Assistant Environmental Engineer
Assistant Environmental Engineer
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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 highquality 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.
New York City has approximately 140000 catch basins 114000 hydrants 90000 valves 14 gatehouses 3 reservoirs 68 groundwater wells a 100milliongallon underground storage tank and 7000 miles each of both sanitary sewers and water mains. The responsibility of maintaining these vast networks falls under the Department of Environmental Protections Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations (BWSO).
The primary responsibilities of the Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations are the operation maintenance and protection of the Citys drinking water and wastewater collection (sewer) systems; the protection of adjacent waterways; and the development and protection of the Departments Capital Water and Sewer Design Program. The Bureau also approves and inspects water and sewer connections performed by licensed plumbers and/or authorized contractors. In addition the Bureau has overall responsibility for the approval and inspection of all public and private construction projects which could impact on the Citys water or sewer systems.
We are seeking to hire an Assistant Environmental Engineer (AEE) to join our Construction team in order to ensure that NYCs water and sewer systems are functioning properly and in compliance with NYC rules and regulations. He/she will oversee work being performed on water and sewer main reconstruction contracts participate in the scheduling of contractor activities communicate with City personnel of various trade classifications and track and monitor payment related tasks.
Essential Job Functions include:
Overseeing and inspecting construction of water mains sewers and roadway work to ensure conformance with specifications standards and contract drawings.
Responsible for providing daily reports on Contractor work activities ensuring that contract work is performed on schedule that necessary funding is available and details are accurate and up to date.
Daily updates of documents and files.
Conducting site inspections/field visits.
Reviewing geometry drawings design plans specifications and reports.
Preparing and approving estimates ensuring that payment submission contains the necessary material for verification purposes.
Maintaining communication with the Supervising Resident Engineer as necessary.
Providing updates on work status and reporting on critical events that transpire on the field.
Preparing monthly and/or quarterly job status reports.
ASSISTANT ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINE 20617
Qualifications :
1. A baccalaureate degree in environmental chemical mechanical petroleum aeronautical or materials engineering from an accredited college or university and one year of fulltime satisfactory experience in environmental engineering work; or
2. A baccalaureate degree in environmental chemical mechanical petroleum aeronautical or materials
engineering from an accredited college and masters degree in environmental engineering from an accredited college.
A masters degree in environmental engineering from an accredited college can only be used to substitute for one year of fulltime satisfactory work experience in environmental engineering.
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
