EHS Program Specialist

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 highquality drinking water managing wastewater and storm water and reducing air noise and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country with nearly 6000 employees. DEPs water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the systems 2000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Engineering Design & Construction (BEDC) currently has a portfolio of capital projects valued at $23.8B and another $10.5B projected over the next 10year commitment plan. The projects BEDC implements allows DEP as a whole to continue to operate and maintain an exemplary water supply system.

The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Divisions responsibility is to support monitor and ensure that BEDC is in compliance with Federal State and local EHS laws and regulations. In addition BEDCs goal is to run the safest most environmentally compliant capital construction program in the United States; zero accidents zero harm to people and zero harm to the environment. The EHS group provides EHS support throughout the life cycle of projects including but not limited to; reviewing designs and participating in the preliminary design and design workshops; providing comments on the EHS contract requirements; reviewing and making recommendations for EHS awards; and providing EHS field support from preconstruction through turnover. In addition the EHS group regularly updates their EHS Management System (MS) through an EHS MS Audit program that results in continuous improvement items.

BEDC seeks to hire a City Research Scientist 3 to serve as a Program Specialist for the Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) directorate with locations upstate in either Valhalla NY or Kingston NY. Under general direction of the EHS Program Manager the selected candidate will oversee the EHS Training Program for project delivery of the Bureaus Capital Projects. The selected candidate will be responsible for the EHS Training of all construction personnel including contractors and consultants to assure all personnel operate within the Environmental Health & Safety regulations for the city and state on construction sites. The selected candidate will be responsible for providing technical support and management reports relating to environmental health and safety to BEDC project management staff as required by applicable laws regulations and Agency/Bureau policies programs and requirements. S/he will work with project management personnel to ensure projects are compliant with all Agency and Bureau EHS policies and procedures. S/he will provide support to other EHS staff members on various programs including Auditing Prevention through Design 1910 Inspections and assist with special projects such as BEDC EHS communications and Newsletters. S/he will manage the Bureaus training modules and related documents including preparing updating and maintaining training courses and content based on the Bureaus EHS training objectives and goals. S/he may also conduct preoccupancy EHS inspections of facilities with our client Bureaus. S/he may be required to travel to project sites field offices and other DEP facilities as necessary to provide support and training to BEDC project management staff. S/he will manage updating key EHS documents and program elements as laws and regulations are revised by Federal State and Local agencies. S/he will maintain all related documents including training records and provide reports to senior leadership as required. The selected candidate will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) in areas of expertise and is expected to be an SME for a number of areas in construction EHS.

PREFERRED SKILLS

Occupational Safety & Health Industrial Hygiene or Health Sciences degree
OSHA Outreach Instructor for Construction and General Industry standards
OSHA30 Hour Construction and General Industry trainings
Knowledge and experience in OSHA NYSDOL NYSDEC USEPA NYCDOB FDNY and related EHS rules laws and regulations
Certification as an Instructional Trainer (CIT) or similar
Experience working in or with ISOtype EHS Management Systems
Familiarity and experience in working with or developing training programs in accordance with ANSI Z490
Experience in technical report development and presentation
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite products (Word Excel PowerPoint etc.)
Demonstrates skills in written and verbal communications

Additional Information:

Work Location: 465 Columbus Ave. Valhalla NY 10595/ 71 Smith Ave. Kingston NY 12401

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All appointments are subject to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval.

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Qualifications :

1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and one year of fulltime experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and three years of responsible fulltime research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in 2 above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in 1 and 2 above.

NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime