NOTE: This position is open only to current employees of the City of New York serving in a permanent (not provisional) civil service title of either Associate Project Manager, Administrative Project Manager, Administrative Construction Project Manager, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, or Administrative Engineer.

To be considered for the position, please clearly mention your permanent civil service title on the resume and cover letter.

The New York City Comptroller’s Office works to promote the financial health, integrity, and effectiveness of New York City government, in order to strengthen trust, secure a thriving future for all New Yorkers, and build a more just, equitable, and resilient city. Led by an independently elected citywide official, the comptroller’s office provides checks and balances needed to hold City government accountable for budgeting wisely, investing responsibly, operating efficiently, acting fairly, living up to its obligations and promises, and paying attention to the long-term challenges we face together.

The Bureau of Labor Law sets and enforces the prevailing and living wage, and benefit rates for workers, laborers, and mechanics employed on New York City Public Work projects as well as building service employees on City contracts and certain properties that receive tax exemptions, in accordance with its mandate under state law. The goal of the Worker’s Rights Bureau is to build upon the work that the BLL already does to combat wage theft to expand worker’s rights and enforcement through legislation, policy, procurement, and corporate shareholder engagement initiatives, while strengthening the office’s outreach strategies to educate New Yorkers on their labor rights.

The Comptroller’s Bureau of Labor Law publishes schedules of prevailing wage and benefit rates for over 400 occupational titles of construction and building service work under Articles 8 and 9 of the NYS Labor Law, various service workers under section 6-109 and 6-134 of the NYC Administrative Code and performs compliance investigations under those statutes.

The Deputy Director of Classifications assists the Director of Classifications to oversee the unit that publishes and updates the prevailing wage schedules on a semi-annual basis, determines wage and benefit rates for City employees covered by prevailing wage requirements and classifies employees of City contractors in compliance investigations.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, supervising staff that perform the following:

- Publish schedules with prevailing wage and benefit rates for construction workers, building service and other service employees annually. Publish preliminary schedules and solicits comments from the public to make corrections to final schedules. Publish living wage schedules for City contractors and financial assistance recipients annually.

- Review submissions from trade unions, industry associations and parties challenging rates in collective bargaining agreements that have been established as prevailing. Data reviewed includes collective bargaining agreements, surveys, and occupational employment statistics compiled by the state and federal Departments of Labor.

- Investigate work performed by City employees for civil service rate determinations. Interview workers, prepare field notes, draft reports and work extensively with legal staff to prepare for and testify as a witness for the Comptroller at the NYC Office of Trials and Administrative Hearings.

- Assist with determining the appropriate trade classifications for construction workers on NYC public work projects and building service employees on City contracts and buildings receiving tax benefits under Real Property Tax Law 421-a, and assists with prevailing wage compliance investigations.

- Work closely with the NYS Department of Labor, the NYC Office of Labor Relations and various other City agencies, trade unions, industry associations and contractors.

- Perform special projects researching and evaluating city contract bid documents, construction contracts and cost estimates; and,

- Perform other related duties and assignments, as may be required.

PREFERRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS: A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering, or architecture, or a related field and five (5) or more years of progressively responsible experience reviewing and analyzing collective bargaining agreements and wage and occupational survey data.

ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER - 22427

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:

1. 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

2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in "1" above; or

3. 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.

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.

- Demonstrated working knowledge of construction and building service industry and related occupational titles, and - A Motor Vehicle Driver’s License valid in the State of New York may be required for certain assignments if required, this license must be maintained for duration of appointment and, - Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, and - Microsoft Office Suite mastery as well as Mailchimp and Eventbrite proficiency.

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

New York City Residency is not required for this position

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.