• Engineering Audit Officer

    City of New York (New York, NY)


    Job Description

    Hours: Full Time- 35 Hours

     

    Work Location: 30-30 Thomson Ave, LIC, Queens 11101

     

    Only candidates who are permanent in the Administrative Engineer title or those who are reachable on the DDC promotional list(exam #1506), or the open-competitive list (exam #1122) may apply. Please indicate a copy of your Notice of Result card or indicate if you are already permanent in the title. If you do not meet the previously mentioned civil service criteria, you will not be considered for an interview.

     

    The NYC Department of Design and Construction, Division of Engineering Audit Office seeks an Engineering Audit Officer. The candidate will manage a staff of a director, deputy directors and auditors, and be in charge of the audit and final certification of all divisions' capital design and construction payment requisitions and change orders within the NYC Comptroller's Directive No. 7 guidelines, City and State Laws, and contract requirements. The Engineering Audit Officer will ensure that all payments are audited promptly while ensuring detailed examination of payment requisitions to confirm that the City has received the appropriate value before issuing payments. The selected candidate will be managing engineering auditors handling and processing a wide variety of contracts and complex payment requisitions; reviewing all audit findings related to payment requisitions, and arbitrating disputes among contractors, consultants, and Engineering Audit Office staff, while taking into consideration relevant information from all parties, City regulations, along with terms and conditions of contracts. The Engineering Audit Officer is responsible for protecting the City's interests by rejecting payment requisitions if major defects are found or withholding an amount proportionate to the value of the disputed work from the payment requisition, pending receipt of documented cost justifications. In addition, the candidate will oversee the validity and cost reasonableness for change orders and expanded work order requests.

     

    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.

    ADMINISTRATIVE ENGINEER - 10015

    Qualifications

    1. A valid New York State License as a Professional Engineer and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory experience in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, or plan examining work, at least two (2) years of which must have been in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity.

     

    Additional Information

     

    The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

     

    Salary Min: $ 91,090.00

     

    Salary Max: $208,826.00