Location: New York,NY, USA
Position Summary
For the past several years, Columbia has been planning for a campus in the Manhattanville section of West Harlem, incorporating input provided through over a hundred meetings with community members, students, faculty and civic groups. This proposed new campus, once approved, would resolve the University's need for additional space while providing active ground floor retail opportunities, open space, and enhanced access to the waterfront.
The proposed area of development comprises approximately 6.8 million sf of new development over its 17 acres and extends roughly from the south side of West 125th Street to 133rd Street and from Broadway to Twelfth Avenue. Also included are properties on the east side of Broadway from West 131st Street to 134th Street between Broadway and Old Broadway. As it approaches the City's formal rezoning process, the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), Columbia is building its Manhattanville team and seeking an Associate Vice President to provide technical expertise and oversee a team of technical experts in various disciplines. The technical portions of the project include major building systems, a central energy plant, construction mitigation and technology. For more information on the status of Manhattanville, see For information on Columbia University, see www.columbia.edu.
Responsibilities
The Associate Vice President will work closely with the Deputy Vice President Manhattanville Development and the Executive Team to establish policies, programs, budgets, and procedures for managing the technical aspects of each phase of the construction process.
In conjunction with the Deputy Vice President Manhattanville Development, the Associate Vice President Manhattanville Capital Projects and the Project Managers, review and approve the selection of the outside technical team.
The successful candidate will assist with the coordination of consultants in the preparation of drawings and specifications for the mechanical, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and other major systems design for the various Manhattanville projects.
Will lead a professional group of construction mitigation technical staff for noise, air quality, traffic, etc. and will provide technical expertise to a number of projects, act as the technical guru to the Manhattanville team and have other management responsibilities as may be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran
Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.
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