Resident Engineer

Job Description

* This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent city employees serving in the Construction Project Manager civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) candidates who are reachable on the Construction Project Manager civil service list, Exam# 3042 or those who took and passed Exam# 5058. [Please indicate the exam# and your list# on your cover letter and resume.]

NYC Parks is a design award-winning city Agency that builds and cares for public spaces for New Yorkers to connect, play and enjoy. These public spaces, encompassing over 5,000 properties, include boardwalks, historic houses, playgrounds and pools and Works Progress Administration (WPA)-era recreation centers. Resident Engineers are essential to the modernization of Parks' beloved public spaces and structures.

Within the division of Citywide Technical Services (CWS) the Capital Team works in direct partnership with Parks leadership, and other City agencies, to assess, design and reconstruct facilities most in need of improvements. The Capital Unit at CWS strives for design excellence to support the City’s sustainability goals.

Major Responsibilities

- Under general supervision, perform construction management work on routine reconstruction or oversee new construction projects involving varying levels of complexity for the Capital Projects Division.
- Recommend change orders. Upon approval of recommendation, prepare change order packages for processing. May prepare cost estimates for change orders.
- Monitor contractors’ day-to-day operations; review and/or inspect contractors’ work to ensure compliance with plans and specifications. Monitor compliance with site safety requirements. Identify and resolve field condition issues.
- Write daily and weekly construction project reports and keep calculation books. Prepare cost projections.
- Correspond with contractors and clarify construction issues. Review and approve contractor’s payment requisitions.
- Schedule and run meetings. Maintain accurate records and write reports.
- Assist in the monitoring of various contract administrative requirements such as prevailing wage requirements, insurance requirements, subcontractor submittals (including achieving the Minority/Women Business Enterprise subcontractor goals, Project Labor Agreements).
- Approve contractors’ schedules and coordinate the work of various contractors, agencies and other third parties involved in the completion of projects.
- Ensure contractors’ acquisition of required permits and approvals.
- Work with design project managers in the process of shop drawing approvals, interpretation of documents and other design related issues.
- Review and research contractors’ dispute claims and advise Borough Construction Directors on solutions.
- Review and recommend approval of contractors’ request for time extensions. Make recommendations regarding the necessity for liquidate damages and other contract enforcement mechanisms, including defaults.
- Ensure the formulation of punch lists and contractors’ completion of punch list items.

**Appointees to this position will receive a $2,122 Assignment Differential in addition to their base salary.

Work Location: Citywide Services, Randall’s Island

How to Apply: Go to cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID# 790378.

All applicants must apply via cityjobs.nyc.gov. The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications.

*Current City Employees please include your ERN on your cover letter and resume.

NOTE: All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. *Posting period extended to 08/21/2026. Previous applicants to Job ID# 770917 are still under consideration and need not reapply. References will be required upon request.

nyc.gov/parks

MOVEMENT IN THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICE LISTS IS PROHIBITED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

For information about applying for Civil Service Exams go to: Civil Service Exams - Department of Citywide Administrative Services (nyc.gov)

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER - 34202

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, a