Senior Structural Engineer

City of New York•Flushing, NY

11h•Onsite

About The Position

NYC Parks is an award-winning City agency that designs, builds and cares for public spaces for New Yorkers to connect, play and enjoy. NYC Parks manages more than 30,000 acres or 14% of the City’s land, encompassing more than 5,000 individual properties. Our diverse set of assets includes recreational facilities, nature centers, historic buildings and structures, golf courses, athletic fields, playgrounds, tennis courts, public pools, historic house museums, retaining walls and nearly 14 miles of beaches. NYC Parks offers competitive pay and a generous benefits package, including pension, excellent health benefits, competitive vacation/sick days, and a healthy work-life balance.

Requirements

Four (4) years of full-time, satisfactory experience in civil engineering work
A valid New York State Professional Engineer’s License.
Current New York State registration as a Professional Engineer must be maintained for the duration of your employment.

Nice To Haves

A masters degree in civil engineering from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) may be substituted for one year of the civil engineering experience required in “1" above.
Individuals must have at least one year within the last three years of experience as a major contributor or a project leader on a complex project requiring additional and specific expertise in the disciplines needed to design or construct the project.

Responsibilities

Under direction from the lead engineer, with great latitude of independent judgement or action perform structural engineering design, including drawings, estimates and specifications for Parks facilities in support of Landscape Architect and Architecture projects.
Serve as Project Manager on large complex structural engineering projects designed both in-house or through consultants and ensure that they remain on schedule and within budget.
Mentor junior structural engineers.
Inspect sites and facilities; develop condition reports, recommendations, feasibility studies, scopes of work, drawings, specifications and estimates.
Present projects as required for approvals internally and externally with other agencies.
Conduct field inspections as required throughout the design process.
Review designs from consultants and/or other City agencies which impact Parks facilities.
May represent NYC Parks in relations with City agencies, contractors and their representatives, damage claimants and their representatives, consultants and the general public.