Project Manager (Environmental)

City of New York • New York City, NY

20d • Onsite

About The Position

The NYC Department of Design and Construction, Division of Safety & Site Support, is seeking an Environmental Project Manager to oversee environmental consultants and drilling contractors, ensuring their work is technically accurate, complete, timely, and cost-effective. The position manages environmental projects of varying complexity, conducts field visits, responds to environmental or hazardous-material incidents, and develops remedial action plans to mitigate hazards and ensure compliance with federal, New York State, and New York City regulations.

The Environmental Project Manager reviews capital project design documents and environmental materials, including Phase I environmental site assessments, Phase II environmental subsurface investigation reports, Environmental Assessments/Impact Statements, wetland and dewatering permit applications, spill closure investigations, Health and Safety Plans (HASP), Field Sampling Plans (FSP), Material Handling Plans (MHP), and Remedial Action Plans (RAP). The role also reviews sampling protocols, interprets analytical results, compares data with regulatory standards, writes technical reports and standard operating procedures, and presents regulatory environmental-compliance requirements.

This is a full-time position with a 35-hour workweek at 30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. Applicants must be permanent in the Project Manager title or reachable on the Open Competitive List (Exam #4076), and must provide a Notice of Results or indicate permanent status in the title. Applications must be submitted through NYC Government Jobs; applications sent by Employee Self-Service, email, mail, or fax are not accepted. Educational credentials must be from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign credentials require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service.

Requirements

• Meet the civil-service eligibility requirement: be permanent in the Project Manager title or reachable on the Open Competitive List (Exam #4076), and provide a Notice of Results or indicate permanent status in the title.
• One qualifying route: a bachelor's degree in an eligible field and one year of full-time satisfactory project-management experience involving planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting engineering, architectural, and/or landscape architectural projects.
• Alternative qualifying route: a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and five years of qualifying project-management experience.
• Alternative qualifying route: a four-year high school diploma or equivalent plus a combination of qualifying experience and college education equivalent to five years of education and experience. Each 30 semester credits toward a bachelor's degree in an eligible field counts as one year.
• Eligible degree fields include 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, and public administration.
• Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution; foreign credentials require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service.

Responsibilities

• Manage and review the work product of environmental consultants and drilling contractors for technical accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness.
• Review capital project design documents and environmental assessments, investigation reports, permit applications, plans, and spill closure investigations.
• Conduct field visits and manage environmental projects of varying levels of complexity.
• Respond to environmental or hazardous-material incidents.
• Develop remedial action plans to mitigate hazards and ensure compliance with federal, New York State, and New York City regulations.
• Review sampling protocols, interpret analytical results, and compare data with regulatory standards.
• Write technical reports and standard operating procedures.
• Conduct presentations on regulatory requirements for environmental compliance.

What This Job Offers

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