Streams Basin Supervisor

Job Duties

• Supervise and provide leadership and guidance to four direct reports that work in two separate office locations (Arkville and Kingston). Support team building, conduct annual performance reviews, timekeeping and succession planning efforts.
• Assist with the negotiation, drafting, and oversight/management of more than a half dozen DEP contracts that fund various elements of the SMP.
• Oversee, report and resolve contract management issues in the five major program contracts.
• As needed with potential open positions, temporarily serves as a reservoir basin scale project manager for one of four reservoir basin scale stream management teams.
• Ensure timely delivery and consistency among record keeping for key documents generated by the four basin programs: Memoranda of Understanding with Towns (as required to be eligible for program funding), Stream Management Implementation (grant) Program eligibility, application forms and decision-making criteria, project landowner agreements, permits, project reporting, project designs and Annual Action Plans. Report issues to management and resolve any issues arising therefrom.
• Ensure that essential coordination meetings between the corresponding SMP â Local Partner functional staff occur on time and that outcomes are shared program wide. This entails routine coordination with other DEP staff as well.
• Ensure timely delivery of contract deliverables from SMP contract partners and updated the DEP system (WaLIS) with relevant information
• Oversee the processing of contract partner payments and resolve disputes, elevating issues to the Section Chief as needed.
• Assist in the development and implementation of project management tracking software to provide readily accessible updates to basin project and review status.
• Ensure that SMP project managers understand the terms of the contracts they manage and fully comply with all bureau, agency or city policies and directives relating to contract management and budget oversight.
• Foster and maintain excellent partner relations with county agencies and other local, State and federal stakeholders involved in the ongoing implementation of the SMP.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other DEP work units to support and ensure SMP expertise and research is integrated with other bureau/agency efforts to the extent practical.
• Support the leveraging of City funds with local, State and federal matching grants as opportunities arise.
• Oversee and manage special projects, programs or initiatives as requested or assigned.
• Conduct public presentations to internal and external audiences as requested or assigned.

Preferred Skills

• Proficiency is required with the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, etc.) and Adobe Acrobat (advanced PDF assembly)
• Working knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related software (ArcGIS)
• Educational and professional work experience relating to water resources, drinking water quality, stream processes and ecological function, natural resource management, land use planning, communications, contract management, project management, budget oversight, and City procurement
• Ability to convey technical information effectively to a non-technical audience
• Ability to work with partners/stakeholders and lead interdisciplinary teams
• Expertise/knowledge of stream ecosystems and stream restoration principles

Physical Work Environment

The position is primarily an office-based job with periodic travel throughout the watershed and elsewhere for field trips, site visits, tours, education/outreach events, conferences, etc. A hard hat, safety vest, and safety shoes may be needed at times, and these items will be provided as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Typical Hours/Shift: 35 per week
Day Shift, Monday to Friday
May be required to work shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

Work Location

• 669 County Road 38, Arkville, NY
• Arkville is a hamlet in the Town of Middletown, in Delaware County, NY, approx., 145 miles northwest of New York City.
• 71 Smith Ave., Kingston, NY 12571
• Kingston is a city in Ulster County, NY approx. 90 miles North from New York City.

Minimum Qualifications

• One year of full-time satisfactory experience in supervising employees performing project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, on engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects, or supervising a construction project with a value of $1,000,000 or more, and either:
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in 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, or public administration, and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, for engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects;
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in "1" above;
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of college or university education and/or experience described in "1" above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience. One year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in 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, or public administration; (b) a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree, or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Registered Landscape Architect.
• In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least one additional year of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least one year as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.
• In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least two additional years of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least two additional years as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.
• 55a Program
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Residency Requirement
• New York City Residency is not required for this position
• Additional Information
• The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.