
Project Executive
New York, NYFull-time$62–145K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Department of Design and Construction seeks a Project Executive for its Borough Based Jails Program. The role administers the program’s construction projects across the city, manages schedules and milestones, advances projects through regulatory agencies, monitors budgets and resources, and oversees delivery. The Project Executive collaborates with design-build teams, program executives, senior management, supervisors, and interagency task forces to keep projects on schedule and budget.
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Full job description
Job Description
Hours: Full-Time – 35 Hours
Work Location: 777 Third Ave, New York, NY 10017
Only candidates who are permanent in the Administrative Project Manager title or those filed for the agency’s Promotional List (Exam #5565), or the Open-Competitive List (Exam #5164) may apply. Please include a copy of your Notice of Results 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 Department of Design and Construction, Borough Based Jails Program (BBJ) seeks a Project Executive to assist with the construction of Borough-Based Jails facilities. The selected candidate will be responsible for the administration of the Borough Based Jail Program to affect the construction facilities throughout the City. The Project Executive will manage Borough Based Jail Program aggressive construction schedule; ensure project milestones are met; execute strategies to drive a high-profile project through the required regulatory agencies. Additional duties include: monitoring project budget, working with a team of Design Builder’s architects, engineers, and construction managers, overseeing the allocation of resources, and ensuring timely delivery of completed facilities. The selected candidate will work with other Borough Based Jails (BBJ) Program Executives to ensure adherence to contract documents and collaborate to ensure that projects remain on schedule and budget. Other key responsibilities include: working with the DDC’s senior management, and supervisors to implement tiered methodology; and understanding and supervising the construction with clear accountability for the construction teams and their staff. The Project Executive will update the BBJ team on all project-related issues and liaise with various agency interagency task forces. Significant interaction with Senior Management is required.
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.
All applicants, including City Employees: Please go to NYC Government Jobs | Explore Careers | City of New York, go to Search for Open Jobs, and type in the Job ID # listed above. Submit job application as prompted. Do not apply via Employee Self Service (ESS), e-mail, mail, or fax your resume to DDC directly
ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT MANAGER - 8300B
Qualifications
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A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration, and five (5) years of full-time satisfactory experience in the planning, administering or expediting of engineering design, and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project, two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or
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A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine (9) years of experience as described in "1" above; two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or
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Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. One (1) year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration; (b) an accredited Master's degree in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree, or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Landscape Architect. However, all candidates must have the two years of the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.
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: $144,808.00
How this job compares
Set against the 972 open Construction Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$62–145K/yr
- New York median$90–143K/yr25 salary ranges
- US median$115–207K/yr612 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $104K, is 4% below the New York median midpoint ($108K) — in the middle half of Construction Project Management salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 39 open Construction Project Management jobs in New York and 972 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Construction Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (583 postings).
- Education
- 113 of the 972 open Construction Project Management jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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