Job Description

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, 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’s water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Office of Energy and Resource Recovery Programs (Energy Office) is charged with plotting the course for DEP to meet its energy and carbon neutrality goals, as well as maximizing resource recovery. The Energy Office also provides energy and performance tracking, program assessment, scientific research, emergency planning and internal auditing services to DEP’s operating bureaus.

The Energy Engineer will provide analytical support to improve processes that are running inefficiently. The position will report to the Deputy Director of Conservation and Optimization; The Energy Engineer will collaborate to ensure the legacy equipment is running as efficiently as possible and new installations are operating as intended. The Energy Engineer will provide support to facility staff to ensure energy office projects including the co-digestion program and beneficial reuse of biogas program are operational and effective. The Energy Engineer will work with capital and expense Energy Project Managers to identify and apply for grant funding to perform equipment upgrades, maintenance, or trainings where needed.

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in mechanical engineering and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in mechanical engineering work; or
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and a Master’s degree from an accredited college in mechanical engineering.