Engineering, Architecture, & Planning
Project Manager
$66,330 to $99,528 a year
Posted until September 30, 2026 · posted September 18, 2026
Requirements
Other requirements
Exam
Competitive title
A job title where you show you are right for it by passing a competitive exam: multiple-choice, practical, education and experience, or a mix. On our job pages this shows as "Civil service exam title".
From ≈ $31.89 an hour · $2,551 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $14.89/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$2,542 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 10.6 subway rides ($3 fare).
Price anything in hours of this job
Overtime added $3,501 on average that year, and it isn't guaranteed. Base salary of active employees paid a yearly rate, fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025). Source: NYC's payroll data
Check yourself
What they actually ask for.
Other requirements: read them on the posting
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in civil engineering and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in civil engineering work; or
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and a Master's degree from an accredited college in civil engineering.
Quoted word for word from the official posting. The label above is ours, read from this text; if they disagree, this text wins.
The work
What the job is.
Working within the unit of Capital Project Engineering within the NYCDOT division of Budget and Capital Program Management, the successful candidate will participate in project coordination and management activities pertaining to capital construction or repairs of streets, seawalls, bulkheads, plazas, and retaining walls.
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In this capacity, the candidate will review design plans and coordinate with the Department of Design and Construction (NYC DDC), the contract managing agency, to ensure DOTs interests and views are incorporated in project designs.
He or she will track the agency's capital projects and work with designers/consultants and internal project sponsors to identify and coordinate the resolution of issues and conflicts that arise in design and construction.
Additional responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: prepare/review cost estimates, coordinate/attend technical meetings, provide engineering support to the agency, prepare reports & correspondence, review/process consultants scope of work and associated staffing & fees, review/process consultants payment requisitions, monitor the progress of projects and electronically update progress schedules, establish project schedules, coordinate project activities, and liaise among primary agencies & other participants to ensure that assigned projects are developed & implemented in a timely manner.
* In order to be considered for this position candidate must be serving permanently in the civil service title of Assistant Civil Engineer or be reachable on the most current Assistant Civil Engineer list.*
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
Live in NYC within 90 days (usually)
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have workedfor the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. Todetermine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
How to apply, from the posting
All resumes to be submitted electronically using one of the following methods: Please go to ww.nyc.gov/careers/search and search for the Job ID # 790386 Current City employees please log into Employees Self Service follow the Careers Link and search for the Job ID # 790386 Most Public Libraries have computers available for use.
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No phone calls, faxes or personnel inquiries permitted. Only applicants under consideration will be contacted. Appointments are subject to Mayor's Office of Management and Budget Approval.
For more information visit www.nyc.dot.gov
Sources
Straight from the city.
Updated every day from the city's job data (last city update September 21, 2026). You apply through the official posting.