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ESTIMATOR (GENERAL CONSTRUCTION)
- NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Full-Time
- Exam May Be Required
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Job Description
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.
Additional Information
1. 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).
2. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.
NYCHA provides benefits that include a choice of medical coverage plans, deferred compensation plans and a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS).
NOTE: IF THIS APPOINTMENT IS MADE ON A PROVISIONAL BASIS PURSUANT TO 65 OF THE NYS CIVIL SERVICE LAW, NO TENURE OR PERMANENCE ACCRUES TO AN INCUMBENT IN THIS POSITION BY VIRTUE OF SUCH APPOINTMENT.
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 visit the link below:
https://bit.ly/55aProgram
Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.
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.
ESTIMATOR (GENERAL CONSTRUCTIO - 20122
Minimum Qualifications
1. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and seven years of full-time satisfactory experience in general construction estimating; or
2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 credits leading to a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in civil engineering, civil engineering technology, architecture or architecture technology for one year of experience, up to a maximum of four years of acceptable experience. Full-time satisfactory experience in civil engineering or architecture will be credited on a year for year basis up to maximum of five years of acceptable experience. However, all candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and two years of full-time satisfactory experience in general construction estimating.
55a Program
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.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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/.
Residency Requirement
NYCHA has no residency requirements.
Additional Information
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.
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- Experience Level:Entry-Level
- Category:Building Operations & Maintenance
Salary : $66,330 - $99,528