Director of Facility / Regional Long Term Planning

Administrative Project Manager

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 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. DEPs water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes spread throughout the systems 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City. The Bureau or Wastewater Treatment (BWT) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all facilities related to the pumping and treatment of sewage within the Citys five boroughs. This includes 14 wastewater treatment plants, 6 sludge dewatering facilities, collections facilities (pumping stations, combined sewer overflow retention facilities, regulators, tide gates, etc.), wastewater laboratories, and harbor vessels. BWT is creating a new Planning Directorate and is seeking to hire a Director of Planning. The Director will report to the Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Compliance and will be responsible for developing the new Planning Directorate for the Bureau. The Planning Directorate is anticipated to include lifecycle management, master planning, and regional / system planning efforts with the goal of developing and implementing strategies to ensure that the Bureaus short and long-term needs are properly identified. Planning efforts are expected to align with Bureau and Agency goals, long-term regulatory requirements, and various budget strategies. The successful candidate will serve on the Bureaus Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and will be a self-motivated individual with advanced communication skills, a solid working knowledge of program management procedures, planning activities and methods, and engineering practices, to facilitate successful planning and stakeholder buy-in for long-term infrastructure plans. Responsibilities will include but not limited to : providing leadership and management for planning activities. Develop Directorate goals, organizational structure, resource requirements, and schedules. Facilitating coordination efforts with operations, operations support, and other key stakeholders to ensure facility stabilization needs are properly identified, future regulatory concerns are addressed, and all appropriate stakeholders buy-in is obtained. Developing and provide data for future project needs determined through planning activities to ensure work is advanced. Interface with financial offices, both within and outside the Agency as appropriate, and communicate funding requirements to ensure capital budget needs are identified. Ensuring resources for planning and analysis are in place in the areas of need. In addition to developing the overall organization, additional resources may include consultant contracts for planning support, investigations, and studies.

Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience in the planning, administering or expediting of engineering design, and / or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project, two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or 2. A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine years of experience as described in "1" above; two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or 3. Education and / or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. One year of experience credit will be given for : (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration; (b) An accredited Master's degree in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree, or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Landscape Architect. However, all candidates must have the two years of the administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

Preferred Skills

Experience in large municipal organizations systems including asset management, planning, budgeting, wastewater process, regulatory compliance, and strategy. Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience with diverse workforce. Experience collecting data, performing planning level analyses and risk assessments to drive decision making. Experience in leading and directing high-performance teams. Ability to manage multiple tasks and experience working and managing through complex systems across a large number of stakeholders. Strong organizational and project management skills. Experience with NYC budgeting and procurement.

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 individuals sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.