Director of Capital Projects Design Management, DGS pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 13890
- Class code
- 13890
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director of Capital Projects Design Management, DGS is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 13890.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 05/01/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial work directing the Bureau of Capital Projects Design Management in the Department of General Services (DGS). The employee in this job serves as the Director of the Bureau of Capital Projects Design Management and the principal advisor on design management matters arising on capital-funded projects. Work involves managing a program involving all phases of building engineering and architecture with professional in-house staff and outside engineering and architectural consultants for statewide construction and renovation projects. Work includes responsibility for managing policy and procedure development and implementation, and the ongoing review and completion of commonwealth capital-funded building projects under the jurisdiction of DGS.
Examples of the work
• Plans, organizes, and directs all aspects of the design management for capital-funded projects including design, energy usage/efficiency, and constructability. • Develops policy relative to the planning and organizing of pre-construction activities for commonwealth buildings and other capital improvements. • Manages the Capital and Public Services, Education, Environmental, Historic, and Security divisions within the Bureau of Capital Projects Design Management. • Oversees the final design phase of every capital project prior to bid release, ensuring conformance with professional standards, project requirements, legal requirements, and approved design specifications and budgets.
Minimum qualifications
• Eight years of professional engineering, architecture, or construction administration experience, which includes two years in a supervisory capacity over professional staff involved in the engineering or architectural design and review of large, multi-level complex building structures, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, architecture, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of professional experience and training, including two years in a supervisory capacity over professional staff involved in the engineering or architectural design and review of large, multi-level complex building structures.
Special requirements
• The employee in this job is required to possess an active license as a Professional Engineer or Registered Architect by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a reciprocal jurisdiction.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.