Senior Estimator

City of New York • New York City, NY

14d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Design and Construction seeks a Senior Cost Estimator to be part of Front-End Planning (FEP), a team of experienced professionals engaged in guiding capital project scope development for the Public Buildings Division. The goal of the unit is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the capital needs of each sponsor agency-initiated project to facilitate successful delivery in an expeditious and cost-effective manner while maintaining the highest degree of architectural, engineering and construction quality. The selected candidate will work with the FEP Program Executives in the analysis of sponsor agency needs and existing conditions to develop pre-design phase cost estimates for budget planning purposes across a range of projects. The candidate will be responsible for the overall development of cost analyses to confirm accuracy of funding provided by sponsor agencies. Duties also include joint scoping, field visits, site logistic analysis, reviewing current and archived construction documents, including technical data, drawings, and photos.

Requirements

• Must be permanent in the Associate Project Manager title, reachable on DDC’s Promotional Exam #3573, or the Open Competitive Exam #3110.
• Must include a copy of your Notice of Results or indicate if you are permanent in the title.
• Authorization to work in the United States is required.
• 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.
• 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.
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described above.
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of college or university education and/or experience described above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience.
• One year of experience credit will be given for each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in specified fields.
• One year of experience credit will be given for a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in specified fields.
• One year of experience credit will be given for a Juris Doctor degree.
• One year of experience credit will be given for a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Registered Landscape Architect.
• In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least one additional year of experience 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 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience which is primarily of a design nature is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop pre-design phase cost estimates for budget planning purposes across a range of projects.
• Responsible for the overall development of cost analyses to confirm accuracy of funding provided by sponsor agencies.
• Conduct joint scoping, field visits, and site logistic analysis.
• Review current and archived construction documents, including technical data, drawings, and photos.

What This Job Offers

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