Deputy Director (Technical)
About The Position
The NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC), Division of Infrastructure, is seeking a Deputy Director to oversee the Program Management Unit’s Engineering Support Services team. The position manages a technical support unit that provides engineering, mapping, data, and infrastructure-records support for capital projects during scope development, Front-End Planning, design, and construction. The unit supports early project assessment, existing-conditions review, infrastructure research, sewer-condition evaluation, mapping, and data management to identify project risks, inform scope development, and support coordinated project delivery. The Deputy Director oversees GIS mapping, data integration, and planning support; CCTV sewer-inspection review and sewer-asset assessment; and infrastructure-records research and database management. The role supervises and develops technical staff, assigns and tracks work, reviews deliverables, establishes procedures, identifies training needs, and ensures timely and accurate responses to requests. The Deputy Director also develops tracking and reporting tools for service requests, mapping, inspection reviews, emergency repairs, and other support functions. The position coordinates with DDC divisions, sponsoring agencies, NYCDEP, NYCDOT, public utilities, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders to obtain background information for capital-project planning and delivery. The selected candidate may represent the Assistant Commissioner of Engineering and Support Services and the Director at meetings with government agencies, stakeholders, community boards, and DDC leadership. Applicants must meet the stated civil-service eligibility criteria for the Administrative Project Manager title, including permanent status or eligibility through the specified promotional or open-competitive examination lists.
Requirements
- Must be permanent in the Administrative Project Manager title or have taken and passed the DDC promotional examination list (exam #5565) or open-competitive list (exam #5164); applicants must provide a Notice of Results or indicate permanent status in the title.
- Qualification pathway 1: A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in a listed field and five years of full-time satisfactory experience in planning, administering, or expediting engineering design and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project; two years must be in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity.
- Qualification pathway 2: A four-year high school diploma or educational equivalent and nine years of the experience described in pathway 1; two years must be in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity.
- Qualification pathway 3: Education and/or experience equivalent to pathway 1 or 2, with the required two years of administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory experience. Credit may be granted for specified college credits, an accredited master’s degree in a listed discipline, a Juris Doctor degree, or a valid New York State Professional Engineer, Registered Architect, or Landscape Architect license.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the Program Management Unit’s Engineering Support Services team and manage its technical support work.
- Oversee GIS mapping, custom maps, planning-level analyses, and the integration of infrastructure and project data.
- Guide development of a centralized database drawing on infrastructure databases, as-built records, historical project information, DEP records, utility information, and other datasets.
- Conduct and oversee review of CCTV sewer inspections, confirm inspections meet project requests, coordinate resolution of inspection issues, review DVDs and contractor reports, and prepare TV Evaluation Reports with recommendations based on NASSCO standards.
- Track active and completed sewer-inspection reviews, DEP emergency repair projects, sewer breaks, and related sewer-asset information.
- Manage infrastructure records and databases supporting Front-End Planning, Design, Construction, Survey, and Public Buildings requests.
- Oversee research into existing infrastructure conditions, compilation of background information, coordination with agencies and utilities, and provision of data for surveys, project scoping, design, construction coordination, and risk identification.
- Supervise, mentor, and train technical staff performing GIS mapping, sewer inspection review, records research, data collection, and database maintenance.
- Assign work, monitor progress, review deliverables, establish standard procedures, identify training needs, and ensure timely, accurate responses to stakeholder requests.
- Develop tracking tools and reporting methods for requests, assignments, recurring data needs, sewer-inspection reviews, emergency repairs, mapping requests, and portfolio-level support.
- Coordinate with internal divisions, sponsoring agencies, NYCDEP, NYCDOT, public utilities, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders.
- Represent the Assistant Commissioner of Engineering and Support Services and the Director at meetings as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
