City Map Engineer

Description

The Department of City Planning, New York City's planning agency, shapes the city's future by building lively, connected neighborhoods with housing, jobs, resilient infrastructure and a strong public realm.

The agency works with communities on inclusive plans, widens access to housing and economic opportunity, and plans for sustainability over the long term.

It helps the City Planning Commission review hundreds of land use applications each year and advises on citywide strategy and capital planning, along with data analysis, policy work, and open data and civic engagement tools.

The Technical Review Division keeps the official City Map and Zoning Map, which show streets, parks and zoning districts. It maintains the City Map records and handles every amendment.

The division is moving century-old paper records to modern GIS systems. That move is a long-standing goal and is now required under recent City Charter changes.

The division also reviews land use applications that bring millions of square feet of housing, commercial space and open space each year.

Title code: Civil Engineer, 20215.

Responsibilities

• Report to the City Map Team Leader and use your own judgment on technical questions.
• Keep the City Map current, including reviewing and processing proposed changes such as mapping or de-mapping streets and parks.
• Check Alteration Maps for accuracy, precision and consistency with City Map, engineering and surveying standards, then sign them as a licensed engineer so the Director of City Planning can sign.
• Maintain the city's survey monuments and elevation benchmarks, their location and coordinate data, and run a plan to grow and improve the network to meet the needs of city agencies and the real estate industry.
• Review written and graphic materials from private surveyors and engineers on proposed City Map changes, making sure they support sound decisions and clearly document future work.
• Advise private applicants, department staff, the City Planning Commission and other agencies on laying out streets, parks and related features and preparing Alteration Maps.
• Make and carry out technical and policy decisions for the department, working with other staff and following direction from TRD leadership.
• Handle requests about street status and monument data from staff, other agencies and the public.
• Maintain archival hard-copy maps, digital static maps and GIS datasets that are updated continuously.
• Lead the move from the current legacy record system to a single citywide digital GIS.
• Coordinate with city agencies, outside partners and constituents.
• Take on other related tasks as needed.

Requirements

• A valid New York State Professional Engineer license.
• Four years of full-time civil engineering experience, satisfactory in quality.
• A master's degree in civil engineering from an accredited college or university can replace one year of the civil engineering experience. Accreditation must come from a body recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by CHEA.
• To be placed at Assignment Levels II or III, you need at least one year in the last three years as a major contributor or project leader on a complex project that needed specific expertise in the disciplines used to design or build it.
• Preferred: experience reading or producing land surveys, site plans and engineering plans for roads and other civil works.
• Preferred: strong written and verbal communication.
• Preferred: ability to juggle several projects at once, meet tight deadlines and respond quickly to department priorities.
• Preferred: close attention to detail when researching, analyzing and reviewing documents, maps and plans.
• Preferred: strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with many kinds of people and roles.
• Preferred: experience with the NYC City Map and interest in zoning and land use.
• Preferred: experience with GIS and AutoCAD.
• Authorization to work in the United States is required.

Conditions

The role may allow remote work up to 2 days per week under the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed between the City and the labor unions.

Your license must stay current for as long as you are employed.

Appointments depend on approval from the Office of Management and Budget.

Only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that works to keep the workplace free from discrimination and harassment based on any legally protected status.