Watershed Maintainer Wastewater Plant Operator
Watershed Maintainer Wastewater Plant Operator
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Job Description
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 6000 employees. DEPs water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the systems 2000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.
The Bureau of Water Supply seeks to hire a Watershed Maintainer within the Water Resource Recovery Operations Division Drinking Water Operations Directorate for a position at the Pine Hill Water Resource Recovery Facility located in Pine Hill New York. Under supervision of the Assistant Chief Operator the Watershed Maintainer will serve as Watershed Maintainer Wastewater Plant Operator and will be responsible for the performing daily operations to maintain NYSDEC State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) compliance at the Water Resource Recovery Facility. Specific duties include:
Conducting wastewater facility operations
Conducting equipment maintenance projects housekeeping and ground maintenance
Performing laboratory analysis
Acquiring and maintaining Wastewater Certification
License Requirement
Candidates will be required obtain and maintain a New York State Grade 2 Wastewater Operators Certification within two 2 years.
(This is a brief description of what a Watershed Maintainer might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position)
Some of the physical activities performed by Watershed Maintainers and environmental conditions experienced are: 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 arms 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. In order to perform the essential tasks of this position Watershed Maintainers 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 degrees F and 105 degrees F 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: Watershed Maintainers may be required to work shifts including nights Saturdays Sundays and holidays.
WATERSHED MAINTAINER 91011
Qualifications :
A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one of the following:
1. One year of fulltime satisfactory experience in the operation and maintenance of equipment used in the controlling or purification of water at facilities in watershed areas reservoirs or aqueduct systems or performing duties involving the upkeep inspection maintenance or operation of watershed areas and related facilities; or
A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one of the following:
2. Two years of fulltime satisfactory experience as: a mechanic journeyman or helper in the electrical trades or mechanical trades; or a technician in a chemical processing facility or chemical laboratory.
Driver License Requirement: By the time you are appointed to this position you must have a motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of your employment.
Additional Information :
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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
