Office Engineer

City of New York•New York City, NY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Design & Construction, Division of Infrastructure, is currently seeking an Office Engineer to join our Construction Management 5 – Brooklyn – Section 1. The successful candidate will report to a Deputy Director and perform various functions necessary to assist in the administration of active or substantially completed contracts. This includes preparing memorandums, letters, as-built assessments, and other project records; preparing overruns, change orders, time extensions, project reports, meeting minutes, and payments; tracking all required submittals and approvals, and completing all required project closeout tasks and documents including archiving records. The successful candidate will also be responsible for adding, archiving, maintaining, and organizing all Boro digital J-Drive files and folders, including all EICs’, and field offices’ generated project files. The Office Engineer will also assist the Assistant Commissioner, Borough Director, and Deputy Directors in creating and/or updating any required digital or paper documents requiring collection of data, or compiling of records for various purposes, and also to assist by entering and updating projects in the DOT permit tracking system; maintaining borough staffing and equipment assignment and other reports; such as the Weekly Night and Weekend Work list, and the Monthly CB Modernization Sheet, MWBE Utilization Data, MMR Quantity Report, EIC Project Assignment Charts, and Project Site Lists, etc. Must also prepare the Semi-Annual PowerPoint presentations, maintain water main shutdown logs and perform record searches and prepare responses to FOILs, claims, and lawsuits as requested by our Law unit, the Comptroller’s or the Department’s General Counsel’s office. Applicants must be ACI Concrete Field -Testing and OSHA 10-hour Certified or take the first available DDC-offered training session. Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position. NYC Department of Design and Construction does not provide sponsorship for international employees. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all qualifying requirements for this position, at the time of application.

Requirements

Only candidates who are permanent in the Associate Project Manager title, reachable on DDC’s Promotional Exam #3573, or the Open Competitive Exam #3110 may apply. Please include a copy of your Notice of Results or indicate if you are permanent in the title. If you do not meet the previously mentioned civil service criteria, you will not be considered for an interview.
Applicants must be ACI Concrete Field -Testing and OSHA 10-hour Certified or take the first available DDC-offered training session.
Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position.
One year of full-time satisfactory experience in supervising employees performing project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, on engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects, or supervising a construction project with a value of $1,000,000 or more, and either: 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration, and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, for engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects; or 2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in "1" above; or 3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of college or university education and/or experience described in "1" above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience. One year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration; (b) a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree, or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Registered Landscape Architect.
Where experience which is primarily of a design nature is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements.
In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least one additional year of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least one year as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.
In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least two additional years of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least two additional years as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.

Responsibilities

Preparing memorandums, letters, as-built assessments, and other project records
Preparing overruns, change orders, time extensions, project reports, meeting minutes, and payments
Tracking all required submittals and approvals
Completing all required project closeout tasks and documents including archiving records
Adding, archiving, maintaining, and organizing all Boro digital J-Drive files and folders, including all EICs’, and field offices’ generated project files
Assisting the Assistant Commissioner, Borough Director, and Deputy Directors in creating and/or updating any required digital or paper documents requiring collection of data, or compiling of records for various purposes
Assisting by entering and updating projects in the DOT permit tracking system
Maintaining borough staffing and equipment assignment and other reports; such as the Weekly Night and Weekend Work list, and the Monthly CB Modernization Sheet, MWBE Utilization Data, MMR Quantity Report, EIC Project Assignment Charts, and Project Site Lists, etc
Preparing the Semi-Annual PowerPoint presentations
Maintaining water main shutdown logs
Performing record searches and prepare responses to FOILs, claims, and lawsuits as requested by our Law unit, the Comptroller’s or the Department’s General Counsel’s office