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 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Water Supply seeks to hire a Supervisor (Watershed Maintenance) I within the Source Water Operations Directorate, for a position located in Grahamsville, New York. Under general supervision, of the Chief Supervisor of Water Supply Control Center (WSCC), the Supervisor (Watershed Maintenance) I will serve as Supervisor of Water Supply Control Center (WSCC).
The Water Supply Control Center (WSCC) utilizes the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system and other tools to monitor and manage the operation of the water supply reservoirs and related facilities to ensure the reliable delivery of a sufficient quantity of high quality drinking water to the City of New York while meeting all regulatory requirements. The WSCC operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

The Supervisor of WSCC will assist the Chief Supervisor of WSCC in daily activities and the operation of the water supply system while supervising the WSCC operators. Specific duties include:

- Assisting with managing and directing the reservoir operations to ensure delivery of high quality drinking water to the City and several upstate communities.

- Assisting with water supply management in the Delaware and Hudson River basins to ensure operational and regulatory compliance.

- Front-line supervision of the Water Supply Control Center operations and WSCC Operators.

- Assigning tasks to shift personnel and ensure timely completion with acceptable quality of work.

- Developing work schedules, daily tasks, supply requisitions, and the issue and circulation of internal communications.

- Managing standards and performance evaluations for WSCC Operators.

- Ensuring data reports issued by WSCC for analysis of water supply is accurate and complete.

- Ensuring data quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) of Reservoir Operations data.

- Assisting the Chief Supervisor of WSCC for various projects related to data management, water supply and water quality.

- Training personnel.

- Developing emergency response procedures.

- Creating and revising Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

(This is a brief description of what you might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position.)


Some of the physical activities performed by Supervisor Watershed Maintenance and environmental conditions experienced are: Ability to stand or walk for long periods, lift heavy objects, climb ladders and steep grades, enter small or confined spaces, lifting objects up to waist height; fingering, grasping, squeezing and/or turning objects such as tools and equipment; pushing and pulling objects such as tools and levers using one or two hands; reaching at a distance up to arm’s length; coordinating the movements of hands and feet; and balancing body on foot stools or ladders from 3 to 30 feet in height while standing and working with hands overhead; and entering permit or non-permit confined spaces In order to perform the essential tasks of the position.

Supervisor Watershed Maintenance may be required to: wear protective equipment such as gloves, boots, goggles, earplugs, noise attenuators, face shields, and/or respirators; work in temperatures ranging from 0 degree Fahrenheit and 105 degree Fahrenheit in wetness and varying atmospheric conditions such as high and low humidity; work in the presence of toxic and/or corrosive chemicals and moving parts of machinery and equipment; and work in restricted spaces for up to 1 hour at a time and on surfaces made of metal gratings, macadam and/or cement.

License Requirement
A Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.


Special Working Conditions: Supervisors (Watershed Maintenance) may be required to work shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.



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

Grahamsville is a hamlet in the Town of Neversink, Sullivan County New York approximately 107 miles northwest of New York City.


Preferred Skills:

- Knowledge and experience in Water Resources Management

- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint

- Working knowledge of Adobe

- Ability to navigate CityTime; a timekeeping application

- Ability to maintain high standards of commitment to people, mission and Directorate

- Ability to lead by example through exhibiting professionalism, integrity and honesty

- A willingness to effect change as directed and needed

- Ability to possess comprehensive communication skills and computer proficiency

- Professional demeanor and interpersonal skills

- Strong leadership, organizational and time management skills

- Experience leading, developing and working with people

- Experience developing and reviewing policies and procedures

- Ability to learn the processes, procedures, and formats required for DEP, Bureau of Water Supply and the Source Water Operations Directorate

- A vast knowledge and willingness to learn and understand every aspect of the NYC water supply system

- Ability to respond and react appropriately to emergencies

- Solid communication skills; both written and verbal

- Good mathematical skills

- Ability to travel throughout the 2,000+ square mile watershed, utilizing a New York City vehicle


Hours/Shift:
40 Hours per week / Shift work including nights, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.


Work Location:
7870 State Road 42
Grahamsville, NY 12740

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, plus three years of recent satisfactory experience in the operation, maintenance, repair, construction or inspection of facilities, equipment and lands in a watershed area, including aqueducts, reservoirs, water and/or waste water treatment plants; at least one year of which must have been in a supervisory capacity.

For Assignment Level II
In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" above, to be assigned to Assignment Level II, candidates must have one additional year of full-time satisfactory experience in a supervisory capacity, as described above, for a total of four years of experience.

For Assignment Level III
In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" above, to be assigned to Assignment Level III, candidates must have four additional years of full-time satisfactory experience, as described above, at least two of which must have been in a supervisory capacity, for a total of seven years of experience.

License Requirement
A Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.

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.