Enforcement Supervisor

City of New York • Corona, NY

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About The Position

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water, collecting and treating wastewater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 5,500 employees. DEP delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons per day of the highest quality drinking water to 8.3 million NYC residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York and has a wastewater conveyance and treatment system capable of processing over 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day to protect the environment and the city’s surrounding waterways. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Asbestos Control Program is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the NYC Asbestos regulations through Title 15, Chapter 1 of the Rules of the City of New York (RCNY). The purpose of these rules is to protect the public health and environment by minimizing the emission of asbestos fibers into the air of the City when buildings or structures with asbestos containing material undergo renovation, alteration, repair or demolition. The Asbestos Control Program (ACP) is comprised of three operating units: the Training and Certification Unit which certifies asbestos workers, supervisors and investigators; the Technical Review Unit which reviews and approves asbestos project notifications and variances in conjunction with the NYC Buildings Department; and the Enforcement Unit which conducts inspections of filed asbestos projects, asbestos building assessments filed by Certified Asbestos Investigators; and responds to complaints filed from the public sector. As a result of these inspections, summons is issued to building owners, asbestos contractors, asbestos project monitors and asbestos investigators and corrective action is taken. The Enforcement Unit also responds to citywide emergency incidents to identify, evaluate and control asbestos releases to ensure public health. Under direction of the Enforcement Director, with a wide latitude of independent judgement the candidate will overseas and manage the performance of the Enforcement unit inspectors. Specifically, the candidate will prioritize field inspections of ATRU permitted projects, ACP-5 audit inspections, ACP-7 asbestos projects and coordinate with the DOB and HPD on emergency demolition projects complaints to ensure compliance with NYS and NYC Asbestos Regulations, FDNY and Buildings (DOB) life safety regulations. The supervisor will review summonses prior to issuance and ensure that staff are trained and audited to maintain a consistent level of competency in field inspection techniques; sample acquisition; detailed report writing; summons issuance and case preparation. The supervisor will respond to emergency incidents to direct field staff in various tasks and help identify and evaluate health & safety hazards and implement immediate control measures. The supervisor will represent the Program at Intra/Interagency meetings and joint investigations including city-wide emergency response incidents.

Requirements

• For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health) A master's degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health.
• To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above, candidates must have:
• A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory, administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
• A master's degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least a master's degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in "2" above.
• Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in "1" and "2" above.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage the performance of the Enforcement unit inspectors.
• Prioritize field inspections of ATRU permitted projects, ACP-5 audit inspections, ACP-7 asbestos projects and coordinate with the DOB and HPD on emergency demolition projects complaints to ensure compliance with NYS and NYC Asbestos Regulations, FDNY and Buildings (DOB) life safety regulations.
• Review summonses prior to issuance and ensure that staff are trained and audited to maintain a consistent level of competency in field inspection techniques; sample acquisition; detailed report writing; summons issuance and case preparation.
• Respond to emergency incidents to direct field staff in various tasks and help identify and evaluate health & safety hazards and implement immediate control measures.
• Represent the Program at Intra/Interagency meetings and joint investigations including city-wide emergency response incidents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager