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Job Description
About the Agency:
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the citys housing and diversity and strength in the citys neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.
-We maintain building and resident safety and health
-We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
-We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.
HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness Mayor Adams comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the citys history. This investment coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York Citys complex housing crisis by addressing homelessness and housing instability promoting economic stability and mobility increasing homeownership opportunities improving health and safety and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.
Your Team:
The Office of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services (OENS) leads the agencys effort to work closely with other HPD divisions and outside community partners to identify buildings in distress assess and develop appropriate strategies to address those properties and work closely with responsible owners to develop a plan to improve conditions and return buildings to firm financial footing and physical health. OENS uses enforcement tools within its Division of Code Enforcement Housing Litigation Division Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement and the Division of Neighborhood Preservation to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.
The Office of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services is composed of six divisions: Data Management & Technology (DMT) Division of Neighborhood Preservation (DNP) Administration & Internal Compliance (AIC) Housing Litigation Division (HLD) Division of Code Enforcement (DCE) and Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement Division (EOD).
Your Impact
Under the executive direction of the Associate Commissioner for the Emergency Operations and Enhanced
Enforcement (EOD) and reporting directly to Director. In accordance with Local law 101 of 2015 certain elevator violations will be referred to HPD by the Department of Buildings (DOB) for emergency repair consideration.
Your Role:
As Deputy Director/Mechanical Installations and Maintenance L-4 in the Elevators Repairs Units with in Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement (EOD). The selected candidate responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
Your Responsibilities:
-Supervise and monitor the repairs of elevators in city and privately-owned buildings for compliance with plans and specifications and in response to referrals from the NYC Department of Buildings;
-Review and approve scopes of work and specifications of all elevator repairs; determine the work required and methods to be used; set priorities;
-Confer with contractors regarding repair jobs to ensure correct interpretation of specifications and to ensure compliance with relevant City State and Federal rules regulations and safety standards;
-Make regular on-site inspections during actual repairs and manage contractors performance to ensure compliance with specifications filing requirements and regulations as they relate to elevator repairs projects;
-Identify problems in construction and elevator repairs seeking appropriate remedies;
-Ensure contractors obtain all pertinent permits prior to the start of elevator repair projects;
-Review and schedule routes for field staff
-Review plan specifications for mechanical installations and reach out to engineers for clarification and interpretation of specifications.
-Ensure that all field staff are properly trained and maintain relevant licenses and certificates;
-Make recommendations for the issuance of change orders to original specifications to accommodate changing conditions or to correct specification errors or omissions. Upon approval of recommendations prepare change orders;
-Review and approve payments and requisitions submitted by contractors; develop and implement policy and procedures to ensure that all work is in compliance and done in accordance with rules and regulations;
-Maintain communication with other City agencies for work coordination.
-Review complex reports related to productivity and workload of repair projects;
-May perform duties of subordinates as necessary.
-Perform special assignments as required.
Preferred Skills:
-Strong verbal and written communication skills;
-Experience in working with Windows and Microsoft office applications.
-Candidates may be assigned to any office within the 5 boroughs and may be assigned to work evenings and weekends
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Qualifications :
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one of the following:
1. Four years of full-time satisfactory experience in the installation repair and/or inspection of mechanical equipment in the areas of heating ventilation air conditioning elevators and/or plumbing in buildings facilities structures and grounds at least two years of which must have been experience in a building or facility of at least 100000 square feet or a number of buildings of at least 3 stories each adding up to a total of at least 100000 square feet; or
2. A satisfactory combination of education and experience that is equivalent to the four years of experience required in 1 above. College education leading to a baccalaureate degree in engineering or engineering technology may be substituted for the required experience in 1 above on the basis of 5 semester credits for two months of experience. However to qualify candidates must have at least two years of the required experience as described in 1 above in a building or facility of at least 100000 square feet or a number of buildings of at least 3 stories each adding up to a total of at least 100000 square feet.
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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
