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 seven (7) Watershed Maintainers within the Water Treatment Operations Division, for a position at Hillview Reservoir located in Yonkers, New York. The Watershed Maintainers will perform duties related to the operation, maintenance, and inspection of equipment, water treatment facilities, watershed areas, reservoirs and aqueducts systems of the City of New York. Specific tasks include:

- Maintaining facilities and operating both field and water treatment specific equipment

- Assisting in collecting water samples and performing water quality related analysis as directed.

- Assisting in the preparation of daily plant operations and activity reports.

- Recording readings of equipment such as meters and gauges using data recording equipment such as but not limited to, Human Machine Interface (HMI) and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS). Receiving training in all these areas.

- Performing basic calculations, take water samples, maintain control room and equipment logs, complete inspection and work ticket records, and maintain overall drinking water quality per regulatory and DEP requirements.

- Operating motor vehicles, snow removal equipment and other powered equipment.

- Cleaning and maintaining facility grounds, structures, and equipment.

- Preforming tasks that require physical labor, i.e. entering confined spaces, lifting, climbing ladders, etc.

- Complying with all environmental health and safety laws, agency policies, rules and regulations.


Medical Requirement

Candidates will be required to wear a respirator while performing the essential functions of this job. Employees must be physically able to wear a respirator. OSHA regulations have established medical guidelines for wearing a respirator. Therefore, applicants and employees will be required to have pre-appointment and periodic post-appointment medical examinations to demonstrate that they met applicable OSGHA Standards and to monitor their medical status. Once hired, employees must continue to satisfy OSHA regulations for the duration of their employment.

Essential Skills

Technical Competencies

- Water Treatment Principles and Practices

- System Specific Expertise and Hydraulics


Non-Technical Competencies

- Conscientious

- Information Sharing

- Critical and Analytical Thinking


Behavioral Indicators

- Anticipates possible problems and develops contingency plans in advance

- Anticipates how treatment will react to changing conditions and plans accordingly

- Anticipates the consequences of situations and plans accordingly

Class A Commercial Driver’s License valid in the State of New York may be required. If required, this license must be maintained for the duration of employment.


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


Some of the physical activities performed by Watershed Maintainers and environmental conditions experienced are: 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. In order to perform the essential tasks of this position, Watershed Maintainers 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 F and 105 F 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.


Special Working Conditions: Watershed Maintainers may be required to work shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.


Preferred Skills:

- A valid or ability to obtain a New York State Grade 2B Water Treatment Operator Certification

- Driver’s license valid in the State of New York; maintained for duration of employment.

- Ability to keep electronic logs of operations, equipment performance, maintenance activities and water quality

- Ability to operate equipment through Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA), Process Logic Controllers or other

- Ability to anticipate possible problems and develop contingency plans in advance

- Ability to work will hand or power tools

- Ability to work independently

- Ability to take water samples

Hours/Shift:

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


Work Location:

100 Central Park Avenue Yonkers, NY 10704

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one of the following:

1. One year of full-time satisfactory experience in the operation and maintenance of equipment used in the controlling or purification of water at facilities in watershed areas, reservoirs, or aqueduct systems, or performing duties involving the upkeep, inspection, maintenance or operation of watershed areas and related facilities; or

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one of the following:

2. Two years of full-time satisfactory experience as: a mechanic, journeyman or helper in the electrical trades or mechanical trades; or a technician in a chemical processing facility or chemical laboratory.

Driver License Requirement: By the time you are appointed to this position, you must have a motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of your employment.

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

New York City residency is not required for this position.

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.