Furniture & Equipment Specialist

Build your career while building NYC schools!

The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) is the organization responsible for designing and building new public schools and managing the design, construction, and renovation of capital improvement projects in New York City’s more than 1200 school buildings. The SCA is dedicated to building and modernizing schools in a responsible, cost-effective manner while achieving the highest standards of excellence, safety, quality, and integrity.

We have an excellent opportunity for a Furniture & Equipment Specialist who is responsible for identifying, and researching more cost effective and innovative school furniture and equipment for future use by the Authority. Responsibilities include:

• Conduct reviews of drawings /specifications, provide comments and attend meetings for capacity projects.
• Assist Coordinators with room layouts relating to placement of furniture/equipment including scaled layouts using AutoCAD.
• Create estimates for projects in design for submission to the Architectural & Engineering department.
• Conduct research on furniture and equipment options to ensure items meet applicable standards.
• Research product information; introduce new products; specify furniture and equipment for a project.
• Work with a wide range of technical, managerial, support personnel, vendors, contractors, and agencies.
• Convert unique furniture and equipment requirements into new standard room layouts.
• Ensure that project furniture budgets are within designated project cost estimates.
• Maintain a reference library of alternate manufacturers and distributors of school furniture/equipment.
• Participate in development of procedures for the testing of specific school and pupil products.
• Present tested products for review and approval by the Authority and Department of Education.
• Monitor performance of selected products purchased by the Authority; inventory updates.

Minimum Qualifications:

Baccalaureate degree plus two years of full time experience specifying furniture or interior design or a satisfactory combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications:  Familiarity with design tools such as AutoCad, Blue Beam and Revit. 

Experience working with or within New York City government agencies or other public sector organizations. Exceptional project management, organizational, and communication skills, with a proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex and fast-paced environment.

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, prescription & vision coverage; NYC Qualified Pension Plan; Optional Retirement Savings including 401K, 457 and IRA options; Transit Check Program; Public Loan Forgiveness Program; Competitive Paid Time-off (PTO) are just a sample of our benefits.

Salary dependent upon experience: $75,863.00 - $87,242.00

Visit our website at https://nycsca.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/details/Furniture---Equipment-Specialist_R-FY25-118-1

New York City School Construction Authority is an equal opportunity employer.

About New York City School Construction Authority (SCA)

The SCA is the organization responsible for building new public schools and managing the design, construction and renovation of capital projects in New York City's more than 1,200 public school buildings, half of which were constructed prior to 1949. The SCA is dedicated to building and modernizing schools in a responsible, cost-effective manner while achieving the highest standards of excellence in safety, quality, and integrity.

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