High Pressure Plant Tender

New-York-City-Department-of-Sanitation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) seeks a High Pressure Plant Tender to operate and maintain high-pressure boilers, incinerators, and related systems. Under supervision, you will inspect, repair, and adjust equipment, read meters, and keep logs while supporting facility operations across City streets and facilities.

Qualifications emphasize hands-on boiler experience and related technical training.

Qualifications

• Two years of full-time satisfactory experience within the last ten years operating and maintaining high pressure boilers or the equivalent marine experience.
• Not less than one year of experience as described in "1" above plus sufficient training of a relevant nature acquired in an approved trade or vocational high school to make up the equivalent of the remaining required experience. Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of approved trade or vocational high school.

Responsibilities

• Hand fire high-pressure boilers using solid fuels, and stoker equipment and incinerator furnaces using burnable refuse.
• Clean fires.
• Tend and operate stoker equipment, oil-, gas-, or coal-fired high-pressure boilers and incinerator furnaces, and related equipment.
• Maintain, clean, repairs and assist in the inspection and testing of high-pressure boilers, incinerators, auxiliaries and related equipment; maintains, cleans, repairs and/or tends to, and assists in the inspection and testing of equipment and systems used in heating, ventilation, refrigeration, air conditioning and related auxiliary equipment, such as cooling towers, air handlers, chilled water pumps, air cleaners and filters, fans, heat exchangers, tubes, air treatment assemblies, humidifiers/dehumidifiers, and controls.
• May dismantle and/or assemble equipment associated with heating, ventilation, refrigeration, air conditioning and mechanical systems to make it operational. Requisitions parts as required.
• May operate a motor vehicle.
• Inspect, clean, test, operate, repair, maintain and alter boilers, furnaces, pollution control equipment, and related auxiliary equipment and appurtenances.
• Inspect and read meters, gauges and other controls of operating and related equipment.
• Use hand and powered tools and welds and burns in the performance of assigned duties.
• Work from sketches, drawings and blue prints.
• Requisitions parts and maintain inventory.
• Keep records and logs.
• Supervise assigned personnel.
• Perform related work.

Job description

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City healthy, safe, and clean by collecting, recycling, and disposing of waste, cleaning City streets and vacant lots, and clearing snow and ice. DSNY is the nation's largest municipal sanitation agency, with nearly 10,000 employees, 59 district garages, and a fleet of more than 5,000 trucks, cars, and other types of equipment. The Department clears litter, snow, and ice from approximately 6,500 miles of City streets and removes debris from vacant lots as well as abandoned vehicles from City streets.

The DSNY seeks a High Pressure Plant Tender. Under direct supervision, the selected candidate will tend oil, gas or coal fired high-pressure boilers, incinerator furnaces and related equipment, and assist in the maintenance and repair of this equipment. May be assigned to inspect, maintain and repair heating, ventilation, refrigeration, air conditioning and related auxiliary systems and equipment.

• Hand fire high-pressure boilers using solid fuels, and stoker equipment and incinerator furnaces using burnable refuse.
• Clean fires.
• Tend and operate stoker equipment, oil-, gas-, or coal-fired high-pressure boilers and incinerator furnaces, and related equipment.
• Maintain, cleans, repairs and assists in the inspection and testing of high-pressure boilers, incinerators, auxiliaries and related equipment. Maintains, cleans, repairs and/or tends to, and assists in the inspection and testing of equipment and systems used in heating, ventilation, refrigeration, air conditioning and related auxiliary equipment, such as cooling towers, air handlers, chilled water pumps, air cleaners and filters, fans, heat exchangers, tubes, air treatment assemblies, humidifiers/dehumidifiers, and controls.
• May dismantle and/or assemble equipment associated with heating, ventilation, refrigeration, air conditioning and mechanical systems to make it operational. Requisitions parts as required.
• May operate a motor vehicle.
• Inspect, clean, test, operate, repair, maintain and alter boilers, furnaces, pollution control equipment, and related auxiliary equipment and appurtenances.
• Inspect and read meters, gauges and other controls of operating and related equipment.
• Use hand and powered tools and welds and burns in the performance of assigned duties.
• Work from sketches, drawings and blue prints.
• Requisitions parts and maintain inventory.
• Keep records and logs.
• Supervise assigned personnel.
• Perform related work.

All candidates must have taken the Education and Experience High Pressure Plant Tender #6059 that was released May 2026.

HIGH PRESSURE PLANT TENDER - 91650

Minimum Qualifications

1. Two years of full-time satisfactory experience within the last ten years operating and maintaining high pressure boilers or the equivalent marine experience; or
2. Not less than one year of experience as described in "1" above plus sufficient training of a relevant nature acquired in an approved trade or vocational high school to make up the equivalent of the remaining required experience. Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of approved trade or vocational high school.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

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.