Professional Engineer ; Environmental; NY HELPS

Candidate will serve as a Project Manager for sites in remedial programs such as the State Superfund Program, Brownfield Cleanup Program, Spills Response Program, and the Bulk Storage Program. This work involves oversight of responsible parties and applicants implementing remedial programs under Department issued orders or agreements, permitting, inspections and enforcement at regulated facilities, management of State contractors, and working with EPA on Federal lead remedial projects.

Required duties will include at a minimum: interaction with remedial parties, regulated facilities, environmental contractors, property owners, the public, and government agencies; oversight of work and contractors at remedial program sites; processing, interpretation, and analysis of groundwater, soil, soil vapor, sediment or rock data or information; writing and editing work plans and reports; assessing nature and extent of contamination; evaluating remedial alternatives;

inspecting regulated facilities, managing engineering design and implementation of remedial actions and corrective measures; and, maintaining remedy effectiveness and protectiveness.

Duties Will Require

• Review and approval of engineering work plans;
• Review and approval of engineering reports; and
• Review and approval of engineering plans and specifications for remedial and/or bulk storage systems.

Candidate may supervise one junior staff member. Supervisory duties would include:

• Monitoring time and activities;
• Performance evaluations;
• Directly working with junior staff on engineering report and plan reviews; and
• Supervising staff during field activities.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a critical requirement of this position as the successful candidate must be able to convey complex information to the public, other emergency response personnel, and DEC staff.

Candidate will be expected to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously and according to site-specific or program specific time schedules.

Some field work may involve working around heavy machinery such as drill rigs and construction equipment. Other position related requirements are listed in the Additional Comments section below.

Minimum Qualifications

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their noncompetitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination.

Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

Reassignment – Currently in the title and an employee of DEC

Reinstatement Eligible – Previously held the title on a permanent competitive basis or held a title as indicated under the transfer eligible section on a permanent competitive basis.

Transfer Eligible – One year of permanent competitive service at Salary Grade 22 or higher and either:

• Eligible for transfer under Section 70.1:
  Permanent competitive service as an Environmental Engineer 2 Civil, Senior Sanitary Engineer. Additional qualifications may be required.
• Eligible for transfer under Section 70.4:
  Must meet the open competitive minimum qualifications below;

Open competitive minimum qualifications…