Schoharie Facilities Supervisor

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Water Supply seeks to hire a Supervisor Watershed Maintenance I, within the Drinking Water Operations (DWO), North Directorate for a position at the Catskill and Delaware Watersheds. The Water Operations North Division is responsible for managing all aspects of the operations of Catskill and Delaware Watersheds. This includes planning, management, operation, maintenance, and stewardship of all NYC water supply infrastructure within these watersheds.

Under general supervision, of the Supervisor of Watershed Maintenance III the Supervisor Watershed Maintenance I, will serve as Facilities Supervisor and will be responsible for managing and performing critical duties related to the operation, maintenance, repair, and inspection of infrastructure within New York City’s watershed areas. This includes reservoirs, aqueducts, groundwater sources, water and wastewater treatment facilities, roads, bridges, equipment, and associated lands. The Supervisor ensures strict adherence to all applicable federal, state, local, and agency environmental health and safety laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. Specific duties include:

- Oversee the operation, maintenance, repair, and inspection of infrastructure within the City of New York’s watershed areas, including reservoirs, aqueducts, groundwater systems, water and wastewater treatment facilities, roads, bridges, equipment, and associated lands.

- Ensure adherence to all applicable environmental health and safety laws, regulations, policies, and procedures at the federal, state, local, and agency levels.

- Operate computerized, electronic, and mechanical equipment as needed, and drives a motor vehicle to travel between work locations.

- Estimate labor and material needs for regional projects.

- Direct the operation and maintenance of equipment and approves use of materials.

- Organize personnel and teams to accomplish routine tasks, special projects, and emergencies.

- Coordinate support from other DEP organizational units and outside DEP through municipal agreements and by contract/purchase order for work beyond the capability of the region.

- Complete employee evaluations of subordinates.

- May serve as the Chief Operator of the Schoharie Campus water treatment system.

(This is a brief description of what you might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position.)

Some of the physical activities performed by Supervisor Watershed Maintenance I and environmental conditions experienced are: Ability to stand or walk for long periods, lift heavy objects, climb ladders and steep grades, enter small or confined spaces, lifting objects up to waist height, fingering, grasping, squeezing and/or turning objects such as tools and equipment, pushing and pulling objects such as tools and levers using one or two hands, reaching at a distance up to arm’s length, coordinating the movements of hands and feet, and balancing body on foot stools or ladders from 3 to 30 feet in height while standing and working with hands overhead, and entering permit or non-permit confined spaces In order to perform the essential tasks of the position.

Supervisor Watershed Maintenance I may be required to: wear protective equipment such as gloves, boots, goggles, earplugs, noise attenuators, face shields, and or respirators, work in temperatures ranging from 0 degree Fahrenheit and 105 degree Fahrenheit in wetness and varying atmospheric conditions such as high and low humidity, work in the presence of toxic and/or corrosive chemicals and moving parts of machinery and equipment, and work in restricted spaces for up to 1 hour at a time and on surfaces made of metal gratings, macadam and or cement.

Special Working Conditions: Supervisor (Watershed Maintenance) I may be required to work shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

Preferred Skills:

- Janitorial experience as this position will supervise the Facilities Crew responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of staffed and unstaffed facilities throughout the Catskill Region

- Experience in operation of a small surface water treatment facility

- General Familiarity of MS Office including Outlook

- Ability to navigate CityTime, timekeeping program

- Ability to learn how to use a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and a computer tablet to receive and create work orders, input data and closeout completed work

- Might be required to use a respirator and maintain enrollment in the Bureau’s Respiratory Protection Program

Licenses Required

- A Motor Vehicle Driver’s License valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.

- May be required to have or obtain a Grade C NYSDOH Water Plant Operator License and maintain.

Hours/Shift:

40 Hours per week, Shift work including nights, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

Work Location:

1216 Intake Rd
Prattsville, NY 12468

SUPERVISOR (WATERSHED MAINTENA - 91314

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, plus three years of recent satisfactory experience in the operation, maintenance, repair, construction or inspection of facilities, equipment and lands in a watershed area, including aqueducts, reservoirs, water and/or waste water treatment plants; at least one year of which must have been in a supervisory capacity.

For Assignment Level II
In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" above, to be assigned to Assignment Level II, candidates must have one additional year of full-time satisfactory experience in a supervisory capacity, as described above, for a total of four years of experience.

For Assignment Level III
In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" above, to be assigned to Assignment Level III, candidates must have four additional years of full-time satisfactory experience, as described above, at least two of which must have been in a supervisory capacity, for a total of seven years of experience.

License Requirement
A Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.