Job Description

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking to fill the position of Director of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Performance Measurement and Strategic Planning. Under general direction, but with latitude for independent action and judgment, the selected candidate will identify, prioritize and set EHS performance goals consistent with best practices (e.g. ANSI/ASSP/ISO standards), risk identification and reduction, as well as monitor Agency and Operational (bureau) performance as related to established EHS goals through the management and execution of an audit program that measures the effectiveness of EHS management system and program implementation at the operational level. The selected candidate will report directly to the Assistant Commissioner of EHS.

DEP’s 6,000 employees are dedicated to protecting public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water, collecting and treating wastewater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous material pollution. The scale of our organization is unmatched in any other water utility in the nation – each day, DEP delivers one billion gallons of high quality drinking water a day to more than nine million New Yorkers and collects and treats an average of 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater at 14 wastewater resource recovery facilities. DEP is also responsible for enforcing the City’s air and noise regulations and is the lead agency for developing and implementing citywide sustainability and stormwater management initiatives. To support these functions, DEP has one of the largest capital construction portfolios in the City, with $11 billion of work under construction and an additional $3 billion in design. The diversity of EHS policies and programs is significant. Employee Safety and Environmental Compliance are embedded in DEP’s core values.

The selected candidate will oversee four essential EHS areas: EHS program assessments, EHS auditor professional development, EHS performance measurement and strategic planning, and Process Safety/Risk Management Program oversight.

Specifically, he/she will:

- Manage the DEP EHS Assessment programs, which includes development and ongoing oversight of the EHS Audit and Program Assessment programs, maintaining the audit schedule, preparing accurate and timely assessment reports, and updating appropriate assessment protocols.

- Keep abreast of developments and best practices within the field of EHS assessment and performance measurement within the industry and ensure that DEP auditors have access to appropriate professional development programs.

- Lead the Agency’s development, presentation, and communication of EHS performance metrics using existing information management systems and make ongoing recommendations for improvement, incorporating a balance of leading and lagging indicators.

- Develop and improve existing systems which successfully track and report EHS compliance measurements within bureaus, divisions, and facilities.

- Provide agency oversight and support for the Process Safety Management and Risk Management Programs which are implemented and maintained by Bureau of Water Supply, namely two chlorine facilities.

- Manage a staff of 13 employees.

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 30 credits in the eh biological and/or physical sciences, and four years of satisfactory full-time experience performing inspections to assure compliance with pertinent laws, rules and regulations governing the areas of food, drugs, and general environmental sanitation, eighteen months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or in supervising staff performing food, drug and general environmental sanitation inspectors or related work; or

2. An associate degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 12 credits in the biological and/or physical sciences, and six years of satisfactory full-time experience as described in question "1" above; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However all candidates must have at least 60 credits from an accredited college or university, including 12 credits in the biological and/or physical sciences, and at least two years of experience as a public health sanitarian, including or supplemented by eighteen months of experience in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity as described in "1" or "2" above.