Water Resource Recovery Operator

Job description

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 seeks to hire a Watershed Maintainer within the Water Resource Recovery Operations Division, Drinking Water Operations Directorate, for a position at the Grand Gorge Water Resource Recovery Facility, located in Grand Gorge, New York. Under supervision, of the Assistant Chief Operator, the Watershed Maintainer will serve as Watershed Maintainer Wastewater Plant Operator and will be responsible for performing daily operations to maintain NYSDEC State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) compliance at the Water Resource Recovery Facility. Specific duties include:...