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Project Engineer

City of New York

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Compensation
$66–76K/yr
Location
New York, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Project Engineer supports Green Infrastructure design, construction, and maintenance for the NYC Department of Environmental Protection. The role includes testing porous pavement assets, conducting field inspections and site assessments, reviewing plans and geotechnical materials, and checking project compliance and quality. Candidates must provide proof of filing for the recent DCAS Civil Service Exam for Assistant Civil Engineer.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Porous Pavement TestingField InspectionsReport PreparationGeotechnical Report ReviewContract Plan ReviewInspection AuditsDesktop AnalysisAutoCADArcGISMicrosoft OfficeExcelPowerPointMap ComprehensionGraph ComprehensionTable ComprehensionGIS

Qualifications

DCAS Exam Filing ProofBachelor's in Civil Engineering and One Year Experience or Bachelor's in Civil Engineering Technology and Three Years Experience or Bachelor's and Master's in Civil Engineering

Full job description

Job Description

IMPORTANT: To be considered for an interview, all candidates must provide PROOF OF FILING for the recent DCAS Civil Service Exam - Assistant Civil Engineer.

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the city.

Under supervision of the Senior Project Manager of Green Infrastructure (GI) Design and Construction, Project Engineer responsibilities include asset testing of porous pavement, field inspections, contract plan review, soil subsurface analyzation, review of geotechnical reports and as-builts for green infrastructure citywide. Work will also include conducting desktop and site assessments to determine locations of green infrastructure, pre, during, and post construction site visits, performing various testing of GI assets and ensure contract progress, quality, safety, workmanship and conformance with contract documents, NYC Standards, and applicable codes.

Typical responsibilities of the Project Engineer will include:

  • Perform porous pavement asset testing and field inspections for Green Infrastructure. Prepare and submit reports.

  • Review maintenance logs for porous pavement, geotechnical reports, contract plans and as-builts.

  • Coordinate with Project Managers and porous pavement cleaning operators for maintenance.

  • Perform inspection audits to measure proper cleaning during maintenance operations as well as contractor’s performance during construction of green infrastructure projects.

  • Perform field visits during design, geotechnical investigations, construction and post construction.

  • Perform desktop analysis using AutoCAD and/or ArcGIS software to analyze tributary areas and contract area boundaries for Green Infrastructure.

  • Perform enforcement of compliance with the DEP sewer use regulations.

The Project Engineer must have strong MS Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, and ability to comprehend maps, graphs, and tables. Basic AutoCAD, GIS and ArcGIS knowledge is helpful for this job function.

ASSISTANT CIVIL ENGINEER - 20210

Qualifications

  1. A baccalaureate degree in civil engineering from an accredited college or university and one year of fulltime satisfactory experience in civil engineering work; or

  2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in civil engineering technology and three years of full-time satisfactory experience in civil engineering work; or

  3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and a master’s degree in civil engineering from an accredited college or university.

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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

Salary Min: $ 66,330.00

Salary Max: $ 76,279.00

How this job compares

Set against the 5,174 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$66–76K/yr
  • New York median$95–135K/yr160 salary ranges
  • US median$96–145K/yr2,723 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $71K, is 38% below the New York median midpoint ($115K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Engineer salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 224 open Project Engineer jobs in New York and 5,174 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,997 postings).
Education
3,184 of the 5,174 open Project Engineer jobs (62%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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