Project Manager (Environmental)

City of New York • New York, NY

20d • $66,330 - $81,991 • Onsite

About The Position

The NYC Department of Design and Construction, Division of Safety & Site Support, is seeking an Environmental Project Manager. The role manages environmental consultants’ and drilling contractors’ work products to ensure technical accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness. The position reviews capital project design documents and a range of environmental assessments, investigation reports, permit applications, plans, and related technical materials. It also includes conducting field visits, managing environmental projects of varying complexity, responding to environmental or hazardous-material incidents, and developing remedial action plans to mitigate hazards and ensure compliance with federal, New York State, and New York City regulations.

The Environmental Project Manager reviews sampling protocols, interprets analytical results, compares data with regulatory standards, prepares technical reports and standard operating procedures, and presents regulatory requirements for environmental compliance. The position is full-time for 35 hours per week and is located 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. Foreign educational 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); applicants must include a Notice of Results or indicate permanent status.
• Meet one of the stated Project Manager qualification pathways: (1) a bachelor’s degree in one of the listed fields and one year of full-time satisfactory project-management experience for engineering, architectural, and/or landscape architectural projects; (2) a high school diploma or equivalent and five years of such experience; or (3) a high school diploma or equivalent plus an equivalent combination of experience and college education, with 30 semester credits in a listed field counting as one year of education.
• 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 environmental consultants’ and drilling contractors’ work products for technical accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness.
• Review capital project design documents, 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).
• 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