Principal Admin Associate I

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 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.
New York City has approximately 140000 catch basins 114000 hydrants 90000 valves 14 gatehouses 3 reservoirs 68 groundwater wells a 100 million gallon underground storage tank and 7000 miles each of both sanitary sewers and water mains. The responsibility of maintaining these vast networks falls under the Department of Environmental Protections Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations (BWSO).

The primary responsibilities of the Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations are: the operation maintenance and protection of the Citys drinking water and wastewater collection (sewer) systems; the protection of adjacent waterways; and the development and protection of the Departments Capital Water and Sewer Design Program. The Bureau also approves and inspects water and sewer connections performed by licensed plumbers and/or authorized contractors. In addition the Bureau has overall responsibility for the approval and inspection of all public and private construction projects which could impact on the Citys water or sewer systems.

Working for the Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations within the Division of Emergency Call Center (ECC) the selected candidate will be the central point of contact for conditions requiring a response from NYC Environmental Protection (the Call Center receives and collects information from city agencies such as NYPD FDNY NYCEM DSNY DOT and other city/state and federal agencies).

The selected candidate will generate IPS complaints for DEP conditions received directly from all city Agencies. They will also monitor email system for 311 escalated complaints and OEM emails for potential NYCEP implications such as chemical spills not otherwise reported to the Agency; notifications to other city agencies or utilities impacted by an event investigated or reported to DEP; fielding afterhours calls received on the DEP Bureau of Police and Security ( DERTA) hotline; along with notifications to multi bureau staff for sixty (60) events to predetermined groups including employee injuries or fatalities injuries or fatalities to members of the public as a result of agency involvement loss of water service sewer breaks and roadway closures loss of Agency Operating Systems or a failure of the 311 complaint notification system. Selected candidate will be the central point of contact for inCity facility alarms for various bureaus. Periodically they will prepare and issue reports for events as requested by BWSO Management along with providing shift coverage in event of an employee absence.

ALL CANDIDATES MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF PRINCIPAL ADMINSTRATIVE ASSOCIATE.

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Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory fulltime progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience one year of which must have been in an administrative capacity or supervising staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory fulltime progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in 1 above; or
3. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of satisfactory fulltime progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience as described in 1 above;
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 2 or 3 above. However all candidates must possess the one year of administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above. Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the one year of administrative or supervisory experience described in 1 above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3 years.

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