City of New York

Job Description

About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

• We maintain building and resident safety and health
• We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
• We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of “Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness,” Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.________________________________________

Your Team:

The Office of Asset and Property Management (APM) leads the agency’s effort to protect the City’s investment in affordable housing and ensure that properties remain stable and affordable over the long-term. APM actively monitors the performance and regulatory compliance of projects sponsored, supervised, and owned by the City, and connects people to affordable housing opportunities.

The Office of Asset and Property Management (APM) is composed of five divisions, which includes the Divisions of Asset Management, Property Management & Client Services, Housing Supervision, Housing Opportunities & Program Services, and Co-op Readiness & Technical Services.

The Division of Co-op Readiness & Technical Services (CRTS) oversees the Tenant Interim Lease (TIL) program, which trains and assists tenant associations in City-owned buildings to develop economically self-sufficient low-income cooperatives, and the Technical Services program, which provides technical resources to all areas of the Office of Asset and Property Management (APM), assisting in supervision of repairs and maintenance of Family Centres, monitoring construction, repair work, preparing repair scopes, violations removal and other technical assistance.

Your Impact:

As an Inspector, you will be responsible for monitoring construction progress, ensuring contract compliance, resolving construction issues, as well as preparing and reviewing construction cost estimates and surveys, conducting inspections and other related duties as required.

Your Role:

Your role as Inspector will be overseeing routine reconstruction projects, or assisting in overseeing new construction or major reconstruction projects and/or maintenance/repair projects involving a high level of complexity and/or of exceptionally high dollar value; perform difficult technical work in determining the need for and feasibility of construction work; oversee private contractors/vendors carrying out new construction, rehabilitation, repairs, alterations and/or structural maintenance work.

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Key responsibilities:

• Performing technical assessments of construction/maintenance work and other facilities' related conditions at the Family Centers; reviewing and evaluating bids and/or proposals submitted for work repairs or maintenance issues to be performed at the Family Centers; monitoring, inspecting and ensuring that work is completed by contractors in compliance with and according to, contracts' documents; making recommendations and advising on approval for change orders.
• Acting as liaison between HPD and the Family Centers; preparing regular reports.
• Inspecting the facilities and grounds periodically to ascertain that systems are functional and that maintenance needs are in compliance; working beyond normal working hours, if deemed necessary, in the event of emergencies that may warrant supervision and/or monitoring at the Family Centers and preparing regular reports for review by HPD and the Family Centers' staff.
• Performing building inspections, preparing repair scopes of work and cost estimates; monitoring construction and repair work; monitoring contractors’ day-to-day operations
• Monitoring contractors’ day to day operations; reviews and/or inspects contractors work and contact administration for compliance with plans and contract specifications, prevailing wage requirements, site safety requirements, insurance requirements, and the City’s vendor outreach programs; ensures contractors’ acquisition of required permits and approvals
• Reviewing and recommending approval of contractors’ requests for time extensions as well as reviewing for approval, materials used by contractors; assisting with appeals of contractors on interpretations of specifications and contract drawings and other contract disputes and/or claims; review and approving change orders in routine reconstruction projects; preparing cost estimates; recommending change(s) on new or major rehabilitation construction projects
• Performing emergency inspections and preparing scopes of work and cost estimates to remedy affected situations
• Coordinating the activities required across HPD divisions, city agencies, private and public organizations on matters pertaining to the provision of technical services, as directed by Supervisor
• May be required to assist staff in the Structural and Mechanical specialties

Preferred Skills

• 3+ year’s work experience in construction management overseeing all major trades (e.g., general construction, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, elevator etc.)
• Knowledge of construction methodologies with the ability to prepare and review scopes of work, blueprints, cost estimates, budgets and other technical aspects of construction
• Familiarity with NYC building codes, zoning resolutions, rules, regulations, and quality standards
• Experience overseeing/ supervising construction staff, inspectors and/ or contractors
• Must possess excellent professional writing and oral communication skills
• Must be proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, and MS Outlook. Knowledge of AutoCAD is a plus
• A motor vehicle's license is preferred since this position requires extensive fieldwork in the five boroughs and the sites to be visited may not be near public transportation

ONLY CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT OR HAVE TAKEN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER EXAM #0169 WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR AN INTERVIEW. CANDIDATES IN COMPARABLE TITLES MAY APPLY.

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 $300,000 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.

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.