Construction Project Manager for the Division of Property Management & Client Services

About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s 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.

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Your Team:

The Office of Asset and Property Management (APM) leads the agency’s effort to protect the City’s investment in affordable housing and ensure that properties remain stable and affordable over the long-term. APM actively monitors the performance and regulatory compliance of projects sponsored, supervised, and owned by the City, and connects people to affordable housing opportunities.

The Office of Asset and Property Management (APM) is composed of five divisions, which includes the Divisions of Asset Management, Property Management & Client Services, Housing Supervision, Housing Opportunities & Program Services, and Co-op Readiness & Technical Services.


The Division of Property Management (PM), a division within the Office of Asset and Property Management (APM), leads the agency’s efforts for property management of city-owned residential and commercial properties and provision of temporary housing and rehousing assistance for tenants displaced from their homes because of fires and vacate orders.

Urban Renewal and Property Management (URPM), a PM work unit, manages city-owned properties under HPD jurisdiction, including daily maintenance; routine repairs; local law compliance, including but not limited to, lead monitoring and abatement, façade repairs, pest control; rent collection and vacancy control; and tenant relations. URPM also administers relocation benefits for urban redevelopment projects, manages property control functions such as tracking and reporting inventory changes, manages program expense budgets and micro purchases for the office, and manages the office’s vehicles and fleet supplies.

Your Impact:

As the inspector for Urban Renewal and Property Management (URPM) you will be responsible for inspecting multiple and single family HPD DPM dwellings, including vacant lots.

Your Role:

Your role will be to Investigating and responding to (311) complaints, and internal DPM complaints, concerning emergency, insufficient heat; hot water, unsanitary conditions; illegal conversions, heat plants, including special commissioner projects.






Your Responsibilities:

- Responsible for HPD vehicle readiness, reporting any maintenance issues, including following HPD vehicle standard operating procedures.
- Responsible for completing daily, and weekly route sheets, and vehicle mileage sheets.
- Preparing scopes of work, as needed to correct all NYC external agency violations as needed for supervisor approval.
- Accountable for monitoring generated (OMO) open market orders, from start, to completion.
- Responsible for reporting and documenting any issues or concerns pertaining to contractor work performance.
- Responsible for generating and signing off, on (fir) field inspection reports for supervisor approval.
- Investigating any assigned (EAD) engineering audit department, cost reductions, for corrections or verification.
- Responsible for recording, and recommending any cost reductions as needed, pertaining to job completion, or job performance.
- Responsible for contacting, tenants and arranging for appointments for inspections.
- Accountable for contacting vendors for updates, and job completion status, including affidavit documentation.
- Responsible for following, all HPD standard operating procedures and any required training.


Preferred Skills
- Minimum 5 years of property maintenance, building repairs, violation remediation, construction management, or similar on residential properties. Commercial property and vacant lot management experience a plus.
- Minimum of 3 years of vendor management, job monitoring, and compliance enforcement.
- Demonstrated ability to develop effective maintenance and repair job scopes.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workflows with competing deadlines.
- Demonstrated understanding of market pricing and ability to conduct market price research.
- Must be organized, detail-oriented, and agile to changing priorities.
- Strong communication and customer service skills.
- Familiarity with HPDInfo and violation tracking systems for DOB, DOHMH, DSNY, DEP, etc. a plus
- Only those who are Permanent in Construction Project Manager title and candidates that have taken the Construction Project Manager exam #0169 should apply.
- Candidates may be assigned to field work in any of the five boroughs, and may be scheduled to work evenings and weekends
- Candidates must possess and maintain a valid New York State driver’s license for the duration of their employment.

Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position. The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development does not provide sponsorship for international employees for visa applications, extensions, or status changes, including H-1B visas. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all qualifying requirements for this position at the time of application.

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