Field Tech Division of Code Enforcement; DCE HQS Unit

About The Agency

NYC Department Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city’s housing and diversity and strength in its neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

• We maintain building and resident safety and health
• We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
• We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness, Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10‑year planned investment in housing to $22 billion, the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi‑pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing home ownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.

The Office of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services (OENS) leads the agency’s effort to work closely with other HPD divisions and outside community partners to identify buildings in distress, assess and develop appropriate strategies to address those properties, and work closely with responsible owners to develop a plan to improve conditions and return buildings to firm financial footing and physical health. OENS uses enforcement tools within its Division of Code Enforcement, Housing Litigation Division, Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement, and the Division of Neighborhood Preservation to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.

The Office of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services is composed of seven divisions:
Data Management & Technology (DMT), Division of Neighborhood Preservation (DNP), Administration & Internal Compliance (AIC), Housing Litigation Division (HLD), Division of Code Enforcement (DCE), Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement Division (EOD), and Division of Emergency Housing Services (EHS).

Under direct supervision within the Division of Code Enforcement, you will perform as a Field Tech/CPM L1 in the Division of Code Enforcement (DCE) HQS Unit. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Conduct citywide inspections of vacant apartments and public areas where rental subsidy assistance will be provided by the federal government through its Section 8 program.
• Perform inspections of vacant Section 8 apartments for the enforcement of Housing Quality Standards in Private and Multiple Dwellings to ensure that the units being occupied are in compliance with the regulations set forth by HUD as well as HMC, rules and regulations.
• Prepare inspections and field reports and enter related data into our internal computer systems.
• Generate referrals to DOB as well as Adult Protective Services when necessary.
• Report conditions directly to 311 for Code to respond to when necessary.
• Conduct re-inspections on conditions already reported to ensure compliance and provide status to the HQS unit to ensure clients are approved to move in.

• Preference for candidates that have taken and passed the Construction Project Manager Exam #3042 or Exam #5058.
• Ability to speak and read in more than one language.
• Must have and maintain a valid NYS driver’s license.
• Proficiency in most Microsoft applications.

• Candidates will be trained as an EPA Certified Lead Inspector within 4 months of employment.
• Candidates may be assigned to any of the five boroughs and may be scheduled to work evenings and weekends.

• A four‑year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and five years of full‑time satisfactory experience managing and/or inspecting one or more construction…