Permit Coordinator

City of New York•Queens, NY

8h•Onsite

About The Position

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 storm water, 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 Engineering Design & Construction (BEDC) currently has a portfolio of capital projects valued at $35B, and another $13.6B projected over the next 10-year commitment plan. The projects BEDC implements allows DEP as a whole to continue to operate and maintain an exemplary water supply system. The Program Management Office (PMO) within BEDC provides technical support to the project delivery teams. This includes the following sections and groups: Project Controls, Schedule Controls, Permitting Support, Cost Estimating, Business Solutions, Data Analytics, and management of the Enterprise Program Management Information System (ePMIS). The PMO uses people, processes, and tools to mitigate issues that may impact a project. BEDC seeks to hire a Scientist (Water Ecology) 3 to serve as a Permit Coordinator for the Permitting section at our headquarters in Queens, NY. Under supervision, with some latitude for the exercise of independent initiative and judgment, the selected candidate will provide permitting support and coordination of regulatory and environmental review compliance programs for BEDC’s portfolio of capital projects. The selected candidate will perform permit identification and assist in the acquisition and compliance of permits throughout the project life cycle, as well as develop and review permit applications; prepare environmental review documentation; interact with regulatory agencies; provide regulatory guidance to project teams; and maintain relevant processes within the permit tracking database. The selected candidate will perform regulatory research; evaluations of scientific/technical and programmatic observations and data; accuracy reviews of technical information; data and statistical analyses using computer software and/or mathematical models to support the review and development of environmental assessment statement (EAS) and environmental permit documentation related to regulatory programs such as State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES), Public Water Supply Improvement, and Protection of Waters programs; Federal Rivers/Harbor and Clean Water Acts; the NYC Watershed Rules and Regulations; and City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) procedures. The Permit Coordinator’s daily activities will include quantitative and statistical analyses, data entry/database management and development, reviewing design and construction documents, plans, and contract specifications, interpretation of scientific/engineering technical reports, preparing permit applications, reviewing regulatory guidance documents and source regulations to support environmental permit compliance planning, as well as EAS and permit document review and development. Additional activities include maintaining records, report writing and answering general correspondence, preparing and conducting presentations, and attending and coordinating meetings with Bureau project teams as well as local, state and federal environmental regulatory agencies and others relevant to advancing the Permitting Section’s objectives. The result of these activities will be presented to the Permitting Section’s Manager to obtain optimum efficiency in the utilization of resources for permit identification, acquisition, and compliance as well as environmental reviews.

Requirements

A masters degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following areas of study: environmental or chemical engineering, limnology, environmental science, marine science, geology, biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, or health science; OR
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with 24 semester credits in one or a combination of the areas of study described above, at least 12 of which must have been in one of these areas of study; and at least one year of satisfactory full time experience, which may not have been part of graduate or undergraduate course work, working in the field of water quality planning, management or research or performing environmental laboratory analyses, and/or environmental field sampling of water; OR
An associate degree from an accredited college or university including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in one or a combination of the areas of study described above, at least 12 of which must have been in one of these areas of study; and at least three years of satisfactory full time experience as described above.
To be assigned to Assignment Levels II or III, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university as described above and must have one additional year of the experience described above for a total of two years of experience.
A master's degree from an accredited college in one of the areas described above may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience.

Nice To Haves

Practical knowledge of environmental science topics
Strong organization and time management with ability to prioritize daily tasks
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written and communication skills
Experience with permitting, environmental review and regulatory requirements
Excellent research and analytical skills
Ability to meet quick deadlines and provide problem resolution to project issues
Experience with large datasets
Excellent computer skills in MS Word, MS Access, MS Excel, and/or equivalent statistical/data management software
Ability to travel citywide and within the New York City watershed

Responsibilities

Provide permitting support and coordination of regulatory and environmental review compliance programs for BEDC’s portfolio of capital projects.
Perform permit identification and assist in the acquisition and compliance of permits throughout the project life cycle.
Develop and review permit applications.
Prepare environmental review documentation.
Interact with regulatory agencies.
Provide regulatory guidance to project teams.
Maintain relevant processes within the permit tracking database.
Perform regulatory research.
Conduct evaluations of scientific/technical and programmatic observations and data.
Perform accuracy reviews of technical information.
Perform data and statistical analyses using computer software and/or mathematical models to support the review and development of environmental assessment statement (EAS) and environmental permit documentation.
Perform quantitative and statistical analyses.
Perform data entry/database management and development.
Review design and construction documents, plans, and contract specifications.
Interpret scientific/engineering technical reports.
Maintain records.
Write reports and answer general correspondence.
Prepare and conduct presentations.
Attend and coordinate meetings with Bureau project teams and regulatory agencies.