Senior Resident Engineer

City of New York•Flushing, NY

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Resident Engineer performs construction management work on several routine reconstruction and/or new construction projects of varying complexity for the Capital Projects division. The role oversees construction activities, contract administration, project schedules, cost tracking, and project closeout. It supervises Capital Projects resident engineer staff and monitors construction supervision consultants and contractors. This vacancy is open only to current permanent Parks employees serving in, or on leave from, the Associate Project Manager civil service title or a comparable title, and only to current full-time annually paid Parks employees. The work location is Olmsted Center, Queens. Appointees receive a $2,122 assignment differential in addition to base salary.

Requirements

The vacancy is limited to current full-time, annually paid Parks employees who are permanent employees serving in, or on leave from, the Associate Project Manager civil service title or a comparable title.
Qualification requirements include 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, together with the specified education and project-management experience pathway.
One qualifying pathway requires a bachelor’s degree in an eligible discipline and one year of full-time satisfactory project-management experience on engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural projects.
An alternative pathway requires a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and five years of qualifying project-management experience, or an eligible combination of college education and experience equivalent to five years.
Eligible degree fields include 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, and public administration.
For the stated higher assignment levels, candidates must have additional supervisory experience or additional experience managing a large and/or complex construction project, as specified in the posting.
Experience primarily of a design nature is not acceptable toward the qualification requirements.

Responsibilities

Perform construction management work on multiple reconstruction and new construction projects of varying complexity.
Negotiate, prepare, review, approve, and/or recommend change orders for large or complex capital projects.
Monitor construction supervision contracts and consultant staff performing construction supervision and constructability reviews; process consultant payment vouchers and supplemental work orders.
Supervise Capital Projects resident engineer staff.
Perform constructability reviews of large or complex capital projects.
Monitor contractors’ day-to-day operations and inspect or review work for compliance with plans and specifications and site safety requirements; identify and resolve field-condition issues.
Produce detailed daily and weekly project reports, maintain and update calculation books, and prepare and update cost projections.
Correspond with contractors to clarify and resolve contract issues; prepare, review, and issue construction directives; collaborate with the design team to resolve technical questions and clarify project documents.
Receive, monitor, and respond to contractors’ RFIs; track, review, and approve contractor payment requisitions.
Schedule, monitor, and host meetings; prepare and review meeting minutes and maintain accurate records and reports.
Monitor contract administration requirements, including prevailing wage, Project Labor Agreement requirements, insurance, subcontractor approvals, and MWBE goals.
Monitor submittals to ensure timely receipt and response.
Receive and process contractor schedules; monitor approved progress schedules and coordinate work with contractors, agencies, and other third parties.
Ensure contractors obtain required permits and approvals before work begins, and track permits to ensure they remain valid throughout the project.
Review and analyze contractor disputes and delay claims, provide objective merit evaluations, and recommend resolutions to Borough Construction Directors.
Review and analyze requests for time extensions and provide formal approval or denial recommendations based on contract terms, schedules, and delay assessments.
Advise whether liquidated damages or other contract enforcement mechanisms, including default, should be pursued.
Schedule, monitor, and/or host substantial-completion inspections; formulate or verify punch lists; prepare and review inspection reports; and monitor closeout schedules and punch-list work through completion.