SUPERVISOR CARPENTER

City of New York•New York, NY
•$62 - $62

About The Position

The Supervisor Carpenter oversees and trains staff, monitors carpentry work, and ensures quality and timely completion of assigned work and scheduled appointments. The position covers Manhattan Neighborhood 04, including Amsterdam, Douglass, DeHostos, and Straus. Travel to developments within the assigned neighborhood is required, with frequency determined by the Neighborhood Administrator. The role also involves coordinating carpenters’ daily and emergency assignments; ordering materials, tools, and equipment; estimating work from plans and specifications; conducting field surveys and inspections; reviewing blueprints and contractor work; attending pre-bid and pre-design meetings; analyzing data; and preparing reports. The supervisor conducts interviews for new hires. The position is open to qualified persons with a disability eligible for the 55-a Program. For NYCHA employees, it is a promotional opportunity only, not open to direct transfer. Applicants seeking promotional, title, or level changes must have served at least one year at their current location and in their current title and level, if applicable. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply. Candidates who did not take and pass promotional civil service Exam 6544, or who are not reachable on the established civil service list, may not be considered or may be replaced by an eligible civil service candidate. Any appointment made temporarily or provisionally under sections 64 or 65 of the NYS Civil Service Law does not confer tenure or permanence.

Requirements

  • Seven years of recent, satisfactory, full-time, paid experience as a carpenter, including at least two years in duties of a supervisory nature; or a satisfactory equivalent.
  • Travel to developments within the assigned neighborhood is required.
  • For NYCHA employees applying for promotional, title, or level change opportunities: one year of service at the current location and in the current title and level, if applicable.
  • Promotional civil service candidates must have taken and passed Exam 6544 and be reachable on the established civil service list to avoid potential non-consideration or replacement by an eligible candidate.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise and train staff.
  • Conduct field inspections to ensure work is performed adequately.
  • Oversee CCC scheduled appointments to ensure court cases, violations, routine work tickets, fire jobs, and move-outs are addressed in a timely manner.
  • Order materials, tools, and equipment; analyze data; and prepare reports.
  • Monitor staff and perform quality control inspections of shops and work sites.
  • Review blueprints and attend pre-bid and pre-design meetings for contract work.
  • Inspect contractor work, review CCC schedules, and ensure appointments are kept.
  • Estimate job requirements from plans and specifications and perform field surveys.
  • Dispatch carpenters to daily assignments and emergencies.
  • Conduct interviews for new hires.

Benefits

  • Choice of medical coverage plans.
  • Deferred compensation plans.
  • Defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS).
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