Natural Resources Construction Project Manager

• This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent city employees serving in the Construction Project Manager civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent city employees in or on leave from a comparable title or 4) candidates who are reachable on the Construction Project Manager civil service list, Exam No.
• Please indicate your list# on your cover letter and resume. or 5) candidates who took and passed the Construction Project Manager civil service exam, Exam No.

Please indicate if you took and passed this exam on your cover letter and resume. .

The Division of Environment and Planning at NYC Parks aims to protect, restore, and expand New York City's green spaces and natural areas to maximize their benefits for environmental and community health and resilience.

The Natural Resources Group within Environment and Planning manages over 10, acres of natural areas across the five boroughs, including forests, grasslands, and wetlands.

The Natural Resources Capital Design & Construction Team designs and oversees the capital construction and restoration portfolio of the Natural Resources Group.

Major Responsibilities

• Under general direction of the Construction Supervisor, perform construction management work and / or manage consultant firms’ resident engineers.
• Determine and coordinate the activities required between persons, agencies and departments responsible for project completions.
• Ensure that contractors adhere to plans and specifications. Identify, resolve, and report on field condition issues.
• Review all schedules, reports and correspondence prepared by consultants, contractors and agencies to assure conformance with project completion dates.
• Review and approve vendor (consultant and contractor) payment requisitions.
• Check work performance and prepare management reports.
• Resolve problems that may impact project schedules and costs.
• Review and approve cost overruns and change orders on complex construction projects.
• Review and process unit items overrun requests.
• Correspond with contractors and clarify construction issues.
• Monitor conformance with various contract administrative requirements (i.e. : Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise goals, Project Labor Agreements).
• Review contractors’ dispute claims and recommend solutions to the Construction Supervisor.
• Collaborate to achieve successful implementation of complex natural resource construction and restoration projects.
• Work with landscape architects, engineers, project managers, ecologists, and other specialists on the resolution of site-specific issues that require coordination and approval throughout the design and construction process.

Appointees to this position will receive a $2, Assignment Differential in addition to their base salary.

How to Apply : Go to cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID# .

All applicants must apply via cityjobs.nyc.gov. The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications.

Current City Employees please include your ERN and Job ID# on your cover letter and resume.

Work Location : Olmsted Center, Queens

NOTE : All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. References will be required upon request.

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Minimum Qualifications

1. 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 $, for each of the five years of the required experience; or

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

Note : 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.

Driver License Requirement : 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

Preferred Skills

1.Bachelor of Science degree in Civil, Structural, or Environmental Engineering, Landscape Architecture, or related field.

2.Excellent communication and organizational skills. 3.At least 2 years’ experience managing consultants. 4.Driver license valid in New York State.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs.

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Residency RequirementThis position is exempt from NYC residency requirements.