Director of Citywide Engineering
*This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent City employees serving in the Administrative Engineer civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent City employees in or on leave from a comparable title with a valid New York State Professional Engineer License or 4) candidates who are reachable on the Administrative Engineer civil service list, Exam No. 5163.
NYC Parks is a design award-winning city agency that builds and cares for public spaces for New Yorkers to connect, play and enjoy. These public spaces, encompassing over 5,000 properties and 14% of the city’s land and coastline, include seawalls and waterfronts, pedestrian bridges, beaches and boardwalks, parks and playgrounds, historic houses, recreation centers and pools and spray showers.
With a dedicated team, the Director of Citywide Engineering is a leadership position at NYC Parks responsible for designing and tackling engineering solutions for beloved public spaces and structures. The work of this unit impacts neighborhood growth, public health, local commerce and sustainability initiatives throughout the five boroughs of New York City. The portfolio of engineering projects is fascinating and unparalleled. The setting for these projects is on the main stage of the world's most renowned Park system and City.
Major Responsibilities
- Under direction of the Citywide Services’ Chief of Operations, manage the electrical and mechanical engineering staff including assigning projects and monitoring workloads, following up with staff on project progress and schedule, reviewing technical work, approving timesheets and leave requests, monitoring job performance and performing employee evaluations, and updating staff on any relevant agency or division matters.
- Serve as lead engineer and manager on structural engineering projects and programs.
- Manage inspections, consultant contracts, in-house assignments, procurement and design and construction.
- Technical supervision and mentoring of Engineering staff to ensure quality work and on-time project delivery.
- Develop and ensure project schedules, budgets and technical quality assurance/quality control.
- Perform condition surveys/assessments, background/document research, feasibility studies, scope determination, estimates on existing or proposed infrastructure and prepare reports.
- Perform structural design calculations and provide details/drawings for filing and construction.
- Develop requests for proposals, contracts, work orders and other tasks related to consultant procurement.
- Conduct field inspections before and during design and construction, through turnover, to proactively identify and resolve problems.
- Act as subject-matter expert to represent the engineering team within and externally to the Agency.
- Propose and develop improvements to processes and programs to better advance the team’s mission.
- Complete internal administrative tasks using Parks software and other systems.
- Ensure timely completion of design projects and transmittal of bid documents.
- Ensure projects are consistently designed and executed according to best practices and properly filed with Department of Buildings or any other authorities having jurisdiction.
- 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.
- 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.
- Report to the Deputy Chief of Operations daily and assist with all other day-to-day operations of the department.
How to Apply: Go to cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID# 785486.
All applicants must apply via cityjobs.nyc.gov. The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications.
*Current City Employees please include your ERN on your cover letter and resume.
NOTE: All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. *Posting period extended to 09/21/2026. Previous applicants are still under consideration and need not reapply. References will be required upon request. Fees: Hired candidates will be subject to a processing fee between $40.00 to $101.00 based on the salary range of title. Hired candidates who are not currently employed by the City will be subject to a $104.50 background check fee.
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MOVEMENT IN THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICE LISTS IS PROHIBITED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
For information about applying for Civil Service Exams go to: Civil Service Exams - Department of Citywide Administrative Services (nyc.gov)
ADM ENGINEER (NON MGRL) - 1001A
1. A valid New York State License as a Professional Engineer.
2. Six (6) years of full-time satisfactory experience in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, or plan examining work, at least two (2) years of which must have been in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity.
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.