Machinist

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City healthy, safe, and clean by collecting, recycling, and disposing of waste, cleaning City streets and vacant lots, and clearing snow and ice. DSNY is the nation's largest municipal sanitation agency, with nearly 10,000 employees, 59 district garages, and a fleet of more than 5,000 trucks, cars, and other types of equipment.

Responsibilities

• Bench, general shops, and outside machinist work.
• Set up and operate machine shop equipment and tools, such as engine lathes, shapers, milling machines, drill presses, planers, and grinders.
• Use machinist tools and instruments.
• Inspect, overhaul, and repair all types of buildings and facilities, overhead doors, pumps, heating and A/C equipment, water and disposal works equipment.
• Maintain, repair, test, overhaul, and replace all types of building systems equipment such as overhead doors, fans, blowers, exhausters, pumps, and compressors.
• Fabricate obsolete parts from existing parts or sketches.
• Direct subordinates in the performance of various maintenance and/or repair tasks.
• Prepare reports and requisitions; maintain records and the inventory of supplies and materials.
• May operate a motor vehicle or other motorized equipment in the performance of assigned duties.

Requirements

• Five years of full-time satisfactory experience as a machinist; or
• At least two and one-half years of full-time satisfactory experience as a machinist plus sufficient full-time experience as a machinist helper or an apprentice machinist, or training of a relevant nature acquired in an approved trade, technical, or vocational high school to make up the equivalent of five years of the required experience. Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of helper or apprentice experience or approved relevant training acquired in an approved trade, technical, or vocational high school, up to a maximum of two and one-half years.

Benefits

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness: 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.

Pay

$346.56 – $403.44

Additional Information

• 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.
• This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter if you would like to be considered through the 55-a Program.