Senior Engineering Auditor

City of New York • Queens, NY

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About The Position

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) mission is to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable, inclusive, and safe, while fostering opportunities for economic mobility. NYCHA is the nation’s largest public housing authority, with an operating budget of $3.3 billion and approximately 10,600 employees who manage and maintain 326 developments that house over 400,000 residents. NYCHA also operates the country’s largest Section 8 program, which provides rental assistance to over 200,000 additional families. NYCHA’s Asset & Capital Management (A&CM) Division integrates and aligns the Authority’s existing development, modernization, and asset management work being carried out by the Capital Programs, Recovery & Resilience and Comprehensive Modernization departments. This includes a $4.5 billion capital program, one of the largest in NY State. The A&CM Division delivers comprehensive repairs to NYCHA buildings and apartments through innovative financing models, strong partnership with residents and other stakeholders, strategic, data-driven portfolio planning, and cost-effective project delivery and management. The Division also positions NYCHA’s housing portfolio for the future by incorporating innovative building materials, construction methods, and technology, improving residents’ quality of life while enhancing building performance and management systems. A&CM's Quality Assurance Vertical supports business functions across A&CM to strengthen internal and contractor compliance with policies and procedures, municipal, State and federal regulations, and contract specifications, related to capital projects. The department has teams specifically focused on safety, environmental compliance, quality, value for money, and compliance and audit coordination, that use a combination of documentation review and approval, field inspections, and oversight of specialized consultants, to assure compliance, recommend improvements for specific projects, test processes and systems, and provide strategic guidance to improve performance. The Engineering Audit Department of Quality Assurance performs independent reviews of payment requests for New York City funded construction and construction-related work through field and desk audits.

Requirements

• NOTE: Due to the existence of a civil service list, candidates must have permanent civil service status in the title of Construction Project Manager to be considered.
• NOTE: This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a Program.
• Candidates with permanent civil service status in the title of Civil Engineer will also be considered.
• Employees serving in the titles of or who meet the qualification requirements for Architect L2 or Associate Inspector (Housing Construction) will also be considered.
• NYCHA employees applying for transfer, promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
• NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience managing and/or inspecting one or more construction projects which must have a total cost of at least $300,000 for each of the five years of the required experience; or
• One year of the experience as described in “1” above and a baccalaureate degree 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), in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, architectural technology, landscape architecture, construction, construction technology, or construction management; or
• One year of the experience as described in “1” above and a valid license as a professional engineer, registered architect, or registered landscape architect, issued by a board of examining engineers, architects, or landscape architects duly established and qualified pursuant to the laws of any state or territory of the United States; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and a combination of at least two years of experience as described in “1” above and the education as described in “2” above to equal a total of five years of education and experience. Matriculation in an undergraduate college degree program as described in “2” above may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits for one year of satisfactory full-time experience up to a maximum of three years of experience.
• Candidates must specify for each construction project they worked on: a description of the construction project, the time period they worked on the construction project, and the type of work they performed. Candidates must also specify the money allotted for the project.
• At the time of appointment to this position, you must have a motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York. If you have moving violations, license suspension or an accident record, you may be disqualified. This license must be maintained for the duration of your employment.
• For Assignment to Level II, In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" above, candidates must have one additional year of satisfactory full-time experience working in Assignment Level I; or one additional year of satisfactory full-time experience as described in "1" above.
• For Assignment to Level III, in addition to meeting the Qualification Requirements for Construction Project Manager, candidates must have two additional years of satisfactory full-time experience working in Construction Project Manager Assignment Level I and II; or two additional years of satisfactory full-time experience as described in question "1" above and possess a motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York which must be maintained for the duration of employment noting that if you have moving violations, license suspension or an accident record, you may be disqualified.

Responsibilities

• Conduct reviews of very large and/or highly complex construction projects involving multiple contractors, trades, and payment structures.
• Perform field visits to physically evaluate the quality and progress of work to confirm that work performed is compliant with contract specifications and the contractors’ billed amounts are warranted.
• Identify defects in materials/workmanship and hazardous conditions.
• Audit documentation from contractors to ensure that sufficient supporting documentation and all required documents have been provided prior to the approval of payment requests.
• Schedule and attend meetings with stakeholders to resolve payment and change order related issues.

Benefits

• NYCHA provides benefits that include a choice of medical coverage plans, deferred compensation plans and a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED