Deputy Director of Structural Engineering

City of New York • Flushing, NY

14h • Onsite

About The Position

This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent City employees serving in the Administrative Project Manager civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent City employees in or on leave from a comparable title with a valid New York State Professional Engineer License. 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 and 14% of the city’s land and coastline, include seawalls and waterfronts, pedestrian bridges, beaches and boardwalks, parks and playgrounds, historic houses, recreation centers and pools and spray showers. With a dedicated team, the Deputy Director of Structural Engineering is a leadership position at NYC Parks responsible for designing and tackling engineering solutions for beloved public spaces and structures. The work of this unit impacts neighborhood growth, public health, local commerce and sustainability initiatives throughout the five boroughs of New York City. The portfolio of engineering projects is fascinating and unparalleled. The setting for these projects is on the main stage of the world's most renowned Park system and City. This position would be responsible for managing a portfolio that includes both historic and new structures and buildings, waterfront structures, retaining walls and other structures throughout the City.

Requirements

• This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent City employees serving in the Administrative Project Manager civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent City employees in or on leave from a comparable title with a valid New York State Professional Engineer License.
• 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, business administration, or public administration, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience in the planning, administering or expediting of engineering design, and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project, two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or
• 2. A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine years of experience as described in "1" above; two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or
• 3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. An accredited Master's degree in one of the disciplines described in "1" above, a law degree, or a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer or Registered Architect or Landscape Architect may be substituted for one year of the required experience. However, all candidates must have the two years of the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

Responsibilities

• Under direction of the Engineering Team Leader, manage engineering staff by assigning projects, monitoring workloads, team and projects progress, schedule and/or performance; perform review of technical work, monitor and evaluate employees' performance, attendance and approve timesheets and leave requests; and update staff on any relevant Agency or division matters.
• Direct and manage workload specifically associated with structural engineering work within Parks’ purview.
• Ensure projects are consistently designed and executed according to best practices and properly filed with Department of Buildings or any other authorities having jurisdiction.
• Ensure timely completion of design projects and transmittal of bid documents.
• Facilitate rapid problem-solving on issues that arise during construction or conditions that may pose a danger to the public.
• Coordinate project-specific intra- and inter-agency projects, such as design coordination, stakeholder input, permits, design presentations and approvals.
• Serve as agency-wide point person for technical consultation within the appropriate engineering field.
• Serve as Engineering Department liaison and attend meetings with architects, landscape architects, consultants, contractors, stakeholders and representatives of other agencies.

What This Job Offers

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