Project Manager, Flood Risk
About The Position
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by providing drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing pollution. DEP is the country’s largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility, with nearly 6,000 employees. Its water supply system includes 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes across a 2,000-square-mile watershed extending 125 miles north and west of New York City. The Bureau of Coastal Resilience (BCR), created in October 2023 as part of the PlaNYC strategy, addresses current and future coastal flood risks in New York City. Its work focuses on sea level rise, high-tide events, and storm surge, and includes strategic planning and the operation and maintenance of coastal infrastructure along the City’s 520 miles of shoreline. BCR coordinates planning and response across City agencies and works with communities and partners. The Project Manager, Flood Risk will support BCR’s coastal flood risk analysis, newly legislated coastal mapping program, and data management program. The role calls for technical expertise in hydraulics, hydrology, and coastal flood risk modeling and mapping. The PM will collaborate with teams working on stormwater and groundwater management, making knowledge of other and compound flooding relevant. The PM reports to the Director, Flood Risk & Data Management. The role involves supporting flood risk assessments and the City’s first coastal mapping program; analyzing climate and flood data; managing projects and coordinating technical consultants and partnerships; preparing technical reports and decision-support materials, including visualization tools such as GIS; translating flood risk information into planning tools; and carrying out complex work involving data management software, economic analysis, data analytics, and reporting.
Requirements
- Meet one of the stated education and experience pathways: a relevant bachelor’s degree and five years of qualifying experience, including two years in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity; a high school diploma or equivalent and nine years of qualifying experience, including two years in one of those capacities; or equivalent education and/or experience, subject to the stated credit rules and the two-year capacity requirement.
- Qualifying experience must be in planning, administering, or expediting engineering design and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project.
- Technical acumen in hydraulics, hydrology, and coastal flood risk modeling and mapping.
- Organization and project management skills to manage multiple tasks and complex systems.
Nice To Haves
- Understanding of other modes of flooding, including stormwater and groundwater flooding, and compound flooding.
Responsibilities
- Support flood risk assessments and implementation of New York City’s first coastal mapping program.
- Analyze climate and flood data.
- Manage projects and coordinate technical consultants.
- Prepare technical reports and decision-support materials using visualization tools such as GIS.
- Coordinate FEMA, USACE, and technical partnerships.
- Translate flood risk information into planning tools.
- Manage multiple tasks and complex systems using strong organization and project management skills.
- Perform complex work involving data management software, economic analysis, data analytics, and reporting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
