Senior Stationary Engineer; Electric) C

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 Stationary Engineer (Electric) within the Drinking Water Operations (DWO) South Directorate, for a position located in Valhalla, New York. Drinking Water Operations (DWO) is responsible for the operation, maintenance, treatment and quality of three water supply systems and all associated infrastructure that conveys water to New York City. These systems include the Croton, Catskill, and Delaware Systems.

The Directorate also operates and maintains seven Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs), including five collection systems that protect the headwaters of these systems. The directorate provides maintenance and operation of the Croton Water Filtration Plant, Jerome Park and Hillview Reservoirs, the Cat-Del UV Plant, Chlorination and Fluoridation at Delaware Aqueduct Shaft 18, Chlorine Dioxide at Croton Lake Gate House and the Ashokan Chemical Treatment Facility, Pleasantville Alum Plant, and other associated dams, aqueducts, shafts, waterworks, highways, support systems, and offices.

Under the general direction from the Senior Stationary Engineer (Electric), the Senior Stationary Engineer (Electric) C+ (SSEE) C+ is responsible for the operation, maintenance, repair, testing and adjustment of equipment, apparatus, and structures of one or more electrically powered facilities; and performs related work. The candidate will be responsible for reporting on daily work orders and tracking the progress of work through the Avantis Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

Specific duties include:

• Responsible for the operation, inspection, maintenance, repair, testing and adjustment of equipment, such as generators, pumps, transformers, electric motors, bearings, switchboards, controllers, compressors, meters, gauges, valves, fittings, heating apparatus, converters, rectifiers, controls, and circuit breakers of one or more electrically powered plants, such as pumping stations, sewage treatment plants, etc.
• Keep records, makes inspections, and prepares reports.
• Prepare, develops, implements, and assists with maintaining the CMMS for Stationary Engineer (Electric) staff.
• Guarantees that the Senior SEE is notified in a timely manner of any issues that may arise.
• Ensures that work is performed safely and efficiently and that crucial deadlines are met.
• Ability to prioritize daily tasks and rearrange tasks in the event higher priority work arises.

Special

Working Conditions:

Some of the physical activities performed by Stationary Engineers (Electric) and environmental conditions experienced are: while working near high voltages (600 volts or more), lift and carry objects weighing approximately fifty pounds; use power driven and regular hand tools; work with hands at arm’s length overhead while standing on ladders; may stand for an extended period of time; work in confined areas and in restricted spaces on surfaces such as metal gratings.

The SEE may be required to work in temperatures ranging from 0 degree Fahrenheit to 105 degree Fahrenheit in varying atmospheric conditions such as high and low humidity; work in the presence of toxic and/or corrosive chemicals and moving parts of…