The New York City Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (“OER”) is a team of scientists and engineers that designs, builds, and operates a set of world-class municipal programs to advance cleanup and redevelopment of vacant contaminated land. Chief among these is the NYC Voluntary Cleanup Program (“VCP”), the first municipally managed land remediation program in the United States, which has enrolled over 450 privately-owned sites. OER project managers oversee and guide projects through the cleanup process – from pre-application meetings, program enrollment, and project documentation through approvals, remedial construction, and project closure. They also get involved with supporting programs, such as grants, soil management, resiliency, communications, program metrics, sustainability, or community engagement.
Working in the Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation with direct supervision, the selected candidate will perform professional scientific work in geology and engineering geology in the field and the office.
In this capacity, the project manager will:
- Review investigation and remediation work activities, coordinate document review and assist in research, investigations, or studies related to the functions or activities of OER. Conduct review of remedial action plans, drawings, diagrams, and reports to evaluate the appropriateness for implementation. Effectively communicate any necessary revisions to supervisors and real estate development teams.
- Participate in meetings with environmental consultants and other stakeholders to develop and approve products, schedule projects, and evaluate work performance; participate in meetings with community members, consultants and other government agency representatives to fulfill project requirements.
- Review examinations of soil samples and rock cores; classification by constituent elements, stratification, compaction and other characteristics; review preliminary drawings of structures; review profile drawings and graphs of subsurface structures.
- Under supervision, manage assigned projects within all OER environmental cleanup programs (NYC VCP and E-Designations for Hazardous Materials, Air Quality, and Noise).
- Review installations of borings used to obtain soil samples, rock cores, undisturbed soil samples, ground water elevations; review technical data to determine the source, nature, and extent of contaminants.
- Evaluate the remedial operations, system installations, or testing operations on a site to ensure compliance with remedial action plans, and Federal, State, and City environmental regulations.
- Examine building and use plans and environmental data to determine necessary remedial and engineering control elements.
- Perform mathematical calculations.
- Obtain and maintain OSHA 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operator (HAZWOPER) certification.
A. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with a major in geology, engineering, earth sciences, environmental sciences, or a closely related field, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in any of the following areas: rock and soil mechanics; structural geology; soils; sedimentation; petrology; hydrology; hydrogeology; geomorphology; subsurface explorations; mining; engineering; mapping; surveying; site investigations; geologic field work; or closely related areas; and B. At least one course involving geologic field work or three months of satisfactory, full-time professional geologic field experience obtained during the course of, or after completing, the baccalaureate education.
A Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York is required. This license must be maintained throughout the duration of employment.
Assignment Level II
A. To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements described in Assignment Level I, at least two years of satisfactory service as a Geologist AL I with the City of New York; or
B. At least three years of satisfactory, full-time professional experience in geology, engineering, earth sciences, environmental sciences, or a closely related field. One year of this experience must include the provision of geologic consultation or the supervision or performance monitoring of persons involved in geologic activity; or
C. A satisfactory equivalent combination of education and experience. A masters degree from an accredited college with a major in one of the fields listed in “Assignment Level I – Qualification Requirement A” above may be substituted for two years of the AL II professional experience. A masters degree from an accredited college in management, public administration, business administration, or a closely related field may be substituted for the one year of consultative or supervisory experience described above.
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