Senior Resident Engineer

Description

The role is open only to current full-time, annually paid Parks employees who hold the Associate Project Manager civil service title or are on leave from it, or permanent Parks employees who hold or are on leave from a comparable title.

The team handles construction management on routine reconstruction and new construction projects of varying complexity for the Capital Projects division.

Responsibilities

• Work under direction to manage construction on several routine reconstruction and new construction projects, from simple to complex.
• Negotiate, prepare, review, approve and recommend change orders on several large or complex capital projects.
• Oversee construction supervision contracts and consultant staff, including their supervision tasks and constructability reviews. Process consultant payment vouchers and supplemental work orders.
• Supervise Capital Projects resident engineer staff.
• Carry out constructability reviews on large or complex capital projects.
• Check contractors' daily work and inspect it against plans and specifications. Make sure site safety rules are followed. Find and resolve problems found in the field.
• Produce detailed daily and weekly project reports, keep calculation books current, and prepare and update cost projections.
• Handle contractor correspondence and resolve contract issues. Prepare, review and issue construction directives. Work with the design team to clarify documents, answer technical questions and keep the project on schedule. Track responses to contractor RFIs. Receive, track, review and approve contractor payment requisitions.
• Plan, run and attend meetings, then prepare and review minutes and keep accurate records and reports.
• Monitor contract administration items, including prevailing wage, Project Labor Agreement (PLA), insurance, subcontractor approvals and MWBE goals.
• Track submittals to confirm they arrive on time and receive timely responses.
• Receive and process contractor schedules. Track the approved progress schedule and coordinate work among contractors, agencies and other third parties.
• Confirm all contractors obtain required permits and approvals before work starts. Track active permits so none expire during the project.
• Review contractor dispute and delay claims, give objective merit evaluations and recommend a resolution to the Borough Construction Directors.
• Review contractor requests for time extensions.
• Make formal recommendations to approve or deny extensions based on contract terms, schedules and cause-of-delay findings. Advise whether the agency will assess liquidated damages and whether other enforcement steps, including default, are needed.
• Schedule, run or attend substantial completion inspections. Make sure detailed, accurate punch lists are created. Prepare and review inspection reports. Monitor contractor closeout work, inspect punch list items and confirm they are finished on time.

Requirements

• One year of full-time, satisfactory experience supervising staff on project management work (planning, administering, managing, coordinating or expediting) for engineering, architectural or landscape architectural projects, or supervising a construction project valued at $1,000,000 or more, plus one of the following:
• 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, plus one year of full-time, satisfactory project management experience of the kind described above.
• A four-year high school diploma or equivalent, plus five years of the experience described above.
• A four-year high school diploma or equivalent, plus any mix of college education and experience described above totaling five years. Each year of credit is earned by 30 semester credits toward a bachelor's degree in one of the fields listed above, a master's degree in one of those fields, a Juris Doctor, or a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Registered Landscape Architect. Primarily design work does not count toward these requirements.
• For Assignment Level I, you must also have one more year of the experience described above in a supervisory role, or at least one year as project manager on a large or complex construction project.
• For Assignment Level II, you must also have two more years of the experience described above in a supervisory role, or at least two years as project manager on a large or complex construction project.

Conditions

Apply through cityjobs.nyc.gov using Job ID 807292. The City no longer accepts applications through ESS.

Current employees must include their ERN on the cover letter and resume.

Transfers between civil service lists are prohibited under civil service law.

Information on civil service exams is available from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services at nyc.gov.

The City is an equal opportunity employer that bans discrimination and harassment based on any legally protected status.

Benefits

• Appointees receive a $2,122 Assignment Differential on top of base salary.