Heavy Duty City Park Worker

DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION; New York (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking two City Park Workers to support green stormwater maintenance and porous pavement work across NYC streets. The role focuses on driving motorized equipment, performing general upkeep, and assisting with trash removal and site readiness.

Minimum qualifications include a NY Driver's License, ability to read and follow orders, and meeting medical/physical requirements. Residency within NYC is typically required.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand and obey orders is required.
• There are medical and physical requirements for this position.
• No formal education or experience required for the basic role.

Responsibilities

• Drive motorized equipment and maintain porous pavement along NYC streets.
• Perform general maintenance: edging, cleaning, sweeping and litter removal.
• Assist with drainage, plumbing, carpentry and minor repairs as needed.
• Ensure safety checks on facilities and participate in work orders routing.

Skills

Read orders & comply

Physical fitness

Safety awareness

Familiarity with stormwater infra

Experience operating wet vacuums

Job description

The NYC 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. DEP delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons per day of the highest quality drinking water to 8.5 million NYC residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York and has a wastewater conveyance and treatment system capable of processing over 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day to protect the environment and the city’s surrounding waterways.

DEP is in partnership with various City agencies to construct distributed stormwater management practices, or “green infrastructure”, within the City’s public streets and sidewalks to manage stormwater runoff and improve water quality in NYC waterbodies. These engineered practices include rain gardens, infiltration basins and porous pavements, and use a combination of techniques to increase stormwater storage capacity and infiltration of stormwater into underlying natural soils. The operations and maintenance of right-of-way green infrastructure is largely managed by DEP’s in-house Green Infrastructure Maintenance Unit within the Bureau of Environmental Planning & Analysis in the Bureau of Sustainability at DEP. To date there are over 12,000 green infrastructure practices in maintenance by this unit across Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. More information on the NYC Green Infrastructure Program and locations of green infrastructure practices can be found online: https://www.nyc.gov/site/dep/water/green-infrastructure.page

Through this posting DEP seeks to hire two City Park Workers to join its team of green stormwater maintenance crews. The primary focus of this job will be driving motorized equipment for the purpose of maintaining porous pavement constructed within parking lanes on NYC streets. This work will require coordination with other green infrastructure operations and maintenance staff on responding to work orders and routing guidance.

As City Park Workers, the selected candidates will assist in: general maintenance work, including edging seeding, snow removal, cultivating, fertilizing, trimming, sweeping, removal of sediments and raking of litter; clean and maintain facilities including drainage structures; perform minor repair work including but not limited to plumbing, masonry, carpentry, metal work and vehicle and equipment repair; drive vehicles and operate certain other motorized equipment; perform safety checks on facilities and equipment; and may move furniture, climb and perform other physical activities as required in the performance of assigned duties.

CITY PARK WORKER - 90641

Minimum Qualifications

• There are no formal education or experience requirements for this position.
• A Motor Vehicle Driver's License valid in the State of New York is required.
• Ability to read and to understand and obey orders is required.
• There are certain medical and physical requirements.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with operations and maintenance of stormwater infiltration basins.
• Experience operating high cubic feet per minute (CFM) wet vacuums.
• Experience maintaining high cubic feet per minute (CFM) wet vacuums in the field.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.