DIRECTOR, TRADE SHOP

• Coordinate the activities of various trade specialties, including senior stationary engineers, stationary engineers, oilers, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, cement masons, locksmiths, sheet metal workers, painters, and maintenance workers as well as laborers. Manage approximately 70 trade staff who handle cost estimating, scheduling, and monitoring to ensure timely completion of assignments and effective allocation of resources.

• Inspect work performed across various trade areas, including services provided by both in-house and contract staff, which include conducting field visits to HRA facilities, addressing the basic maintenance needs of building occupants, ensuring prompt emergency responses, and overseeing shop activities related to the removal of asbestos, lead paint, fire safety hazards, and the installation of security systems to ensure compliance with agency standards and operational requirements.

• Provide guidance for staff on trade-related issues, such as resolving building violations and ensuring proper supervision for work orders and assignments. Make recommendations on complex issues that require higher-level decision-making or coordination with other departments and support bureau wide operational consistency.

• Implement and enforce management control for assessing the condition of Agency facilities, identify deficiencies, and initiate corrective actions. Oversee the preparation of written reports detailing area activities, including needed and completed building repairs, outcomes, open issues, and maintain appropriate documentation for each HRA-occupied building.

• Ensure Agency compliance with fire safety requirements and other standards set by oversight agencies, which include recycling mandates, regular site monitoring and inspections, and providing training to trades staff on current regulations.

• Participate in the establishment of appropriate policies and procedures and administrative control by providing adequate building construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance work at HRA facilities. Ensure all work is done according to building codes, and in compliance with Federal, State, and City regulations to meet Agency administrative and program needs.

• Supervise the unit temporarily in the absence of the Executive Director of BCBM and ensure continuity of operations.