Head of Project Management (Construction)

The NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) designs and implements the City’s brownfield cleanup and redevelopment initiatives. Foremost among these is the NYC Voluntary Cleanup Program (NYC VCP), the nation’s only municipally‑run cleanup program, which offers remedial oversight and liability protection to property owners and developers of over 250 sites each year. Brownfields are sites where redevelopment is complicated by the presence of contamination, including from prior site uses, historic fill, or chemical spills. The office manages the NYC Clean Soil Bank, a municipally‑run soil exchange that directs clean soil from construction sites to projects across the city that need it. OER’s clean soil stockpile provides NYC construction projects with no cost disposal of clean soil and provides clean soil to City and private projects as well as community gardens at no cost. OER also supports Community Brownfield Planning Areas and administers the Brownfield Incentive Grant (BIG) program, which provides funding for the investigation and cleanup of brownfield sites as well as grants to community‑based organizations conducting planning around brownfields. Additional OER programs and initiatives include the E‑Designation Program for hazardous materials, air quality, and noise; Green Property Certification; and community engagement activities. OER seeks a Project Manager to perform professional scientific work in geology on project sites under the E‑Designation and City’s Voluntary Cleanup program. The Project Manager will also manage Air Quality and Noise Requirements under our E‑Designation Program.

Manage individual development projects including the review and approval of plans, site investigation reports, remedial action work plans and final remedial action reports on a schedule prepared by a development team and their environmental consultant. A project manager ensures that a project will meet environmental requirements on a development team’s project schedule.

Implement applicable laws and regulations and policy to meet Mayor’s Office strategic environmental, remedial, and engineering goals.

Become fluent in all OER Environmental Quality programs (NYC VCP, E‑Designation Hazmat, Noise and Air) and other OER Programs including JumpStart, BIG Grants, Brownfield Partnership, Green Property Certification, SPEED mapping tool, EPIC project management database, Clean Soil Bank, and be prepared to provide assistance and answer questions from public.

Conduct communications with development teams, the general public, elected officials, the press and other city agencies in accordance with OER and Mayor’s Office policies.

Oversee, inspect, and participate in field sampling and remediation, and oversee engineering activities.

Maintain databases and archives established by OER management for oversight of programs.

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with a major in geology, engineering, earth sciences, environmental sciences, or a closely related field, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in areas such as rock and soil mechanics, structural geology, soils, sedimentation, petrology, hydrology, hydrogeology, geomorphology, subsurface explorations, mining, engineering, mapping, surveying, site investigations, geologic field work, or closely related areas.

At least one course involving geologic field work or three months of satisfactory, full‑time professional geologic field experience obtained during the course of, or after completing, the baccalaureate education.

Upon satisfactory completion of one year of training in beginning level professional work in geology, employees will be assigned to perform the full range of work in geology of moderate difficulty and responsibility appropriate to Assignment Level I and will receive the “after one year in title” salary rate.

Employees with one year of satisfactory, post‑baccalaureate, full‑time professional experience in geology, engineering, earth sciences, environmental sciences, or a closely related field may be hired directly at the “after one year in title” salary rate, at the discretion of the hiring agency.

At least three years of satisfactory, full‑time professional experience in geology, engineering, earth sciences, environmental sciences, or a closely related field. One year of this experience must include the provision of geologic consultation or the supervision or performance monitoring of persons involved in geologic activity; A master’s degree from an accredited college with a major in one of the fields listed in “Assignment Level I—Qualification Requirement A” above may be substituted for two years of the AL II professional experience. A master’s degree from an accredited college in management, public administration, business administration, or a closely related field may be substituted for the one year of consultative or supervisory experience described above.

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55‑a Program. As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. Department of Education’s website at

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.

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