York (this employer)21 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Construction Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,432 postings).
- Education
- 397 of the 1,912 open Construction Project Manager jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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