Deputy Director of Maintenance and Repair

Job Description

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City clean, safe, and healthy by collecting, recycling, and disposing of waste, cleaning streets, attacking the scourge of illegal dumping, and clearing snow and ice. The Department operates 59 district garages and manages a fleet of more than 2,000 rear-loading collection trucks, 450 mechanical brooms, 705 salt spreaders, and several dozen bike lane operations machines. Currently, the Department is aggressively cleaning more parts of the city than ever before, including over 1,000 long-ignored areas spread across every neighborhood. With the highest wintertime uniformed headcount in 20 years, DSNY is more equipped than ever to remove snow and ice from the approximately 19,000 lane miles of City streets.

Reporting directly to the Director of Export Engineering, the Deputy Director of Maintenance and Repair (M&R) will lead the M&R team to work with the Facility Development team on facility upgrade and maintenance of DSNY’s solid waste management facilities. The Deputy Director of M&R will be responsible for timely equipment troubleshooting and issue resolution, preventing operational interruptions, as well as contract administration. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Manage M&R contracts of DSNY solid waste management facilities.
- Manage routine maintenance, inspections, and field investigation to prevent major failures.
- Coordinate and facilitate team efforts for troubleshooting and emergency repairs.
- Coordinate with specialists for complex or specialized M&R tasks.
- Oversee contract procurement process, including scope of services preparation, Request for Proposal development, budget, schedule, M/WBE compliance, extension of time of contracts, and other contract management services.
- Manage a team of staff and consultants/contractors to execute M&R tasks.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT MANAGER - 83008

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college 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 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 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 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.

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.