Job Description

he New York City 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. We deliver 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water per day to 8.3 million New York City residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York, and we collect and treat an average of 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day.

The selected candidates will work in the Bureau of Police and Security, as an Industrial Hygienist, in the Division of Emergency Response and Technical Assessment (DERTA). Under supervision will perform chemical safety audits, Ensure that facilities practice safe handling and storage of hazardous substances to minimize accidental releases and injuries, Contact and meet with managers and workers to evaluate current management’s practices, Interprets, applies and enforce the Community Right-to-Know laws, regulations and policies, Discuss the inspection results with facility owners/ managers, provides technical advice and proposes best management practice to deal with hazardous materials, Uses computerized database to create or update data on facilities and enter inspection results, Represents the Division of Emergency Response & Technical Assessment at Environmental Control Board (ECB) hearings, assisting clients to file according to the Community Right-to-Know regulations and may be required to perform emergency response which requires the use of protective clothing, respiratory protection and testing equipment.

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university including or supplemented by 28 semester credits in industrial hygiene, environmental health science, occupational health science and/or safety engineering; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university including or supplemented by 28 semester credits in the physical or natural sciences, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering and/or toxicology and one year of satisfactory, full-time experience
in the identification, evaluation and control of health and safety hazards; or

3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full-time work experience as described in “2” above; or

4. A combination of education and experience that is the equivalent of the course work and/or experience
described in “1”, “2”, and “3” above. Semester credits from an accredited college or university in industrial hygiene, environmental health science, occupational health science and/or safety engineering may be substituted for experience on the basis of 7 semester credits equals 6 months of experience, up to a maximum of 28 semester credits. Semester credits from an accredited college or university in the physical or natural sciences, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering and/or toxicology may be substituted for experience on the basis of 7 semester credits equals 3 months of experience, up to a maximum of 28 semester credits. However, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.

License Requirements
A Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.

Special Note:

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, one year of satisfactory full-time work experience in the identification, evaluation and control of health and safety hazards.