College Aide

City of New York • New York, NY

7h • $19 - $22 • 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 by 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. Students must be enrolled in an accredited college or graduate school and remain enrolled while employed. Educational credentials must come from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution; foreign credentials require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service.

College Aides may work up to 17 hours per week during the school year and full-time (35 hours) during the summer. Students may not work more than half-time in any week when their classes are in session, and may work full-time during vacation periods. Maximum tenure in the College Aide title is six years. The position is based at 30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101.

Requirements

• Must be a student enrolled in an accredited college or graduate school and continue as a student during 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.
• Assignment Level II requires a specific course of study in information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or a closely related field, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.
• Assignment Level III requires a specific course of study in information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or another area relevant to the assigned IT project(s), including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.
• Students may not be employed more than half-time in any week when classes in which they are enrolled are in session.
• Maximum tenure in the College Aide title is six years.

Responsibilities

• Perform schedule and cost analysis.
• Perform risk analysis.
• Conduct data analytics tasks, 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.
• Work with historical project data, including schedules, costs, BIM, issues, risk registers, delays, and other 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