Engineer-In-Charge

About the role

Work Location: 30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101

Only candidates who are permanent in the Associate Project Manager title, or those who are reachable on DDC's promotional list for exam #3573 or the open-competitive list for exam #3110 may apply. Please include a copy of your Notice of Results or indicate if you are permanent in the title. If you do not meet the previously mentioned civil service criteria, you will not be considered for an interview.

Large-scale public infrastructure projects require rigorous on-site leadership, strict adherence to quality and safety standards, and clear accountability. The NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) is seeking an experienced, proactive Engineer-in-Charge to manage the execution of complex capital construction projects for the Queens borough.

Reporting to the Deputy Director, you will direct field engineering and construction management operations from contract award through closeout. You will lead a dedicated project team including Resident Engineers, Office Engineers, Inspectors, and Junior Engineers serving as the Agency's primary field authority. In this role, you will balance technical oversight, contractor performance management, and community impact mitigation to deliver critical infrastructure on time, within budget, and built to last.

What You Will Do

Field Leadership, Constructability & Quality Assurance

• Direct and mentor field teams (Resident Engineers, Office Engineers, Field Inspectors, and Junior Engineers) to ensure all capital work strictly complies with City, State, and Agency standards.
• Lead proactive constructability review meetings during pre-construction and active phases to identify site interferences, resolve field conflicts, and mitigate potential schedule delays.
• Evaluate and approve technical submittals, including sheeting and shoring designs, maintenance and protection of traffic (MPT) plans, vendor qualifications, and environmental mitigation protocols.
• Conduct high-level inspections of active construction sites and oversee final inspections and comprehensive project closeout procedures.

Contract Administration & Fiscal Oversight

• Manage full-cycle contract compliance, including independent cost estimates for negotiations, change orders, time extension requests, and contractor payment approvals.
• Supervise the collection, verification, and archiving project data, daily inspection logs, and as-built documentation.
• Liaise continuously with internal DDC divisions including Design, Utility Coordination, and Program Management to align field execution with engineering intent.

Stakeholder Coordination & Community Engagement

• Serve as DDC's designated on-site representative, coordinating with utility companies, sister agencies (NYCDEP, NYCDOT), and community liaisons to minimize disruptions to local residents and businesses.
• Deliver concise project milestone briefings and progress updates to executive leadership, proactively escalating critical path delays with recommended corrective actions.

Mandatory Certifications / Requirements

• Must possess an active OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety Certification and ACI Concrete Field-Testing Technician - Grade I Certification or successfully obtain both certifications through the first available DDC-sponsored training session upon appointment.

Additional information

Additionally, educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution. Credentials from foreign institutions require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service.

All applicants, including City Employees

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Qualifications & Requirements

One year of full-time satisfactory experience in supervising employees performing project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, on engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects, or supervising a construction project with a value of $1,000,000 or more, and either:

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration, and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, for engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in "1" above; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of college or university education and/or experience described in "1" above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience. One year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration; (b) a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree, or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Registered Landscape Architect. Where experience which is primarily of a design nature is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements.

Additional information

In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least one additional year of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least one year as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.

In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least two additional years of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least two additional years as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.