Field Tech - Emergency Operations Division EOD Emergency Repair Program ERP

About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the citys housing and diversity and strength in the citys 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 10year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the citys history. This investment coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers is a multipronged strategy to tackle New York Citys 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 Enforcement and Neighborhood Services (OENS) leads the agencys effort to works closely with other HPD divisions and outside community partners to identify buildings in distress assess and develop appropriate strategies to address those properties and work closely with responsible owners to develop a plan to improve conditions and return buildings to firm financial footing and physical health. OENS uses enforcement tools within its Division of Code Enforcement Housing Litigation Division Emergency Repair Program the Division of Neighborhood Preservation and the Division of Special Enforcement to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.
The Office of Enforcement of Neighborhood Services is composed of eight divisions:
Preservation Services Exec Office (EXEC) Data Management & Technology (DMT) Division of Neighborhood Preservation (DNP) Administration & Internal Compliance (AIC) Housing Litigation Division (HLD) Division of Code Enforcement (DCE) EOD Division of Special Enforcement (DSE)
Your Impact

The Emergency Operations Division (EOD) is responsible for emergency repairs in privatelyowned residential buildings and for monitoring vendor repair work in Cityowned buildings. The primary goal of the Emergency Operations Division is to secure voluntary corrective action by the landlord eliminating the need for direct City involvement.
Your Role:

Under direct supervision in the Emergency Repair Program within the Emergency Operations Division you will perform as a Construction Project Manager L1. You will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

Your Responsibilities:

Inspecting directing and monitoring work relating to emergency repairs or compliance according to plans and specifications.
Ensuring that acceptable abatement methods are used including equipment and compliance with all laws rules and regulations.
Monitoring contract performance; identifying problems with emergency repairs and seek appropriate resolution.
Preparing field reports scopes of work and cost estimates for emergency repair projects;
Reviewing and Processing contractors requisitions for payment and change orders;
Ensure that acceptable methods and equipment are used and are in compliance with all laws rules and regulations.
Ascertain that contractors obtain all pertinent permits prior to the start of projects closely monitor contractors performance identify problems and seek appropriate resolutions.
Perform scoping as applicable per agency guidelines.
Perform applicable data entry into HPDInfo per agency guidelines.

Qualifications :

1. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of fulltime satisfactory experience managing and/or inspecting one or more construction projects which must have a total cost of at least $300000 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 fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States 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 fulltime 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 fulltime experience working in Assignment Level I; or one additional year of satisfactory fulltime 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 fulltime experience working in Construction Project Manager Assignment Level I and II; or two additional years of satisfactory fulltime 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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime