Division Chief of Residuals Operations

City of New York • New York City, NY

21h

About The Position

Under general direction, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, the Division Chief of Residuals Operations is accountable for all facets of management related to operations and maintenance of the Bureau of Wastewater Treatment’s marine fleet and transportation vehicles. The Marine Operations and Maintenance Section includes a fleet of five sludge tanker vessels, one tanker barge, four skimmer vessels, one harbor monitoring vessel, and six utility boats used for compliance monitoring and floatables management. Marine transportation of biosolids is vital to the DEP’s long-term plan for resource recovery. The Division Chief will manage liquid biosolids and residuals resource recovery and disposal contracts for the BWT’s 14 wastewater resource recovery facilities (WRRF). The Transportation Section includes a heavy-duty truck fleet of 30 vehicles including load luggers, roll-off trucks, tractor-trailer, flatbed truck, crane trucks, front-end loader, backhoe, vans, and pickups. The Division Chief also manages all residuals from the 14 WRRF’s and will participate in planning for resource recovery and sustainable management of residuals. Specific duties include, but are not limited to: supervising civil service staff in various work titles to ensure that all marine and transportation operations efficiently complies with all regulatory and EHS requirements in a safe and productive manner; administering the division’s expense budget, including energy, overtime, parts inventory, capital purchases, engineering and contract services; establishing expectations for staff productivity, consistent with departmental work rules and contractual agreements; providing technical guidance regarding specific operations; and attending meetings with regulatory authorities, elected officials, and labor representatives. The Division Chief will also be directly involved in the hiring, promotion and discipline of employees at assigned locations. The Division Chief will oversee planning, design, procurement contracts related to marine operations and transportation projects, provide technical review of design and fabrication activities, and provide input to project managers, designers, and construction managers involved with capital procurement of marine vessels and the Bureau’s fleet of 450+ vehicles. The Division Chief will develop key performance indicators (KPI) for the division and will collect and analyze data to make data centric decisions to improve performance of the staff and fleets. As the vessels and vehicles operate around the clock, the Division Chief is expected to be on 24-hour call to respond whenever necessary and is expected to travel between city sites as necessary to carry out duties. The Division Chief will demonstrate the following behaviors and competencies: be innovative, inspire and support opportunities for change and continuous improvement, provide exceptional internal and external customer service, facilitate sharing of information, identify capacity gaps and training needs, support increased in-sourcing of tasks and projects typically contracted out, make data-driven decisions on future approaches and procurement, perform operations planning processes, evaluates data from monitoring, builds alignment and consensus within the team around organizational goals, demonstrates leadership in cross-functional collaboration across the department, sets individual and team goals, builds teams and talent through collaboration, manages competing priorities, converts vision and strategy into successful tactics and plans, is action oriented with innovative approaches to complete tasks, and embraces the bureau’s mission, operates in alignment with vision, values and goals for sustainable operations.

Requirements

• Only those currently serving as a permanent or probable permanent, i.e. probationary, Administrative Engineer will be considered.
• A valid New York State License as a Professional Engineer and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory experience in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, or plan examining work, at least two (2) years of which must have been in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity.

Responsibilities

• Supervising civil service staff in various work titles to ensure that all marine and transportation operations efficiently complies with all regulatory and EHS requirements in a safe and productive manner
• Administering the division’s expense budget, including energy, overtime, parts inventory, capital purchases, engineering and contract services
• Establishing expectations for staff productivity, consistent with departmental work rules and contractual agreements
• Providing technical guidance regarding specific operations
• Attending meetings with regulatory authorities, elected officials, and labor representatives
• Directly involved in the hiring, promotion and discipline of employees at assigned locations
• Overseeing planning, design, procurement contracts related to marine operations and transportation projects, provide technical review of design and fabrication activities, and provide input to project managers, designers, and construction managers involved with capital procurement of marine vessels and the Bureau’s fleet of 450+ vehicles
• Developing key performance indicators (KPI) for the division and will collect and analyze data to make data centric decisions to improve performance of the staff and fleets
• Be on 24-hour call to respond whenever necessary and is expected to travel between city sites as necessary to carry out duties

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees