Heavy Duty City Park Worker

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 6,000 employees. DEP delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons per day of the highest quality drinking water to 8.5 million NYC residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York. DEP 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.

DEP partners with various City agencies to construct distributed stormwater management practices, or “green infrastructure,” within the City’s public streets and sidewalks to manage stormwater runoff and improve water quality in NYC waterbodies. These engineered practices include rain gardens, infiltration basins, and porous pavements, using techniques to increase stormwater storage capacity and infiltration. The operations and maintenance of right-of-way green infrastructure are managed by DEP’s in-house Green Infrastructure Maintenance Unit. To date, over 12,000 green infrastructure practices are maintained by this unit across Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.

About the Role

DEP seeks to hire two City Park Workers to join its team of green stormwater maintenance crews. The primary focus of this job will be driving motorized equipment for the purpose of maintaining porous pavement constructed within parking lanes on NYC streets. This work requires coordination with other green infrastructure operations and maintenance staff on responding to work orders and routing guidance.

Responsibilities

• General maintenance work, including edging, seeding, snow removal, cultivating, fertilizing, trimming, sweeping, removal of sediments, and raking of litter.
• Clean and maintain facilities, including drainage structures.
• Perform minor repair work, including but not limited to plumbing, masonry, carpentry, metal work, and vehicle and equipment repair.
• Drive vehicles and operate motorized equipment.
• Perform safety checks on facilities and equipment.
• May move furniture, climb, and perform other physical activities as required.

Requirements

• A Motor Vehicle Driver's License valid in the State of New York is required.
• Ability to read, understand, and obey orders.
• Certain medical and physical requirements must be met.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with operations and maintenance of stormwater infiltration basins.
• Experience operating high cubic feet per minute (CFM) wet vacuums.
• Experience maintaining high cubic feet per minute (CFM) wet vacuums in the field.

Benefits

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County.

Pay

$40,343.00 – $62,664.00