Auditor

City of New York • New York, NY

5d • $78,740 - $90,551 • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Design and Construction, Engineering Audit Office seeks an Auditor. The selected candidate will be responsible for auditing partial, substantial, final and retainage payments requisitions for construction, equipment, and related consultant services contracts, in accordance with Comptroller Directive No. 2, 6 and 7. The Auditor will perform field visits to physically verify quantity and quality of work performed and to ensure that payments requisitions represent an appropriate value of the work performed satisfactorily. The role also involves writing comprehensive audit reports to justify approval, adjustment or rejection of payment requisitions, and reviewing change orders greater than 25K and 50K for validity and cost reasonableness, respectively; verifying cost estimates, original contract agreements and the applicable City regulations and recommending approval or rejection of change orders with appropriate reasons stating conditions for recommendation.

Requirements

• Only candidates who are permanent in the Associate Project Manager title, or those who are reachable on DDC’s promotional list for exam #3573 or the open-competitive list for exam #3110 may apply.
• Must include a copy of your Notice of Results or indicate if you are permanent in the title.
• All candidates must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States (U.S.).
• Candidates are required to present original documents proving citizenship or the legal right to work in the U.S.
• DDC is unable to support or sponsor any visa application or visa extension, including but not limited to OPT/STEM visas, H-1B visas, F-1 practical training, permanent residence sponsorship, or any proposed change of visa type.
• DDC does not offer a training program as required by U.S. immigration law and is not hiring temporary employees.
• Candidates must have proper work authorization when an employment offer is made.
• Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution.
• Credentials from foreign institutions require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service.
• 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.
• 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.
• Where experience which is primarily of a design nature is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Auditing partial, substantial, final and retainage payments requisitions for construction, equipment, and related consultant services contracts, in accordance with Comptroller Directive No. 2, 6 and 7.
• Perform field visits to physically verify quantity and quality of work performed and to ensure that payments requisitions represent an appropriate value of the work performed satisfactorily.
• Write comprehensive audit reports to justify approval, adjustment or rejection of payment requisitions.
• Review change orders greater than 25K and 50K for validity and cost reasonableness, respectively; verifying cost estimates, original contract agreements and the applicable City regulations and recommend approval or rejection of change orders with appropriate reasons stating conditions for recommendation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level