Contract Scope Development

About the role

NYC DOT is seeking an Associate Project Manager to help move critical work from 'this needs to be addressed' to 'this is ready to be delivered' for the Division of Traffic Operations. The Division’s work is visible where New Yorkers live their lives, how safely people cross the street, how reliably signals and streetlights operate, how curb space and parking function, how automated enforcement supports safety, and how real-time systems help manage congestion.

Responsibilities

• Turn early, often incomplete project ideas into clear requirements that improve day to day street operations and the experience of people walking, riding, driving, and using the curb.
• Author scopes of work that are enforceable defining deliverables, performance standards, and acceptance criteria that can be verified in the field or through system testing.
• Recommend contracting approaches that fit the work and context, and translate them into complete, internally consistent solicitation packages (RFP/IFB/RFQ or similar).
• Write bidder/proposer questions and response formats that produce clear, comparable commitments on approach, schedule, staffing, maintenance/support, and risk management.
• Lead requirements discovery with technical teams: clarify what is known, surface what is not, propose practical options and assumptions, and document decisions so work can move forward with confidence.
• Maintain a scoping and solicitation development log that tracks deliverables, approvals, and document versions and coordinate inputs needed for conceptual estimates and baseline schedules during early project development.
• Drive procurements through the pre award finish line by coordinating reviews and approvals, supporting award documentation, and assembling final materials through Comptroller registration.

Qualifications

• One year of full-time satisfactory experience in supervising employees performing project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, on engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects, or supervising a construction project with a value of $1,000,000 or more, and either:
  • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration, and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, for engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects;
  • A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in "1" above;
  • A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of college or university education and/or experience described in "1" above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience. One year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration; (b) a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree, or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Registered Landscape Architect.
• In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least one additional year of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least one year as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.
• In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least two additional years of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least two additional years as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.

Preferred Skills

• Demonstrated experience authoring scopes of work and procurement-ready documents that are clear, internally consistent, and enforceable.
• Ability to translate technical and operational requirements into measurable deliverables and acceptance criteria, including when requirements are incomplete or evolving.
• Experience drafting solicitation content that drives comparable vendor responses, including questions, instructions, and response formats.
• Familiarity with municipal procurement practices, including competitive fairness, documentation discipline, and alignment with City policy and applicable law.
• Ability to work independently within a larger team, manage multiple concurrent drafting efforts, and drive review and approval cycles to completion.

Additional Information

• The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
• Job ID: 783369
• Posted until: 2026-08-30
• Title code: 22427
• Civil service title: ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER
• Title classification: Competitive-1
• Business title: Contract Scope Development
• Job level: 02
• Number of positions: 1
• Work location: 34-02 Queens Boulevard Long Is
• Additional Information: The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.