Senior Resident Engineer
City of New York · Flushing, New York, United States
*This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent Parks employees serving in the Associate Project Manager civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent Parks employees in or on leave from a comparable title.
*ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT FULL-TIME ANNUALLY PAID PARKS EMPLOYEES*
Major Responsibilities
- Under direction, perform construction management work on several routine reconstruction and/or new construction projects involving varying levels of complexity for the Capital Projects division.
- Negotiate, prepare, review, approve and/or recommend Change Orders of several large and/or complex capital projects.
- Monitor Construction Supervision Contracts and consultant staff perform construction supervision tasks and constructability reviews. Process consultant payment vouchers and supplemental work orders.
- Supervise Capital Projects resident engineer staff.
- Perform constructability review of large and/or complex capital projects.
- Monitor contractors’ day-to-day operations; review and/or inspect contractors’ work to ensure compliance with plans and specifications. Monitor compliance with site safety requirements. Identify and resolve field condition issues.
- Monitor and produce detailed daily and weekly construction project reports and maintain and update calculation books. Prepare and update cost projections.
- Correspond with contractors and clarify/resolve contract issues. Prepare, review and issue construction directives. Collaborate with the design team to clarify project documents and resolve technical questions to keep the project on schedule. Receive, monitor reply to contractors RFI’s. Receive, track, review, and approve contractor’s payment requisitions.
- Schedule, monitor and host various meetings. Prepare and review meeting minutes and maintain accurate records and reports
- Monitoring various contract administrative requirements such as prevailing wage requirements, Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirements, insurance requirements, subcontractor approvals and MWBE goals.
- Monitor Submittals and for timely receipt and response to required submittals.
- Receive and process contractors’ schedules. Monitor approved progress schedule and coordinate with the work of various contractors, agencies and other third parties involved in the completion of projects.
- Ensure all contractors acquire the necessary permits and approvals before work begins. Track and monitor all active permits to ensure they do not expire during the project lifecycle.
- Review and analyze contractors’ dispute and delay claims; provide objective merit evaluations and recommendations to Borough Construction Directors for resolution.
- Review and analyze contractors’ requests for time extensions.
- Provide formal recommendations for approval or denial based on contract terms, project schedules, and cause-of-delay assessments. Advise if the Agency will be assessing liquidated damages and if other contract enforcement mechanisms are required including default.
- Schedule, monitor and/or host substantial completion inspections. Formulate/verify accurate and detailed punch lists are created. Prepare and review substantial inspection reports. Monitor contractors’ closeout schedule and operations; review and/or inspect contractors’ punch list work; monitor progress of punch list work to ensure the punch list work is complete within the time allotted.
Work Location: Olmsted Center, Queens
How to Apply: Go to cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID# 807292.
All applicants must apply via cityjobs.nyc.gov. The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications.
*Current Employees please include your ERN on your cover letter and resume.
NOTE: All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. References will be required upon request. Fees: Hired candidates will be subject to a processing fee between $40.00 to $101.00 based on the salary range of title. Hired candidates who are not currently employed by the City will be subject to a $107.50 background check fee.
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ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER - 22427
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.
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.