Director of Construction and Capital Projects

Potsdam, NY, USA Clarkson University

This position serves as the University’s senior construction and capital-project professional and is responsible for ensuring that capital projects are planned, designed, procured, constructed, commissioned, and closed out properly. These projects will be completed following University priorities, approved budgets, schedules, applicable codes and regulations, and institutional standards. The Director will provide program-level leadership for the University’s planned multi-year capital renovation and modernization program. This multi-million-dollar project is anticipated to span five to six years and will include renovations to existing laboratory, research, classroom, academic, and related facilities. In addition to the responsibility for major capital construction, the Director will oversee the University’s ongoing deferred maintenance and smaller capital project portfolio through direct supervision of the Deferred Projects Manager. The Director will establish priorities, monitor project budgets and schedules, coordinate resources, manage project risks, and provide regular reporting to the Associate Vice President of Facilities, Services, and Construction and other University leadership. The Director serves as a key liaison among University leadership, academic and administrative units, architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, governmental agencies, and other project stake holders.

Required Qualifications: • Associates degree in construction management, engineering, facilities management, project management, business administration, architecture or a closely related field.

Preferred Qualifications: • Professional certification such as PMP, CCM, PE, RA, or related credential.

Required Experience: • At least 5 or more years of experience managing construction, capital projects, facilities projects, or a comparable combination of education and experience. • Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent construction or renovation projects. • Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, schedules, contracts, consultants, contractors, and change orders. • Experience managing projects in an occupied institutional environment, preferably higher education, engineering, research, healthcare, manufacturing, or similar complex environment. • Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. • Demonstrated supervisory or management experience.

Preferred Experience: • Experience in higher education facilities or capital construction. • Demonstrated experience managing or overseeing a multi-year capital construction and renovation program - $20 million or more, or equivalent combination of experience managing multiple significant capital projects. • Experience with laboratory, research, engineering, advanced manufacturing, health sciences, or other technically complex facilities. • Experience with construction management at-risk, design-build, or other alternative project delivery methods. • Experience with public or institutional procurement processes. • Experience with capital planning, facilities master planning, or deferred maintenance programs.