Scientist (Water Ecology), I - Bureau of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

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Job Description The Office of Building Water System Oversight (BWSO) within the Bureau of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ESE) is responsible for The conducting inspections to ensure compliance with various rules and regulations aimed at improving the operating conditions of various engineered systems such as cooling towers, water tanks, evaporative condensers, internal plumbing, and wastewater systems in order to prevent risks associated with these systems DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: Under supervision, conduct field inspections that include travel through the five boroughs to various building types for building water supply and distribution systems such as cooling towers, evaporative condensers, building plumbing, and wastewater systems. - Under supervision, field inspections will include review of water management plans, equipment operation records, physical inspection of mechanical and chemical treatment equipment, water sample collection and water quality analysis. - Under supervision, generate and submit field inspection reports according to the Bureau's inspection protocols and conduct follow up compliance inspections, as needed, to mitigate potential r...