Water Resources & Resiliency Scientist

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 88,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of New York is seeking an experienced environmental professional to lead planning, design reviews, and restoration projects across parks and natural spaces. You will work with multiple city agencies to advance stormwater, coastal resiliency, and stream restoration initiatives in New York City.

A strong background in hydrology, GIS, and nature-based solutions is essential. Responsibilities include coordinating watershed planning, analyzing data, developing funding applications, and

Qualifications

• Master's degree in physical, biological or environmental science or public health.
• Doctorate with specialization and 1 year supervisory/administrative/research experience.
• Master's degree with 3 years of full-time research experience.
• Equivalent education/experience with master's and two years experience; two years as City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance for stormwater management, coastal adaptation, stream and wetland restoration and nature-based solution projects focused on the protection and management of natural areas and climate adaptation of parkland across New York City.
• Coordinate and conduct integrated watershed and resiliency planning in partnership with other city agencies.
• Coordinate and conduct technical design reviews and support construction oversight for Capital and interagency projects.
• Identify project opportunities for stream and wetland restoration, coastal adaptation and stormwater management.
• Support project planning and development, including developing applications for funding, scopes of work and cost estimates.
• Build and maintain relationships within the agency, other city agencies, consultants and non-profit partners in an interdisciplinary and governmental context to align goals and drive projects forward.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with teams across different departments.
• Support senior staff in evaluating restoration and nature-based projects to improve outcomes.
• Manage projects to ensure they meet ecological, coastal resiliency and stormwater management goals and are completed on time and within budget.
• Assist in the design of stormwater management practices, shoreline stabilization and stream and wetland restoration projects, utilizing nature-based solutions.
• Use and review outputs from software, such as HEC-RAS, HydroCAD, Delft3D, and ArcHydro to conduct hydrologic and hydraulic modelling to assist with designs, and ArcGIS, Microsoft Excel and R to map, visualize and analyze data.
• Supervise staff in data collection, monitoring, modeling and design review.
• Prepare maps, figures and final reports to submit to the public, funders, internal staff and regulatory agencies.

Skills

Strong writing

Interpersonal skills

GIS

Data analysis

Project coordination

Education

Master's degree in physical, biological or environmental science or public health

Doctorate with specialization in physical, biological, environmental or social science and 1 year supervisory/administrative/research experience

Master's degree with 3 years of full-time research experience

Equivalent education/experience; master's + 2 years experience; 2 years as City Research Scientist Level I substitutable

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil3D

ArcHydro

HEC-RAS

HydroCAD

Job description

The City of New York is seeking an experienced environmental professional to lead planning, design reviews, and restoration projects across parks and natural spaces. You will work with multiple city agencies to advance stormwater, coastal resiliency, and stream restoration initiatives in New York City.

A strong background in hydrology, GIS, and nature-based solutions is essential. Responsibilities include coordinating watershed planning, analyzing data, developing funding applications, and