Senior Design Reviewer (Mechanical)
New York, NYFull-time$62–108K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Department of Design & Construction seeks a Senior Design Reviewer for its Division of Public Buildings, Architecture and Engineering Unit. The role supports the capital construction program through in-house engineering design and comprehensive review of consultant design and constructability documents. The selected candidate will provide technical expertise and support for client agency projects and interface with clients, consultants, contractors, and technical staff.
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Job Description
Hours: Full-Time – 35 Hours
Work Location: 30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101
Only candidates who are permanent in the Administrative Engineer title or those who are reachable on the DDC promotional list (exam #5564), or the open-competitive list (exam #5163) may apply. Please indicate a copy of your Notice of Result card or indicate if you are already permanent in the title. If you do not meet the previously mentioned civil service criteria, you will not be considered for an interview.
The Department of Design & Construction, Division of Public Buildings, Architecture and Engineering Unit seeks a Senior Design Reviewer. The selected candidate will be responsible for in-house design for DDC's capital construction program including: heating, ventilating, air conditioning, plumbing, fire protection and energy conservation to perform comprehensive review of design and/or constructability documents of consultant engineering services, Duties will include: project scoping, design and/or constructability review of consultant drawings and specifications (utilizing Blue-Beam), site inspections and reports, ad hoc technical investigations; condition surveys; in-house design (utilizing AutoCAD and BIM) and providing technical expertise and support services for client agency projects. The selected candidate will interface with clients, consultants, contractors, and technical staff.
Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution. Credentials from foreign institutions require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service. A list of providers (fees apply) is available at: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dcas/downloads/pdf/employment/nyc-dcas-foreign-education-evaluation-guide.pdf.
All applicants, including City Employees:
Please go to NYC Government Jobs | Explore Careers | City of New York, go to Search for Open Jobs, and type in the Job ID # listed above. Submit job application as prompted. Do not apply via Employee Self-Service (ESS), e-mail, mail, or fax your resume to DDC directly.
ADM ENGINEER (NON MGRL) - 1001A
Qualifications
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A valid New York State License as a Professional Engineer.
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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.
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: $ 62,407.00
Salary Max: $108,150.00
How this job compares
Set against the 7,615 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$62–108K/yr
- New York median$95–130K/yr216 salary ranges
- US median$105–160K/yr4,544 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $85K, is 26% below the New York median midpoint ($115K) — in the lowest quarter of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 299 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in New York and 7,615 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Jacobs20 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,311 postings).
- Education
- 5,300 of the 7,615 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (70%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 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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