Assistant Chief Plan Examiner
Assistant Chief Plan Examiner
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Job Description
The NYC Department of Buildings is responsible for ensuring the safe and lawful use of buildings and properties by enforcing the NYC Construction Codes Energy Code and Zoning Resolution. We facilitate compliant development with integrity efficiency and professionalism. We are committed to becoming a premier municipal building organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all New Yorkers and making our city safer. We are committed to improving our performance and developing procedures that are streamlined understandable and transparent.
This position performs supervisory work in the engineering or architectural analysis of structures and building equipment systems and the examination of plans for the construction alteration or repair of buildings and equipment systems under the jurisdiction of the Department of Buildings.
Under direction:
- Supervise guide and mentor plan examination personnel to perform progressively more complex and challenging projects.
- Assign work monitor team and individual examiner workload and screen incoming jobs for completeness.
- Monitor team and individual examiner productivity to ensure smooth continuous flow of work and compliance with Agency service levels.
- Administer quality control checks to ensure complete and accurate project reviews that are documented with clear and concise objections based on Agency regulations rules and procedures.
- Facilitate resolution of objections and proper approval of jobs by meeting with applicants filing reps and examiners to correctly interpret and enforce regulations.
- Assist the Chief Plan Examiner to manage unit operations including developing and maintaining workload management plans analyses schedules reports and spreadsheets and performing assigned tasks as requested.
- Represent the Chief Plan Examiner at meetings in his/her absence or as assigned.
- Collaborate with the Chief Plan Examiner and other Assistant Chief Plan Examiners to address and resolve unit level issues establish and review unit expectations and standards and
encourage improvement
- Interact with borough management and other units in the Agency as necessary to accomplish assigned tasks
- Perform original plan examinations special audits and zoning reviews; issue objections and conduct meetings with applicants and filing representatives to resolve objections and approve jobs.
- Evaluate performance of team members throughout the year.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Possession of a valid New York State Professional Engineers license or registration as an Architect and one of the following:
1. Four (4) years of full-time satisfactory experience in architecture civil engineering or mechanical engineering performing work in building design building construction or building equipment systems design of which two years must have been in building design or building equipment systems design; or
2. A masters degree or higher in civil engineering mechanical engineering or a five-year Bachelor of Architecture or a Master of Architecture from an accredited college and three (3) years of full-time satisfactory experience in architecture civil engineering or mechanical engineering performing the work described in 1 above of which two (2) years must have been in building design or building equipment systems design.
On the date of appointment must possess a valid New York State Professional Engineers License or a valid New York State Registration as an Architect. Current New York State registration as a Professional Engineer or Architect must be maintained for the duration of employment.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Candidates may be considered in one of the following comparable civil service titles: Architect if permanent or reachable on list Civil Engineer unless the list is exhausted if permanent or reachable on list and Mechanical Engineer. A selected candidate in the civil service title Architect Civil Engineer or Mechanical Engineer will be placed in Assignment Level 2.
WORK LOCATION
Citywide
There are plan examination units in every borough. Transfers and work location changes may occur at any time with sufficient notice.
REMOTE WORK
This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program.
PLAN EXAMINER (BLDGS) - 22410
Qualifications :
1. License or Registration Requirement: A valid New York State Professional Engineers License or a valid New York State Registration as an Architect. Current New York State registration as a Professional Engineer or Architect must be maintained for the duration of your employment.
2. Education and Experience Requirement:
a. Four (4) years of full-time satisfactory experience in architecture or civil engineering performing work in building design building construction or building equipment systems design of which two years must be in building design or building equipment systems design; or
b. A Masters degree or higher in civil engineering or a five-year Bachelor of Architecture or a Master of Architecture and three (3) years of full-time satisfactory experience in architecture or civil engineering performing work in building design building construction or building equipment systems design of which two (2) years must be in building design or building equipment systems design.
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
