College Aide

City of New York • New York City, NY

17h • Onsite

About The Position

The NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC), Project Controls Division, is seeking a College Aide to support project controls efforts. The selected candidate will perform schedule and cost analysis, risk analysis, and data analytics tasks, including data transformation and visualization. Analytical work may be augmented with advanced tools, including artificial intelligence.

The College Aide will develop competency in historical project data, including schedules, costs, building information models (BIM), issues, risk registers, delays, and other project performance data used to support planning and decision-making. The position is located at 30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. College Aides may work up to 17 hours per week during the school year and full-time (35 hours) during the summer, subject to the applicable student employment rules.

Applicants must be students enrolled in an accredited college or graduate school. Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution. Foreign credentials require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service. Employment is conditioned on continued student enrollment. Maximum tenure for all College Aide assignment levels is six years.

Requirements

• Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school; continued student enrollment is required for employment.
• Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution; foreign credentials require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service.
• For Assignment Level II (Information Technology), students must be enrolled in a relevant information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or closely related course of study, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.
• For Assignment Level III (Information Technology Fellow), students must be enrolled in a relevant information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or other area relevant to the assigned IT projects, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.
• Students may not be employed more than half-time during weeks when their classes are in session; they may be employed full-time during vacation periods.

Responsibilities

• Perform schedule and cost analysis.
• Perform risk analysis.
• Conduct data analytics, including data transformation and visualization.
• Support development of a historical cost database.
• Create a historical lessons learned repository.
• Assist with schedule and cost estimating for capital projects.
• Contribute to claims avoidance policies and procedures.
• Update the Project Controls Guide.
• Use historical project performance data to support planning and decision-making.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed