Community Water Project Manager

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 an Associate Project Manager I for a position within Community Water Division, Strategic Operations & Research Directorate, located in Valhalla, New York. Under general supervision, the Associate Project Manager I will serve as Community Water Project Manager and will provide metering oversight, design review and asset management with wholesale water customers, consultants, and contractors on water projects generally between Yonkers and Kingston, NY. As an organizational unit BWS Community Water project managers oversee the water main connections between the NYC water system and local communities drawing water from the system. Specific duties include: - Serving as a technical liaison between DEP, the community, and the communities engineering team. - Receiving design requests for a new or modified water connection, reviewing and commenting on the engineer's design plans including adequate water metering (ensuring NYC revenue) and appurtenances (ensuring NYC water system is protected) and then identifying the long term assets connected to the NYC system that will need maintenance and replacement after their usable life of between 10 and 50 years. The projects' cost typically is $1 to $10 million with an outer range between $100,000 and $180 million. - Communicating clearly with multidisciplinary agency teams of legal, engineering, and planning staff. - Supporting the complete project lifecycle: design, construction, operation, maintenance, replacement including periodic data retrieval, construction inspection, database updates, and coordination to ensure completion of program goals. - Preparing various reports and correspondence regarding projects and program operations such as comment tracking logs, agency review letters, meter testing reports, water connection facility plans, drawings, and maps. - Conducting water utility field site visits including, confined space entry shall be required to assist with enforcing water supply agreement contractual terms and inspection of project locations. (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 Associate Project Managers and environmental conditions experienced are: walking to and from inspection sites and during the course of inspections, climbing and descending ladders or stairs to get to areas to be inspected, including exposed heights and confined spaces, standing for extended periods of time, distinguishing colors, bending, stretching, and stooping during inspections, communicating orally, climbing over and around various objects, walking in areas that may be damp, moldy, dark, dusty, smoky, vermin infested, noisy, acrid, or containing fumes, emissions, extreme heat and cold, lead dust, asbestos, or other potentially hazardous material, and working outdoors in all kinds of weather. Special Working Conditions: Associate Project Managers may be required to work shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER - 22427 Minimum Qualifications One year of full-time satisfactory experience in supervising employees performing project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, on engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects, or supervising a construction project with a value of $1,000,000 or more, and either: 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration, and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, for engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects; or 2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in "1" above; or 3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of college or university education and/or experience described in "1" above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience. One year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration; (b) a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree, or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Registered Landscape Architect. Where experience which is primarily of a design nature is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements. In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least one additional year of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least one year as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project. In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least two additional years of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least two additional years as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project. Preferred Skills - Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint - Proficiency with Adobe - Proficiency with internet searches for codes, standards, and equipment specifications- Understanding of public water supply operating requirements and standards- Project management skills- An engineering background- Ability to deliver site visits progress reports, research, presentations and engineering computations and billing data retrievals.- Professional Engineering or EIT certifications are preferred - OSHA general industry, excavation, erosion and sediment control trainings are a plus. - Ability to work on weekends to cover emergency. - Ability to interact with communities and keep good relationships. - Ability to obtain confined space training, wear a safety harness, and enter underground vaults, water metering process areas, periodic climbing on access ladders, walk for short period of time for construction site inspections- A Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment. 55a Program This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program. Public Service Loan Forgiveness As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at Residency Requirement New York City Residency is not required for this position. 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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.