Watershed Maintainer

• Job Category:
  Building Operations & Maintenance
• Salary Band: $60,000 to $70,000
• Compensation: USD 47,684 - USD 69,745 - yearly

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 New York City Bureau of Water Supply seeks to hire a Watershed Maintainer for a position within the Ashokan Chemical Treatment Facility (ACTF), in the Drinking Water Operations Directorate, located in Ashokan, New York. The Directorate is also responsible for maintaining compliance with all federal and state drinking water regulations through extensive water quality monitoring and research, resolution of water quality issues and data analysis and reporting both in the watershed and the distribution systems.

Additional compliance and technical services provided include ensuring hazardous material cleanup throughout the watershed, Dam Safety, Risk Management Program and Environmental health and Safety compliance within the directorate. The directorate also provides direct oversight of implementation of the bureau Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

Under the Supervision of a Supervisor, Watershed Maintenance (Level I) the Watershed Maintainer will serve as a vital crew member assigned to the Ashokan Chemical Treatment Facility (ACTF) and will also be required to work with the NYS DOH Grade C Water distribution plant. On-site operators must complete the Grade IIB course per the timeline specified by the Regional Manager and then obtain a Grade IIB Water treatment license within one year of completing the course.

This position will operate under the regulatory oversight of the Kensico Region's Grade 1B Chief Operator. They will also be required to have or obtain a NYSDOH Water treatment Grade C license in a timely manner as specified by the Regional Manager. In addition to daily plant operations, staff will execute comprehensive operations and maintenance tasks across the Catskill Region, including the routine inspection, repair, and upkeep of facilities, roads, bridges, dams, specialized equipment, valves, watershed lands, reservoirs, aqueducts, and related water and wastewater treatment systems.

Specific duties include:

• Responsible for the routine inspection, operation, maintenance, calibration, and repair of specialized water treatment, storage, and conveyance infrastructure. This includes hands on troubleshooting of chlorine dioxide equipment, water and chemical feed pumps, and dosing systems.
• Conducts chemical treatment samples and other required tests.
• Monitors and operates Supervisor Control Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Human-Machine Interface systems.
• Keeps paper and electronic logs of operational information, equipment performance, maintenance activities, water quality, and maintains communication using computers and other electronic equipment.
• Maintains and repairs facilities and their ancillary components, lands, roads, bridges, dams, and other structures using hand or power tools, machine tools, and industrial power equipment including snowplows, graders, backhoes, and loaders.
• Makes necessary road repairs, mows lawns, road edges and dams, and operates necessary equipment in connection therewith.
• Maintains and keeps marginal areas clean around reservoirs,…