Auditor

City of New York • New York City, NY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Design and Construction, Engineering Audit Office seeks an Auditor. With latitude to exercise independent judgement and action, The selected candidate will be responsible for auditing partial, substantial, final, and retainage payment requisitions for construction, equipment, and related consultant services contracts, in accordance with Comptroller Directive No. 2, 6 and 7. The selected candidate will perform field visits to physically verify quantity and quality of work performed and to ensure that payment requisitions represent an appropriate value of the work performed. The auditor will write comprehensive audit reports to justify approval, adjustment, or rejection of payment requisitions. The selected candidate will also be responsible to 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. The candidate will become familiar with various contracts being audited as well as all applicable comptroller's Directives (e.g., No. 6 & 7), OMB CS-29D, PPB rules, in addition to performing all payment audits in a time frame consistent with prompt payment objectives, Section 4.06 of the PPB rules, ODC Directive No. 67, and as mandated by DDC standard processing time for contractor payments.

Requirements

• Only candidates who are permanent in the Associate Project Manager title, reachable on DDC’s Promotional Exam #3573, or the Open Competitive Exam #3110 may apply.
• Must include a copy of your Notice of Results or indicate if you are permanent in the title.
• Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position.
• 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 in 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 four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of college or university education and/or experience in 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 to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience.
• One year of experience credit will be given for 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.
• One year of experience credit will be given for a Master’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.
• One year of experience credit will be given for a Juris Doctor degree.
• One year of experience credit will be given for 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 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 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 payment requisitions for construction, equipment, and related consultant services contracts, in accordance with Comptroller Directive No. 2, 6 and 7.
• Performing field visits to physically verify quantity and quality of work performed and to ensure that payment requisitions represent an appropriate value of the work performed.
• Writing comprehensive audit reports to justify approval, adjustment, or rejection of payment requisitions.
• Reviewing change orders greater than 25K and 50K for validity and cost reasonableness, respectively.
• Verifying cost estimates, original contract agreements, and applicable City regulations.
• Recommending approval or rejection of change orders with appropriate reasons stating conditions for recommendation.
• Becoming familiar with various contracts being audited as well as all applicable comptroller's Directives (e.g., No. 6 & 7), OMB CS-29D, PPB rules.
• Performing all payment audits in a time frame consistent with prompt payment objectives, Section 4.06 of the PPB rules, ODC Directive No. 67, and as mandated by DDC standard processing time for contractor payments.

What This Job Offers

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