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 Water Supply seeks to hire a Watershed Maintainers within the Drinking Water Operations (DWO) South Directorate, for a position located in Valhalla, New York. The Drinking Water Operations Directorate is responsible for the operation, maintenance, treatment and quality of three water supply systems and all associated infrastructure that conveys water to New York City. These systems include the Croton, Catskill, and Delaware Systems. The Directorate also operates and maintains seven Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRF’s), including five collection systems, that protect the headwaters of these systems. The directorate provides maintenance and operation of the Croton Water Filtration Plant, Jerome Park and Hillview Reservoirs, the Cat-Del UV Plant, Chlorination and Fluoridation at Delaware Aqueduct Shaft 18, Chlorine Dioxide at Croton Lake Gate House and the Ashokan Chemical Treatment Facility, Pleasantville Alum Plant, and other associated dams, aqueducts, shafts, waterworks, highways, support systems, and offices.

The Watershed Maintainer will be responsible for performing duties related to the operation, maintenance, repair and inspection of facilities, equipment and lands in the watershed areas and reservoir, aqueduct, and related systems of the City of New York water supply system.

Under the supervision of the Supervisor (Watershed Maintenance) I, the Watershed Maintainer, working out of the Field Force Maintenance Unit will perform duties related to the operation, maintenance and inspection of equipment, water treatment facilities, watershed areas, reservoirs and aqueduct systems of the City of New York Water Supply. Specific duties include:

- Installing, maintaining and repairing equipment, fixtures, gauges, meters and other equipment related to the watershed, reservoir and aqueduct systems, lands, roads, bridges, dams and other structures and equipment in the watershed area, aqueduct and reservoir systems.

- Inspect reservoirs, streams, water supply lands, groundwater systems and watersheds for compliance and conformity to rules and regulations.

- Maintain, installing and repairing pipes, mains, sewers, drains and appurtenances in the watershed area, aqueduct and reservoir systems; engage in excavating, sheathing and shoring using hand or powered tools.

- Perform rigging and hoisting; operating and maintaining hand and power tools, machine tools and other types of tools and equipment.

- Operate, maintain and repair various types of motorized vehicles and equipment including but not limited to asphalt rollers, skid steers, backhoes, tractors, mowers, landscape trailers, and snow removal equipment.

- Mix concrete and prepare other materials in order to make repairs.

- Mow, prune, cultivate and maintain lawns, shrubs, trees and grades.

- Clean and maintain facility grounds, structures and equipment; Paint structures, equipment and fences.

- Perform work in permit confined spaces.

- Serve as a member of the Emergency Response Team.

- Comply with all environmental, health and safety laws, agency policies, rules and regulations


Special Working Conditions:

Some of the physical activities performed by Watershed Maintainers and environmental conditions experienced are lifting objects up to waist height, fingering, grasping, squeezing and or turning objects such as tools and equipment, pushing and pulling objects such as tools and levers using one or two hands, reaching at a distance up to arm’s length, coordinating the movements of hands and feet, and balancing body on foot stools or ladders from 3 to 30 feet in height while standing and working with hands overhead, and entering permit or non-permit confined spaces In order to perform the essential tasks of this position. Watershed Maintainers may be required to wear protective equipment such as gloves, boots, goggles, fully encapsulating suits, earplugs, noise attenuators, face shields, and or respirators, work in temperatures ranging from 0 F and 105 F in wetness and varying atmospheric conditions such as high and low humidity, work in the presence of toxic and or corrosive chemicals and moving parts of machinery and equipment, and work in restricted spaces for up to 1 hour at a time and on surfaces made of metal gratings, macadam and or cement.

Candidates may be required to wear a respirator while performing the essential functions of this job. Employees must be physically able to wear a respirator. OSHA regulations have established medical guidelines for wearing a respirator. Therefore, applicants and employees will be required to have pre-appointment and periodic post-appointment medical examinations to demonstrate that they met applicable OSHA Standards and to monitor their medical status. Once hired, employees must continue to satisfy OSHA regulations for the duration of their employment.


License Requirements:

- All candidates must have a Motor Vehicle Driver’s License valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.

- Class A Commercial Driver’s License valid in the State of New York may be required. If required, this license must be maintained for the duration of employment.


(This is a brief description of what a Watershed Maintainer might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position)


Preferred Skills:

- Mechanically inclined, using hand or power tools for masonry, carpentry, plumbing, and electrical.

- Conscientious

- Information Sharing

-Critical and Analytical Thinking

- Predicts possible problems and develops contingency plans in advance

- Anticipates how treatment will react to changing conditions and plans accordingly

- Foresees the consequences of situations and plans accordingly

- Works independently

- General Familiarity of MS Office, MS Outlook

- Ability to navigate Citytime timekeeping program

- Ability to learn how to use a computerized maintenance management system and a computer tablet to receive work orders and input data

- Ability to operate motorized vehicles and industrial equipment including but not limited to tractors, vehicle mounted snowplows, and others.

- Ability to use chainsaws, lawnmowers, and String Trimmers

- Communications equipment


Special Working Conditions: Watershed Maintainers may be required to work in confined spaces and should be able to work in varying degrees of outside temperature.

Hours/Shift:

40 Hours per week / Shift work including nights, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.


Work Location:

Catskill Delaware UV Disinfection Facility

10 Walker Road

Valhalla NY, 10595

Valhalla is a hamlet located in Westchester County, New York approximately 28 miles north of Midtown Manhattan.

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A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one of the following:

1. One year of full-time satisfactory experience in the operation and maintenance of equipment used in the controlling or purification of water at facilities in watershed areas, reservoirs, or aqueduct systems, or performing duties involving the upkeep, inspection, maintenance or operation of watershed areas and related facilities; or

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one of the following:

2. Two years of full-time satisfactory experience as: a mechanic, journeyman or helper in the electrical trades or mechanical trades; or a technician in a chemical processing facility or chemical laboratory.

Driver License Requirement: By the time you are appointed to this position, you must have a motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of your employment.

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.