Director of Design & Construction - GForce Life Sciences

Consultant, Technical Director - Construction, Pharmaceutical 

Summary 

Our client, a Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical Company, has engaged GForce Life Sciences to provide a Technical Director of Construction. This position will report to an Associate Director of Facilities Project Management or higher, the TTCX Technical Director (TD) shall oversee quality control reviews of all drawings and specifications provided by Architects, Engineers, and other Design Professionals, as well as submittals prepared by Construction Managers, related to projects under our clients’ Campus Expansion Project while also being “boots on the ground” and hands-on with all projects. The TD will also be overseeing the work of other project managers.

Job Duties:

·      Responsible for contributing and overseeing the owner’s quality control reviews by the Engineering, Design, and Construction Department of drawings and specifications prepared by Architects, Engineers, and other Design Professionals and submittals prepared by contractors for our clients’ growing portfolio of Campus Expansion projects of new build construction

·      Manages scopes of work with procurement strategy and budget requirements, planning timelines, and other senior project management duties

·      “Boots on the ground” and hands-on management of both projects and people

·      Performs quality control and technical reviews of Design Document milestone deliverables including drawings and specifications, as well as construction submittals.

·      Demonstrates excellence in understanding, evaluating and analyzing all areas of architectural documentation and construction detailing including exterior envelope, R&D lab design, vivarium, life safety, accessibility, other code compliance, interior detailing, fabrication, materials, finishes, coordination of the trade disciplines and is considered to be a fully capable professional in these fields. Provides technical leadership for these areas for the quality control reviews by our clients teams.

·      Coordinates with our clients Project Managers, Engineers and other stakeholders as well as external architectural and engineering firms and Construction Managers in raising standards for quality assurance and ensuring that documents produced are coordinated and detailed correctly.

·      Analyzes sequence of trades, construction manager's means and methods and logistics plans for constructability reviews

·      Thorough understanding of engineering systems including mechanical electrical plumbing fire protection and laboratory process systems

·      Thorough understanding of architectural building systems and products/vendor options for foundation systems, core and shell, thermal and moisture protection, building envelope, roofing, & interior construction

·      Thoroughly aware of drawing package organization, standard of care, coordination between design disciplines, level of required detail and harmonization with specifications

·      Develops the technical capabilities of our clients’ Project Managers, Engineering Group, Architects and subject matters leads in other disciplines by implementing a plan for raising their technical capabilities as well as sharing knowledge across the business.

·      Creates Quality Assurance checklists for each phase of development of design documents (e.g. SD, DD, CD).

Mandatory Requirements 

·      Must have functioned as a hands-on senior project manager in construction for 7 years

·      People management experience to include managing other project managers

·      Both pre-construction and construction experience to include constructability reviews of design documents

·      Ground up construction experience

·      Experience with pharmaceutical R&D facilities

·      Preferred Software: Bluebeam Studio, AutoCAD, Revit, SharePoint

Term & Start 

·      12 month contract (extension probable) with the possibility of becoming full time  

·      Full time salaried consultant to include 15 days of PTO

·      4-5 days a week onsite in Tarrytown, NY

·      Benefits available (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k) 

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