Engineering Auditor

City of New York • New York City, NY

16d

About The Position

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Audit & Compliance Services unit seeks an Engineering Auditor for its Engineering Audit Operation. Pursuant to NYC Comptroller’s Directive 7, Engineering Audit reviews and approves payments and change orders for construction and construction-related services to verify accuracy and compliance with City requirements before payment. Under direction, the Engineering Auditor exercises independent judgment and reviews contract performance, change orders, contractor pricing, reimbursable costs, and supporting documentation. The role includes field inspections and preparation of reports documenting findings or deductions. Candidates must have prior experience with large-scale construction projects from design through payment processing and be able to critically assess claimed costs for reasonableness, necessity, and compliance with contract terms and conditions.

DCAS’s Audit & Compliance Services supports the agency’s operations by identifying and prioritizing processes for audit or review, testing controls, making recommendations, coordinating external audits and agency responses, reviewing Federal grant reporting, preparing compliance reports and metrics, and developing corrective action plans. The unit also audits certain DCAS programs and contracted vendors.

Requirements

• Prior experience with large-scale construction projects from the design phase through payment processing.
• Ability to critically assess claimed costs for reasonableness, necessity, and compliance with contract terms and conditions.
• Eligibility is limited to permanent Associate Project Manager employees and candidates reachable on the open-competitive Associate Project Manager list, Exam No. 3110.
• Meet the Associate Project Manager qualification requirements: one year of full-time satisfactory experience supervising employees performing project management work on engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural projects, or supervising a construction project valued at $1,000,000 or more; and meet one of the listed education and experience pathways.
• The listed education and experience pathways include a relevant bachelor’s degree plus one year of relevant project-management experience; a high school diploma or equivalent plus five years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent plus an equivalent combination of relevant college education and experience.
• For higher assignment levels, additional supervisory experience or experience managing a large or complex construction project is required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure construction-related services and equipment have been delivered or performed in compliance with contract terms and conditions.
• Review change order requests against contract specifications, verify appropriate classification, and ensure sufficient documentation supports the classification.
• Evaluate change orders to ensure that the requested work has not already been performed under the contract.
• Examine contractor pricing by evaluating separate cost-element data supplied and certified by the vendor.
• Perform field inspections to verify work quality and progress sufficient to warrant the requested payment.
• Review and analyze pricing, reimbursable costs, technical trade labor rates, multipliers, overhead factors, and related documents to certify the fairness and reasonableness of contract changes.
• Issue reports detailing findings and any deductions resulting from the review.
• For substantial or final construction payments, determine whether the contractor submitted the documents and other materials required by the contract or law to enable final payment and release of retainage.

What This Job Offers

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