Director of Water System Capital Program
Director of Water System Capital Program
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The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) provides more than a billion gallons of highquality drinking water per day to all residents in the City and in four upstate counties. DEP also works to reduce 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 2000squaremile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City. Its complex network also includes 6000 miles of water mains tunnels and aqueducts.
The Bureau of Engineering Design & Construction (BEDC) currently has a portfolio of capital construction projects valued at $23.8B with an additional $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.
BEDCs Water System Capital Program (WSCP) team oversees the design and construction of critical infrastructure for DEPs Bureau of Water Supply. BEDC delivers a substantial capital construction program to provide new infrastructure as well as the reconstruction of existing assets to ensure the integrity continuity and high quality of the New York Citys water supply. This work spans DEPs vast network of reservoirs dams bridges roads shafts and tunnels inCity and throughout its watershed.
BEDC seeks to hire an Administrative Engineer M4 to serve as the Director of Water System Capital Program. This position will be located at the Grahamsville Annex facility in Sullivan County NY. Under the direction of the Executive Director with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment the selected candidate will preside over the WSCP program valued at $9B in initiated and active capital construction work. The WSCP team consists of 70 Project Managers and Engineers who manage capital projects consistent with BEDCs project delivery and construction management standard operating procedures with an emphasis on environmental health and safety quality client service scope schedule and budget.
WSCPs portfolio of 60 projects include: Delaware Aqueduct (construction of new tunnel/repair) Catskill Aqueduct (repair) Honk Falls (repair) Shaft 18 (repair/electrical/HV) Esopus & Route 28A Railroad Bridges (replacement) Baptist Church Road Bridge (replacement) Kensico (construction of roads/shafts/tunnel) Hillview Reservoir (repair/addition) Jerome Park Reservoir and Aqueduct (safety/repair) Gilboa Reservoir (site restoration) Schoharie Reservoir (water release management) Cannonsville Reservoir (green energy/dam safety) New Croton Dam (safety/repair) Amawalk Dam (safety/repair) West Branch Auxiliary Dam (safety/drainage) Merriman Dam (repair) Olive Bridge Dam (repair) Dividing Weir Bridge (repair) Ashokan Spillway (repair) Ashokan headworks (repair) and inCity dams (safety).
The selected candidate will collaborate with counterparts within BEDC including Environmental Health and Safety Program Management Budget and InHouse Design directorates as well as internal agency groups including the operational Bureaus Legal Agency Chief Contracting Office Audits Bureau of Public Affairs and Communications to identify and address all issues impacting projects from initiation through closeout. The selected candidate will assure that construction projects remain on schedule costs are controlled communication is clear conflicts and issues are resolved timely or escalated as appropriate. S/he will also represent the Bureau in meetings with client Bureaus and other internal/external stakeholders to ensure that delivery of construction projects is in line with expectations. The selected candidate will also conduct organizational and workload analyses to maximize the output on each project and make recommendations for staffing levels strategic hiring organizational development and employee career development. S/he will also represent the Executive Director in his absence.
ADMINISTRATIVE ENGINEER 10015
Qualifications :
1. A valid New York State License as a Professional Engineer and six (6) years of fulltime satisfactory experience in chemical engineering civil engineering electrical engineering environmental engineering mechanical engineering or plan examining work at least two (2) years of which must have been in an executive managerial or administrative capacity.
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
Employment Type
Full-time
