College Aide (Project Controls)

Hours : Part-Time

Work Location : 30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY

As a College Aide, applicants can work up to 17 hours during the school year and then full time during the summer. Please note applicants must be a student enrolled in an accredited college or graduate school to be eligible.

The NYC Department of Design and Construction, Project Controls Division, is seeking a college aid. Under the supervision of a Data Scientist, the college aid will perform data analysis pertaining to project portfolio management.

Responsibilities includes data identification, transformation, and visualization. In addition, the candidate will be required to communicate data insights with the team in the form of visualizations or interactive tools.

Analysis includes review of relevant historical data, including, but not limited to, schedules, cost, building information models, issues, and risk registers, of delay logs.

The candidate will also be required to understand the specific problem statements and develop advanced analytical and machine learning models and monitor the performance of the same.

Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position. NYC Department of Design and Construction does not provide sponsorship for international employees for visa applications, extensions or status changes, including STEM / OPT visas.

Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all qualifying requirements for this position, at the time of application.

All applicants, including City Employees :

Please go to NYC Government Jobs Explore Careers City of New York, go to Search for Open Jobs, and type in the Job ID # listed above.

Submit job application as prompted. Do not apply via Employee Self-Service (ESS), e-mail, mail, or fax your resume to DDC directly.

Minimum Qualifications

For Assignment Level I :

Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school.

For Assignment Level II (Information Technology) :

Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or closely related field, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.

For Assignment Level III (Information Technology Fellow) :

Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or other area relevant to the information technology project(s) assigned, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.

Appointments to this Assignment Level will be made by the Technology Steering Committee through the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.

SPECIAL NOTE

Maximum tenure for all Assignment Levels in the title of College Aide is 6 years. No student shall be employed more than half-time in any week in which classes in which the student is enrolled are in session.

Students may be employed full-time during their vacation periods.

Preferred Skills

Python (PySpark, Numpy, Pandas, Sci-kit learn, Matplotlib etc.), SQL, Power BI, Familiarity with Basic Machine Learning Concepts, Experience in working with textual data is a plus.

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 RequirementNew York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County.

To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.