Resident Engineer

This vacancy is only open to: 1) current permanent city employees serving in the Construction Project Manager civil service title, 2) those on leave from the title, or 3) candidates who are reachable on the Construction Project Manager civil service list (Exam# 3042) or who took and passed Exam# 5058.

About the Role

NYC Parks is a design award-winning city agency that builds and cares for public spaces for New Yorkers to connect, play, and enjoy. These public spaces, encompassing over 5,000 properties, include boardwalks, historic houses, playgrounds, pools, and Works Progress Administration (WPA)-era recreation centers. Resident Engineers are essential to the modernization of Parks' beloved public spaces and structures. Within the division of Citywide Technical Services (CWS), the Capital Team works in direct partnership with Parks leadership and other City agencies to assess, design, and reconstruct facilities most in need of improvements. The Capital Unit at CWS strives for design excellence to support the City’s sustainability goals.

Responsibilities

• Perform construction management work on routine reconstruction or oversee new construction projects involving varying levels of complexity for the Capital Projects Division.
• Recommend change orders; prepare change order packages for processing upon approval.
• Prepare cost estimates for change orders.
• Monitor contractors’ day-to-day operations; review and/or inspect contractors’ work to ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
• Monitor compliance with site safety requirements.
• Identify and resolve field condition issues.
• Write daily and weekly construction project reports and keep calculation books.
• Prepare cost projections.
• Correspond with contractors and clarify construction issues.
• Review and approve contractor’s payment requisitions.
• Schedule and run meetings.
• Maintain accurate records and write reports.
• Assist in monitoring various contract administrative requirements such as prevailing wage requirements, insurance requirements, subcontractor submittals (including achieving Minority/Women Business Enterprise subcontractor goals, Project Labor Agreements).
• Approve contractors’ schedules and coordinate the work of various contractors, agencies, and other third parties involved in project completion.
• Ensure contractors’ acquisition of required permits and approvals.
• Work with design project managers on shop drawing approvals, interpretation of documents, and other design-related issues.
• Review and research contractors’ dispute claims and advise Borough Construction Directors on solutions.
• Review and recommend approval of contractors’ requests for time extensions.
• Make recommendations regarding the necessity for liquidated damages and other contract enforcement mechanisms, including defaults.
• Ensure the formulation of punch lists and contractors’ completion of punch list items.

Appointees to this position will receive a $2,122 Assignment Differential in addition to their base salary.

Qualifications

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience managing and/or inspecting one or more construction projects with a total cost of at least $300,000 for each of the five years of required experience; or
• One year of the experience described above and a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, architectural technology, landscape architecture, construction, construction technology, or construction management; or
• One year of the experience described above and a valid license as a professional engineer, registered architect, or registered landscape architect, issued by a qualified board; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its equivalent and a combination of at least two years of the experience described above and the education described above to equal a total of five years of education and experience. Matriculation in an undergraduate college degree program may substitute for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits for one year of experience, up to a maximum of three years.

Note: Candidates must specify for each construction project they worked on: a description of the project, the time period worked, the type of work performed, and the money allotted for the project.

Requirements

• At the time of appointment, you must have a motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York, which must be maintained for the duration of employment. Candidates with moving violations, license suspension, or an accident record may be disqualified.

Assignment Levels

• Level II: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements above, candidates must have one additional year of satisfactory full-time experience working in Assignment Level I or one additional year of the experience described in the qualifications.
• Level III: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Construction Project Manager, candidates must have two additional years of satisfactory full-time experience working in Assignment Levels I and II or two additional years of the experience described in the qualifications. A valid New York State driver license is required and must be maintained for the duration of employment.

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop, and 3D rendering.

Benefits

• This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program.
• Eligibility for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs (see U.S. Department of Education’s website).

Pay

$90,551.00 – $90,551.00

Work Location: Citywide Services, Randall’s Island

This position is exempt from NYC residency requirements.