Field Tech - Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement Division (EOD

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.



Your Team:


The Office of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services (OENS) lead the agency’s 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 and Neighborhood Services is composed of seven divisions: Data Management & Technology (DMT), Division of Neighborhood Preservation (DNP), Administration & Internal Compliance (AIC), Housing Litigation Division (HLD), Division of Code Enforcement (DCE), and Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement Division (EOD) and Division of Emergency Housing Services (EHS).


Your Impact


The Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement Division (EOD) is responsible for emergency repairs in privately-owned residential buildings and for monitoring vendor repair work in City-owned buildings. The primary goal of the Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement Division is to secure voluntary corrective action by the landlord, eliminating the need for direct City involvement.

The Division of Preservation Finance administers multiple programs to facilitate preservation of affordability and financial and physical sustainability of privately-owned multifamily buildings throughout New York City. As part of the Mayor’s Lead-Free NYC Initiative, two moderate-rehabilitation loan programs within the Preservation Finance Division – the Green Housing Preservation Program (GHPP) and the Multi-Family Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program (HRP) – will finance lead abatement repairs in units and common areas, as needed, in coordination with the moderate-rehab/systems upgrade scopes of work. EOD and Preservation Finance will partner on this work.

In support of the Mayor’s Lead Free NYC initiative, HPD is seeking a qualified candidate for the Construction Project Manager 1 of the Lead Abatement Programs Technical Unit in the Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement Division.

Under the direct supervision of the Director of Lead Abatement Programs Technical Unit, as the CPM 1, your role will include, but not be limited to the following responsibilities:

Your Role:


Under the supervision of the Director of the HUD, you will perform as a Field Tech/Construction Project Manager L-1, You will be responsible for, but not limited to the following:


Your Responsibilities:


- Inspecting, directing and monitoring work relating to emergency repairs and environmental hazards for compliance with 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 and lead & mold abatement projects;

- Performing dust wipe sampling using protocol approved by the Department for clearance and re-occupancy;

- Reviewing and Processing contractors’ requisitions for payment and change orders;

- Performing work related to hazardous materials assessment using XRF equipment and laboratory analysis.

- 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 contractor’s performance, identify problems and seek appropriate resolutions.

- Perform dust wipes XRF testing for scoping as applicable, per agency guidelines.

- Perform applicable data entry into HPDInfo, per agency guidelines


Preferred Skills:


- Preference will be given to candidates that have taken and passed the Construction Project Manager ex