Watershed Maintainer

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Job Description 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 (BWS) seeks to hire a Watershed Maintainer for the Core Services Directorate located in Valhalla, New York. The Watershed Maintainer, under supervision of Chief of Facility Management, will perform building maintenance and administrative duties. Specific duties include: (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 Watershed Maintainers and environmental conditions experienced are: lifting objects up to waist height, grasping, squeezing and/or turning...