What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supervising Engineer position at The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey?
Description
About the Role
The Port Department is seeking a Supervising Engineer to join their team! Reporting to the Senior Program Manager, the responsibilities of the selected candidate will include organizing and collecting information on overall TCAP (Tenant Construction and Alteration Program) Program, serving in the role of tenant coordinator for TCAP projects, and developing projects, cost estimates, scopes of work for future Port projects to be advanced in either the Port Department’s Capital Plan or Agency Major Maintenance Program.
Responsibilities
The application process varies by position, but typically includes an initial phone interview for qualified candidates, followed by a more in-depth interview(s) and/or assessment(s). Selected candidates who are made a conditional job offer will be asked to undergo a background check.
Compensation & Benefits
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey offers a competitive benefits package, hybrid work options for many positions, and a professional environment that supports development and recognizes achievement.
Click here for more information about benefits, our culture, and career development opportunities.
How To Apply
Interested candidates should apply to this job by clicking on the "Apply Now" button and submitting a resume. The Port Authority of NY & NJ welcomes veteran and military spouse applications.
Only applicants under consideration will be contacted.
About The Port Authority
Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency's network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than twenty three billion in annual wages and eighty billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where the 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center is now the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey/Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About the Role
The Port Department is seeking a Supervising Engineer to join their team! Reporting to the Senior Program Manager, the responsibilities of the selected candidate will include organizing and collecting information on overall TCAP (Tenant Construction and Alteration Program) Program, serving in the role of tenant coordinator for TCAP projects, and developing projects, cost estimates, scopes of work for future Port projects to be advanced in either the Port Department’s Capital Plan or Agency Major Maintenance Program.
Responsibilities
- Organizing and collecting information on overall TCAP program to be used by Senior Program Manager for delivering program information to Port Leadership, tenants, and other key stakeholders.
- Managing and leading TAA projects in the role of Tenant Coordinator, coordinating between Construction Management Division, Quality Assurance Division, and TCAP Central office.
- Engaging with tenants to understand future infrastructure needs and upcoming TCAP projects.
- Directing and coordinating interdisciplinary engineering activities with facility staff, tenants, government agencies, consultants, and private entities.
- Developing scopes of work, conceptual designs, and cost estimates for projects that would address an infrastructure need.
- Engaging with Port Department stakeholders, including the facilities, planning group, leasing, and other relevant groups to understand infrastructure challenges and needs.
- Coordinating between Port Department and Engineering Department to advance a project and advance formal design.
- Supporting activities related to the acquisition of properties, including technical and environmental analyses, grading, drainage, roadway construction and repairs, condition surveys, appraisals, and cost estimates.
- Provides ad-hoc engineering support, as needed.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in planning and engineering design.
- Minimum of five (2) years’ experience in engineering project management.
- Professional Engineer's License.
- Selected candidate will be required to pass a Federal Security Background check and obtain a Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) to work in a maritime environment as required by Department of Homeland Security.
- Advanced degree in Engineering.
- Demonstrated experience with the Port Authority’s TCAP processes.
- Demonstrated experience in the planning and design of port, commercial and/or industrial facilities.
- Demonstrated experience in planning and engineering design on multiple projects of significant size, scope, and complexity.
- Demonstrated ability to develop creative solutions to problems, resolve conflicts, and work effectively with both technical and non-technical staff.
- Demonstrated experience in supporting consultants, staff and dealing with external parties on technical and operational matters.
- Demonstrated knowledge of state and local codes, PA standards, transportation industry standards, and civil engineering standards for marine facilities.
- Demonstrated ability to take independent action and be innovative and decisive.
- Demonstrated project management experience.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative suite.
- Proficiency in the use of GIS spatial data collection, analysis, and visualization.
- Proficiency in the used of CAD .
The application process varies by position, but typically includes an initial phone interview for qualified candidates, followed by a more in-depth interview(s) and/or assessment(s). Selected candidates who are made a conditional job offer will be asked to undergo a background check.
Compensation & Benefits
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey offers a competitive benefits package, hybrid work options for many positions, and a professional environment that supports development and recognizes achievement.
Click here for more information about benefits, our culture, and career development opportunities.
How To Apply
Interested candidates should apply to this job by clicking on the "Apply Now" button and submitting a resume. The Port Authority of NY & NJ welcomes veteran and military spouse applications.
Only applicants under consideration will be contacted.
About The Port Authority
Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency's network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than twenty three billion in annual wages and eighty billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where the 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center is now the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey/Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
