Engineer (Specification)
About The Position
The NYC Department of Design and Construction is seeking a detail-oriented Engineer (Specifications) to join its Infrastructure Specifications team. The position develops, reviews, and assembles formal contract specification books for roadway, sewer, and water main capital projects, and supports infrastructure design procurement through preparation and evaluation of consultant task orders, design-fee estimates, fee negotiations, and recordkeeping. The Engineer bridges design engineering and public procurement, evaluates consultant task orders, drafts pre-bid addenda, and ensures contract documents comply with DDC, City, State, and Federal engineering standards. The position is based at 30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, New York, and is full-time for 35 hours per week.
Requirements
- Must be permanent in the Assistant Civil Engineer title, reachable on the open-competitive list for exam #5015, or have filed for open-competitive exam #7006.
- Applicants must include a copy of their Notice of Results or indicate that they are permanent in the title.
- 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 the Assistant Civil Engineer qualification pathway: a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from an accredited college or university and one year of full-time satisfactory civil engineering experience; or a bachelor's degree in civil engineering technology and three years of full-time satisfactory civil engineering experience; or a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in civil engineering, both from accredited colleges or universities.
Responsibilities
- Author, update, and compile standard and project-specific contract specification books for capital infrastructure projects across the five boroughs.
- Prepare task orders for infrastructure design projects and estimate design-task fees using fee computation guidelines.
- Review drawings, engineering notes, and technical specifications prepared by in-house design units, private engineering consultants, and partner agencies for constructability, technical consistency, and compliance with DDC policies.
- Proofread and quality-check draft specifications prepared by peer engineers, removing ambiguities, contradictions, and proprietary restrictions.
- Research technical reference standards, material specifications, and regulatory codes, including ASTM, AASHTO, NYCDEP, and NYCDOT requirements.
- Coordinate and draft formal contract addenda responding to contractor inquiries during competitive bidding.
- Formulate and review task orders for architectural and engineering consultants and establish independent government cost estimates using City fee computation guidelines.
- Participate in technical fee negotiations with consulting firms to align task scopes with approved project budgets.
- Organize and maintain electronic specification archives, standard detail templates, and revision tracking systems.
- Track project progress and coordinate milestone deliverables across internal design divisions, program management teams, and external regulatory bodies.
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Job Type
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