Senior Structural Engineer

Senior Structural Engineer

NYC Parks is an award-winning City agency that designs, builds and cares for public spaces for New Yorkers to connect, play and enjoy. NYC Parks manages more than 30,000 acres or 14% of the City’s land, encompassing more than 5,000 individual properties. Our diverse set of assets includes recreational facilities, nature centers, historic buildings and structures, golf courses, athletic fields, playgrounds, tennis courts, public pools, historic house museums, retaining walls and nearly 14 miles of beaches.

NYC Parks offers competitive pay and a generous benefits package, including pension, excellent health benefits, competitive vacation/sick days, and a healthy work-life balance.

Major Responsibilities

• Under direction from the lead engineer, with great latitude of independent judgement or action perform structural engineering design, including drawings, estimates and specifications for Parks facilities in support of Landscape Architect and Architecture projects.
• Serve as Project Manager on large complex structural engineering projects designed both in-house or through consultants and ensure that they remain on schedule and within budget.
• Mentor junior structural engineers.
• Inspect sites and facilities; develop condition reports, recommendations, feasibility studies, scopes of work, drawings, specifications and estimates.
• Present projects as required for approvals internally and externally with other agencies.
• Conduct field inspections as required throughout the design process.
• Review designs from consultants and/or other City agencies which impact Parks facilities.
• May represent NYC Parks in relations with City agencies, contractors and their representatives, damage claimants and their representatives, consultants and the general public.

Work

Location

Olmsted Center, Queens

Note: The Qualifications and Education sections follow.

Qualifications

• Four (4) years of full-time, satisfactory experience in civil engineering work; and
• A valid New York State Professional Engineer’s License. Current New York State registration as a Professional Engineer must be maintained for the duration of your employment.
• A masters degree in civil engineering from an accredited college or university, accredited by CHEA may be substituted for one year of the civil engineering experience required in “1" above.

Education

• Accreditation (CHEA) may be substituted for one year of the civil engineering experience required in “1" above. Special Note:

• In addition to above qualification requirements, to be eligible for placement in Assignment Levels II and III, individuals must have at least one year within the last three years of experience as a major contributor or a project leader on a complex project requiring additional and specific expertise in the disciplines needed to design or construct the project.

• 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.