Senior Attorney - Contract Negotiations

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water collecting and treating wastewater and reducing air noise and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country with nearly 6000 employees. We deliver 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water per day to 8.5 million New York City residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York and we collect and treat an average of 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day.

The Agency Chief Contracting Office ACCO is responsible for managing all agency procurement and payment activity in accordance with all applicable city and state laws and regulations including General Municipal Law City Charter local laws such as LL1 for MWBE Procurement Policy Board Rules and NYC Comptroller Directives. ACCO works cooperatively with DEPs bureaus in support of their operational and programmatic needs including procurement of capital construction and related professional services (design engineering and construction management services) maintenance and repair contracts and a wide array of supply and standard service addition ACCO staff manages agency compliance with vendor performance evaluations MWBE participation goals opportunities and requirements prevailing wage labor law compliance and vendor management. ACCO processes hundreds of both large and small contracts and thousands of payment transactions procuring about $2 billion in contracts annually. The ACCO consists of ten (10) organizational groups: Competitive Sealed Bids Procurement Administration Technology Development & Innovation Contract Administration Contract Compliance and Opportunities Purchasing Management Payments & Accounting Negotiations and Contract Review Large Contract Payments and the Process Optimization & Change Management group.


The Negotiations and Contract Review Unit is responsible for the negotiation of professional services contracts including design services construction management and other professional services for various operational bureaus including Engineering & Design Environmental Planning & Analysis Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment. The contract negotiator leads the DEP team including the bureau project manager through negotiations with the selected consultant finalizing the cost and anticipated staff hours refining the scope of work and contract deliverables to obtain a fair and reasonable cost to the City.

The Senior Attorney will lead and conducts Negotiations with Professional Services Consultants. Serves as lead negotiator for professional services contracts across all DEP bureaus; manages negotiation process reviewing proposals in response to Request for Proposals (RFPs) timelines cost proposals assumption documents meeting minutes and agendas in consultation with the operating bureau. Conducts pre-negotiation sessions with relevant bureau staff.

EXECUTIVE AGENCY COUNSEL - 95005

Qualifications :

Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible relevant satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys in an administrative managerial or executive capacity or performing highly complex and significant legal work.

Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

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 :

Part-time