Project Manager, Flood Risk

New York City Department of Environmental Protection; New York (NY); In loco; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The City of New York's Bureau of Coastal Resilience is hiring a Project Manager, Flood Risk to advance NYC's coastal resilience and mapping programs. You will apply hydraulics and hydrology knowledge to analyze flood risk and collaborate with agencies and consultants.

Reporting to the Director, Flood Risk & Data Management, the role emphasizes data management, technical reporting, and cross-agency coordination to translate scientific findings into planning tools for policy and infrastructure

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 5+ years of large project experience.
• Experience coordinating engineering design and construction programs.
• Strong written and verbal communication for stakeholders.

Mansioni

• Support flood risk assessments and implementation of New York City’s first coastal mapping program.
• Analyze climate and flood data.
• Project management and coordination of technical consultants.
• Prepare technical reports and decision-support materials, utilizing visualization tools (e.g., GIS).
• Coordinate FEMA, USACE, and technical partnerships.
• Translate flood risk information into planning tools.
• Strong organization and project management skills in order to manage multiple tasks and complex systems.
• Perform complex work involving: data management software, economic analysis, data analytics and reporting.

Conoscenze

Coastal engineering

Project management

Data analysis

Hydraulics modelling

Hydrology

Storm surge knowledge

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree

HS diploma + 9 years

Equivalent education/experience

Descrizione del lavoro

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 Bureau of Coastal Resilience (BCR) was created in October 2023, fulfilling a major initiative under the PlaNYC strategy aimed at addressing the risks of current and future coastal flooding in New York City. BCR’s vision is for a vibrant, healthy and safe coastal environment that allows people and businesses to thrive in the face of a changing climate - and specifically to, sea level rise, high tide events and storm surge. This requires a holistic, forward thinking, inclusive and equitable response to the risks of coastal flooding and an integrated approach to watershed management. BCR will develop and implement strategic planning initiatives and will be responsible for the operations and maintenance of coastal infrastructure assets along NYC’s 520 miles of shoreline. BCR is committed to a coordinated approach to planning and response across NYC agencies, while working closely with community and partners.

The Project Manager, Flood Risk (“PM”) will be a key member of the BCR team and will support BCRs flood risk analysis for coastal resilience, management of the coastal mapping program (a newly legislated activity within the city), as well as BCRs data management program. The PM will have strong technical acumen in the field of hydraulics, hydrology and coastal flood risk modeling and mapping. While the mandate of BCR is for coastal storm surge, tidal flooding and sea level rise, it is important that the PM collaborates closely with others who are working on stormwater and groundwater management. Therefore, an understanding of other modes of flooding, as well as compound flooding, will be an important skill for this position.

The PM, Flood Risk will report to the Director, Flood Risk & Data Management and will be tasked with:

• Support flood risk assessments and implementation of New York City’s first coastal mapping program.
• Analyze climate and flood data.
• Project management and coordination of technical consultants.
• Prepare technical reports and decision-support materials, utilizing visualization tools (e.g., GIS).
• Coordinate FEMA, USACE, and technical partnerships.
• Translate flood risk information into planning tools.
• Strong organization and project management skills in order to manage multiple tasks and complex systems.
• Perform complex work involving: data management software, economic analysis, data analytics and reporting.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT MANAGER - 8300B

Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration, and five (5) years of full-time satisfactory experience in the planning, administering or expediting of engineering design, and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project, two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or
2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine (9) years of experience as described in "1" above; two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or
3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. One (1) year of experience credit will be given for: (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, landscape architecture, architectural technology, construction, construction management, construction technology, sustainable design, urban planning, urban studies, city planning, transportation planning, business administration, or public administration; (b) an accredited Master's degree in one of the disciplines described in "1" above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree, or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or Landscape Architect. However, all candidates must have the two years of the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of hurricane and extratropical storms at a highly technical level
• Familiarity with USACE North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS)
• Experience with FEMA flood insurance rate maps (FIRM), including the accreditation process, and understanding of how FEMA computes base flood elevations (BFE) and its limitations
• Overall knowledge of numerical modeling approaches for coastal engineering and coastal processes driving flooding (e.g., storm surge, tides, rainfall-runoff)
• Experience with coastal storm risk management (CSRM) relating to storm surge and wave modeling using the USACE Coastal Storm Modeling System (CSTROM-MS),
• Experience with spectral wave models (e.g., SWAN, WW3, xbeach, MIKE-SW) and wave overtopping approaches (e.g., EurOtop)
• Knowledge of hydrodynamic modeling (e.g., ADCIRC, TELEMAC, MIKE21 & MIKE31, ADH, DelftFM)
• Knowledge of Hydraulic and Hydrologic (H&H) models (e.g., HEC-RAS, SWMM, InfoWorks ICM)
• Strong organization and project management skills in order to manage multiple tasks and complex systems
• Perform complex work involving: data management software, economic analysis, data analytics and reporting
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other NYC agencies and other bureaus within DEP
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex information to a variety of audiences (public speaking is an asset)