Assistant Director of Capital Projects

Salary: $85,000.00 - $92,000.00 Annually
Location : Main Campus (Liberty Heights)
Job Type: Full-Time Staff
Job Number: 202400004
Department: Facilities & Operations Maintenance
Opening Date: 12/20/2024
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: N/A

About Baltimore City Community College
Founded in 1947, Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) is comprehensive, urban institution accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The College's campus is located in West Baltimore and courses are offered throughout the City. With its broad range of degree, certificate, and continuing education programs, affordable tuition, and extensive outreach, BCCC offers educational opportunities to the citizens of Baltimore City and throughout the state of Maryland. BCCC serves over 7,500* students annually, providing credits that transfer to four-year colleges and universities as well as workforce training leading directly to job placement. The College is proud of the fact that over 50 nations are represented within the student body.

* Based on the annual unduplicated credit and non-credit headcount for FY 2023.
Description/Job Summary
The Assistant Director of Capital Projects will perform a variety of capital project management, administrative, and technical duties primarily in facility planning, design, construction supervision, and project management for Baltimore City Community College facilities. The candidate will serve as project manager for capital and operating budget projects, including deferred maintenance and Facility Grant Renewal projects - both large projects and multiple small projects from the planning phase through the warranty phase. The candidate will serve as technical representative for construction and renovation projects, inspect facilities to assess engineering or architectural needs, and prepare reports detailing conditions and work required.

Responsibilities/Duties

• Plans, directs, and coordinates various major multi-year capital construction projects from program initiation through design and post-construction stages.
• Chairs various project design review, pre-bid, construction progress, and post-construction meetings to respond to inquiries concerning projects.
• Ensures compliance with project program and design standards, contract specifications, applicable building codes, and sound planning practices.
• Assist in the procurement of the construction contracts and will prepare documents for approval by the Board of Public Works and monthly executive summaries for the Board of Trustees.
• Prepare facility programs, master plan updates, in-house schematic designs, capital budget submissions, drawings, specifications, contract documents, feasibility studies, time schedules, and cost analysis for various approved deferred maintenance, construction, and renovation projects.
• May be required to participate and represent the College in Architect/Engineer (A/E) selection and negotiating committees to select consultants.
• Evaluate technical and cost proposals of candidate engineering or architectural firms, recommend award of contract, negotiate fees, and conduct debriefings for the College and, when required, in collaboration with DGS.
• Perform special tasks assigned by the AVP for Facilities to include energy performance evaluations, accessibility studies, furniture layouts, space inventories, asset inventory coordination, sustainability, and MBE outreach consistent with the goals and mission of the division.
• Review design, criteria, specifications, and drawings for facility projects prepared by consultants (architect/engineering firms) for ensuring compliance with sound architectural and engineering practices and established standards, codes, regulations, and of their technical efficacy related to proper building construction.
• Perform all other duties as assign.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in architecture or engineering.
• Candidate must demonstrate ten (10) years of experience in project planning, project management, architectural design, construction.
• Candidate must hold and maintain a LEED AP accreditation.
• Candidate must hold and maintain an AIA, NCARB certification, RA, or PE.
• Candidate must have a strong technical knowledge and demonstrate experience in planning, architecture, engineering, cost estimating, and project management.
• Candidate must have a general knowledge of procurement, requisitions, bidding, and other state regulations and generally accepted practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in architecture or engineering.
• Candidate must demonstrate fifteen (15) years of experience in project planning, project management, architectural design, construction.
• Candidate is preferred to have experience working with state agencies and on large projects.
• Candidate is preferred to have experience in energy, accessibility, inventory, specification writing, construction, project planning, and management.
• Candidate is preferred to hold a PMP certification (Project Management Professional).

BCCC is the only community college in Baltimore City, one of 16 community colleges in Maryland, and both a higher education institution and a State of Maryland agency.

As a state agency, the College is able to offer full-time, permanent PIN employees a host of benefits including a competitive salary and tuition remission. New College PIN employees will be invited to discuss benefit options with a personnel officers.

Benefits extended to all full-time PIN employees are as follows.

(Click on medical and retirement plans for more detailed information)

• : (PPO, EPO, and/or HMO medical plans), vision and dental plans (PPO or DHMO)
  
• : include the State Employees' Pension, Teachers Pension Systems, Optional Retirement Programs (ORP) and the Law Enforcement Officer Pension System.
  
• Supplemental Retirement Plans - 401(k), 403(b) and 457
  
• Leave: 22 days of Annual Leave, 15 days of Sick Leave, 3 Personal Leave days, Leave Bank membership opportunities, 9 Holidays and a Winter Holiday break (5 days) observed between the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays
  
• Tuition Remission to institutions within the University System of Maryland (USM)
  
• Professional Development opportunities

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