Engineering Auditor

City of New York • New York, NY

17d

About The Position

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Audit and 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 before payment to verify accuracy and compliance with City requirements. Under direction, the Engineering Auditor exercises independent judgment and action while assessing construction work, contract changes, contractor pricing, and payment documentation. The role requires prior experience with large-scale construction projects from design through payment processing and the ability to critically assess claimed costs for reasonableness, necessity, and compliance with contract terms and conditions.

Only permanent Associate Project Manager employees and candidates reachable on the open-competitive Associate Project Manager list (Exam No. 3110) are eligible to apply.

Requirements

• Must be a permanent Associate Project Manager employee or reachable on the open-competitive Associate Project Manager list, Exam No. 3110.
• 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.
• 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 the applicable education and project-management experience pathway described in the posting.
• For Assignment Level II, meet the Assignment Level I requirements and have at least one additional year of qualifying supervisory experience or at least one year as project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.
• For Assignment Level III, meet the Assignment Level I requirements and have at least two additional years of qualifying supervisory experience or at least two additional years as project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.

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 to assess their classification and confirm that supporting documentation validates the stated reason.
• Evaluate change orders to ensure that the work has not previously been performed under the required contract.
• Examine contractors’ 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-contract payments, determine whether the contractor submitted the documents required by contract specifications, requirements, or law to enable payment processing and release of retainage.

What This Job Offers

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