Field Representative Landscape Construction

Field Representative for Landscape Construction

NYC Parks manages over 30,000 acres of public land and provides a range of recreational facilities, nature centers, historic buildings, golf courses and more across the city.

• Under general supervision, coordinates and expedites development and/or improvement in all aspects of the Landscape Construction Units (LCU) portion of general construction projects, focusing on preservation of existing trees, plant material, topsoil, arboriculture and horticulture during site development on Capital Projects. Advise and coordinate activities required between landscape architects, architects, engineers and resident engineers together with other construction professionals as to best practices for the preservation and protection of trees on NYC City Parkland before, during construction and post‑occupancy of construction sites.
• Assist the LCU Director and LCU Supervisors in overseeing all matters relating to landscape construction, such as supervising landscape contractors and arborists including tree pruning and tree removals, material tagging, plant material layout, and topsoil sample collection and analysis. Monitor landscape operations for compliance with contract specifications and documents.
• Review horticultural and arboriculture construction submittals including topsoil reports.
• Prepare, transmit and file correspondence with reports related to site work on Capital Projects, maintain a project database of landscape construction operations, provide regular updates with status of various projects and programs, and ensure that projects are advanced timely.
• Work with other divisions within Parks, including Central Forestry, the Natural Resources Group and others as necessary.
• Work with construction teams including construction directors, senior resident engineers, lead resident engineers and resident engineers to formulate and optimize tree and site protection, including the placement of infrastructure such as paths, curbs, irrigation systems and underground utilities, grading issues, designation of staging areas and vehicular access routes, establishing tree protection zones and methods, soil bridging techniques and any other contract documents and specifications as appropriate.
• Work with the construction teams and landscape construction specialists to implement and enforce all Agency Standards and guidelines relating to site work around trees, in particular hand excavation requirements within the vicinity and underneath the driplines of existing trees.

Work Location:

Olmsted Center, Queens

How to Apply:

Go to cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job # 765179.

All applicants must apply via cityjobs.nyc.gov. The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications.

Current City Employees: please include your ERN on your cover letter and resume.

NOTE:

All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. References will be required upon request.

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration or public administration, and one year of full‑time satisfactory experience in project management work such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting for engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects.
• A four‑year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in “1” above.
• A four‑year high‑school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of the experience and/or college education described in “1” above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience. One year of credit will be given for each 30 semester credits of college education leading to a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction,…