IMPORTANT NOTE: Only those currently serving as a permanent Computer Specialist (Software) will be considered.

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water, collecting and treating wastewater, 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 delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons per day of the highest quality drinking water to 8.5 million NYC residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York, and has a wastewater conveyance and treatment system capable of processing over 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day to protect the environment and the city’s surrounding waterways.


The Bureau of Wastewater Treatment (BWT) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all facilities related to the treatment of sewage within the five boroughs of the City. This includes 14
wastewater treatment plants, sludge dewatering facilities, collections facilities (pumping stations, combined sewer overflow retention facilities, regulators, tide gates, etc.), wastewater laboratories and harbor vessels.


Job Purpose:
The posted position resides within the Asset Management Planning Section, which is responsible for developing and administering a comprehensive Asset Management Program (AMP) for the Bureau’s facilities and assets to achieve service goals. The Program is to utilize AM principles and systems to optimize operations, maintenance, repair, and replacement of BWT’s assets to reduce the risk and cost of ownership to DEP’s ratepayers. The AMP will ultimately drive the Bureau towards a state of good repair, maximize the value of our assets, and support BWT’s vision of becoming an industry leader.

The AMP Planner will assess existing asset maintenance and management practices against AM standards (ISO 55000) to assist in the development an AMP maturation roadmap. Resulting analyses, plans, and guides are to be captured and updated in documents such as a mandated AM Workplan submitted to regulators, BWT’s AM Standards and Business Policies, and a comprehensive Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP). Other duties include the design of AM data models, advanced AM practices and systems to align with BWT’s digital transformation initiative, with tasks including the identification or production of data integration strategies for migration to updated technological systems.


Job Tasks/Duties:
Under administrative direction, selected candidate will
1. design and implement strategies to standardize, improve, and migrate existing data on assets and related activities to an updated Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
2. reconciliate various data sources to establish and validate as a master data source
3. examine and analyze data and systems to identify areas of improvement and create data models
4. engage with data owners to validate and produce executable data cleanup strategies that assures data or system quality
5. act as a data architect to create data models that will serve to align data and technology integration process
6. establish or reassess service levels and related objectives, asset failure impact on service goals, asset criticality assignments, and other key performance indicators (KPIs) for determining and forecasting asset conditions
7. compile or direct plan updates for the AM Workplan to submit regulatory mandated annual updates
8. develop and administer a comprehensive and accepted SAMP
9. assist in the creation or maintenance of CMMS standards such as asset ID assignment

(1) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and two (2) years of satisfactory full-time software experience in designing, programming, debugging, maintaining, implementing, and enhancing computer software applications, systems programming, systems analysis and design, data communication software, or database design and programming, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(2) A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory software experience as described in “1" above, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(3) A satisfactory combination of education and experience that is equivalent to (1) or (2) above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in (2) above on the basis that sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. A masters degree in computer science or a related computer field may be substituted for one year of the required experience in (1) or (2) above. However, all candidates must have a four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, plus at least one (1) year of satisfactory full-time software experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.
NOTE: In order to have your experience accepted as Project Leader or Major Contributor experience, you must explain in detail how your experience qualifies you as a project leader or as a major contributor. Experience in computer operations, technical support, quality assurance (QA), hardware installation, help desk, or as an end user will not be accepted for meeting the minimum qualification
requirements.
Special Note
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV, in addition to the Qualification Requirements stated above, individuals must have one year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project in data administration, database management systems, operating systems, data communications systems, capacity planning, and/or on-line applications programming.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/ Work Experience: 1. Solid skills and experience in working with databases, large and complex data sets 2. Strong proficiency and experience with designing data sets and governance rules 3. Skilled in data compilation, analysis, and visualizations to produce clearly defined conclusions 4. Competence with assessing and developing effective data quality assurance process or controls 5. Ability to understand, evaluate, and develop process, workflow, or logic trains 6. Good verbal and written communication skills and experience with diverse workforce Education and Work Experience 1. Extensive understanding or experience with data analytics tools, data application design/programming. (Note: Experience in computer operations, technical support, quality assurance, hardware installation, help desk, or as an end user will not be accepted for meeting minimum qualification requirements.) 2. Proficiency in the following computer programs: MS PowerBI, Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint. 3. Advanced knowledge or ISO 55000 certification on Asset Management standards and principles. 4. Familiarity with wastewater treatment plant and pumping station equipment and processes. 5. Strong background and comfort in working with databases and large complex data sets.

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview

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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.