The Neighborhood Contract Manager (NCM) will be responsible for cost estimates, scoping physical work and performing physical inspections of work performed. This role reports directly to the Neighborhood Administrator and will work closely with Supers and other Property Management staff to oversee contractors and contracted work at the development level. The NCM will also coordinate with central procurement to ensure contracted work is performed ethically and at a reasonable cost.

Oversight of Contracts
- Reviewing requisition packages from developments, using a cost estimation tool to ensure quotes are reasonable
- Assessing scopes of work to determine the optimal procurement pathway
- Reviewing contractors' submissions of subcontractors for approval and ensuring agency review
- Authorizing the issuance of work to vendors
- Reviewing contractor payments
- Managing vendor communication regarding non-performance

Oversight of Contracted Work:
- In-person QA of construction work necessary for rehabilitating, renovating and maintaining public buildings, structures, infrastructures, facilities and grounds
- Ensuring Supers are maintaining contract document folders
- Ensuring development staff are taking before and after photos of all vendor work

Support for Property Management Throughout the Contracting Process:
- Providing technical support to developments with scoping, cost estimating, and vendor negotiation
- Ensuring development staff are documenting vendor performance
- Documentation review and submission to ensure cost effectiveness and quality work performance
- Recording lessons learned and implementing process improvements
- Collaborating with other NCMs to update a cost estimating tool to ensure proposed scopes of work and pricing are appropriate

This role will involve physical activities such as:
- Walking to and from inspection sites and during inspections
- Climbing and descending ladders or stairs to get to areas to be inspected
- Standing for extended periods of time; working in confined areas; wearing hard hats and other protective clothing in construction areas; bending and stooping during inspections; climbing over and around various objects; working in areas that may be hot, cold, damp, dark, dusty, smoky or acrid; working outdoors, including in natural areas, in all kinds of weather
- Potentially coming into contact with rodents and/or insects; may be required to wear DEET.

Note: Due to the existence of a civil service list, candidates must have permanent civil service status in the title of Construction Project Manager to be considered

NOTE: This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a Program. For detailed information regarding the 55-a Program, please click on the link below:

https://bit.ly/55aProgram

Additional Information:
1. INTERAGENCY TRANSFERS INTO NYCHA OF THOSE PERMANENT IN TITLE ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE FACE OF AN ACTIVE AND VIABLE NYCHA PROMOTION LIST OR PREFERRED LIST FOR THE SAME TITLE.
2. NYCHA employees applying for promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
3. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.

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, 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 four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's 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 full-time 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 full-time experience working in Assignment Level I; or one additional year of satisfactory full-time 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 full-time experience working in Construction Project Manager Assignment Level I and II; or two additional years of satisfactory full-time 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.

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.