Deputy Director of Structural Engineering

Deputy Director of Structural Engineering

Full‑time position with the Department of Parks & Recreation. Job Category:
Engineering, Architecture, & Planning. Salary Band: $125,000 – $150,000 (USD 140,000 – USD 150,000).

NYC Parks is a design award‑winning city agency that builds and cares for public spaces across over 5,000 properties and 14% of New York City’s land and coastline, including seawalls, pedestrian bridges, beaches, parks, historic houses, recreation centers, and more.

Work Location:

Olmsted Center, Queens.

• Under direction of the Engineering Team Leader, manage engineering staff by assigning projects, monitoring workloads, team and project progress, schedule and performance; perform review of technical work, monitor and evaluate employees’ performance, attendance and approve timesheets and leave requests; update staff on relevant agency or division matters.
• Direct and manage workload specifically associated with structural engineering work within Parks’ purview.
• Ensure projects are consistently designed and executed according to best practices and properly filed with the Department of Buildings or any other authorities having jurisdiction.
• Ensure timely completion of design projects and transmittal of bid documents.
• Facilitate rapid problem‑solving on issues that arise during construction or conditions that may pose a danger to the public.
• Coordinate project‑specific intra‑ and inter‑agency projects, such as design coordination, stakeholder input, permits, design presentations and approvals.
• Serve as agency‑wide point person for technical consultation within the appropriate engineering field.
• Serve as Engineering Department liaison and attend meetings with architects, landscape architects, consultants, contractors, stakeholders and representatives of other agencies.

• A valid New York State Professional Engineer license.
• Six (6) years of full‑time satisfactory experience in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, or plan examining work, with at least two (2) years in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity.
• Open to current permanent City employees serving in the Administrative Engineer civil service title, on leave from that title, permanent City employees in or on leave from a comparable title with a valid NYS Professional Engineer license, or candidates reachable on the Administrative Engineer civil service list, Exam No. 5163.

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 on any legally protected status or characteristic, including but not limited to sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.