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Queens, NY | United States
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Job Description The 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 Bureau of Police & Security seeks to hire a Supervisor Electrician for the Division of Emergency Response and Technical Assessment (DERTA), located at the DEP office in Lefrak Queens, New York.
Working within the DERTA Division of the NYC DEP Bureau of Police and Security, under the Division of Emergency Response and Technical Assessment (DERTA), the supervisor electrician will provide supervision to the Support Unit consisting of personnel from several trades that work within the DERTA Division.
Required tasks include:
-Supervision and direction of electricians and other assigned personnel in alteration, installation, and maintenance of electrical systems within the Bureau of Police and Security.
-Supervision of the Support Unit and other Bureau personnel in performing electrical work.
-Assists in the maintenance of instrumentation and equipment necessary for Rapid Modeling, Telemetry, and Atmospheric data.
-Maintenance and repair of instrumentation and equipment used for the Department of Homeland Security's Biowatch Program.
-Providing general assistance, as required within the Bureau and Department, related to electrical work which requires oversight by a licensed electrician.
Example of assignments:
-Under the Citywide Incident Management System (CIMS), DERTA is tasked to perform plume air modelling as well as to respond to and mitigate any chemical incidents in New York City. To successfully perform this function, equipment is required to be placed in and around specific zones during emergency incidents. Since this equipment requires power which may come from various sites, such as light poles, buildings, generators, etc., only a licensed electrician would be allowed to make the connection.
-Provide general guidance to the Department and Bureau as required.
Qualifications 1. Six years of full-time satisfactory experience as an electrician acquired within the last fifteen years, at least one year of which must have been in a supervisory capacity; or
2. At least four years of experience as described in "1" above, plus sufficient satisfactory experience as an electrician's helper or apprentice electrician or training in the electrical field acquired in an approved trade, technical or vocational high school to make up the equivalent of the remaining experience. Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of such helper experience, apprentice training or training in the electrical field. However, all candidates must have had at least one year of full-time satisfactory experience as a supervising electrician acquired within the last fifteen years.
License Requirements
A Motor Vehicle Driver license valid in the State of New York.
All licenses must be maintained for the duration of employment.
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.
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