Engineering Auditor

Engineering Auditor

The Audit & Compliance Services unit (ACS) of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) assists management with identifying and prioritizing areas for audit/review focus. ACS performs tests of controls to verify whether controls are working as designed and provides observations and recommendations to improve processes and controls. ACS coordinates all external audit activities and Agency responses to those audits, reviews required federal grant reporting, and coordinates the City's Financial and Single Audits. The Audit and Compliance Service Unit within DCAS seeks to hire an Engineering Auditor for its Engineering Audit Operation (EAO). Pursuant to NYC Comptroller's Directive 7, Engineering Audit reviews and approves all payments and Change Orders for construction and construction-related services for accuracy and compliance with City requirements prior to payment.

The duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Ensuring that construction, construction related services and related equipment have been delivered/performed in compliance with the terms and conditions of the contract;
• Reviewing requested Change Orders against contract specifications to ensure that they are appropriately classified and there is sufficient documentation to validate the reason for the classification;
• Evaluating change orders to ensure that they are not for work already required by the contract;
• Examining the reasonableness of contractors' pricing by evaluation of the separate cost elements data supplied and certified by the vendor;
• Performing field inspections to verify that work is of good quality and has progressed sufficiently to warrant payment requested;
• Performing a final review and examination of prices, reimbursable costs; technical trade labor rates; multipliers; overhead factors and other related documents to certify the fairness and reasonableness of contract changes;
• Determining that the contractor has properly submitted the necessary documents and other submissions prescribed by the contract specifications and requirements or by law in order to enable the agency to process the final payment and release retainage; and
• Issuing reports detailing any findings and/or deductions that may have resulted from that review.

The new Engineering Auditor must have prior experience of large-scale construction projects from design phase through payment and must be able to critically assess claimed costs for reasonableness, necessity and compliance with all contract terms and conditions.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. A baccalaureate degree in electrical engineering from an accredited college or university and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in electrical engineering work; or

2. A baccalaureate degree in electrical engineering from an accredited college and a master's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited college or university. A master's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited college or university can only be used to substitute for one year of full-time satisfactory work experience in electrical engineering. A degree in any other engineering area, or in any engineering technology area, is not acceptable.

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