The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water, collecting and treating wastewater, 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 delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons per day of the highest quality drinking water to 8.5 million NYC residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York, and has a wastewater conveyance and treatment system capable of processing over 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day to protect the environment and the city’s surrounding waterways.
New York City has approximately 140,000 catch basins, 114,000 hydrants, 90,000 valves, 14 gatehouses, 3 reservoirs, 68 groundwater wells, a 100 million gallon underground storage tank and 7,000 miles each of both sanitary sewers and water mains. The responsibility of maintaining these vast networks falls under the Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations (BWSO).

BWSO is seeking to hire one (1) Assistant Civil Engineer to join our Collection Systems Investigations (CSI) team to manage projects for the investigation, cleaning, inspection, design, and repair of the City’s sewer system. The candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day management of multiple short- and long-term projects performed by both in-house personnel and private contractors. The candidate will ensure that all work is performed in a safe and expeditious manner. The candidate will track the budget to ensure adequate funding is available for the work and will make payments to contractors for work completed. The candidate will provide engineering analysis and opinions concerning the conditions of the sewers and proposals for improvements and repairs thereof.

Under general supervision of the Unit Chief of the Contract Support Unit, with considerable latitude for independent decision-making, the Assistant Civil Engineer is to manage engineering and inspection projects to ensure that all work is prioritized properly and performed expeditiously; that funding is available to pay for the work performed by contractors and they are paid timely; that all work is performed in a safe manner and in accordance with specifications, rules and standards of the NYCDEP and other governmental agencies and authorities; that associated records are created and filed accurately and timely; and that contracts are closed out in a timely manner.

Specific duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Overseeing and reviewing cleaning, inspection, investigation and repair of sewer mains, outfalls and appurtenances.
• Ensuring compliance with DEP and other relevant governmental rules, regulations, specifications and standards.
• Being responsible for updating daily reports on contractor work activities.
• Providing engineering opinions concerning conditions of sewers and appurtenances, proper solutions to remedy discovered problems, and proper methods of repair to be implemented.
• Ensuring that all work is performed on schedule.
• Enforcing safety requirements and procedures throughout the process, including confined space protocols, and the maintenance and protection of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
• Preparing documents, reports, forms and drawings as required by the Agency and governmental authorities.
• Informing and updating supervisors and managers of the status and progress of the work.
• Maintaining communication with the supervising Contract Manager, Unit Chief, other DEP units, and the public as necessary.

The following physical activities may be regularly required:
Walking or driving to and from inspection sites; climbing and descending a ladder or stairs; standing for extending periods of time; bending and stooping; working in confined spaces including trunk water and sewer mains and chambers; entry into open trenches and excavations; carrying clipboards and various inspection equipment including pinch bars, hooks, concrete air entrainment and slump test kits, concrete cones and cylinders; walking around and climbing over various objects; working in areas that may be damp, smoky, or acrid; working outside in all types of weather conditions year round.

ASSISTANT CIVIL ENGINEER - 20210

Assistant Civil Engineer