Director of Facility / Regional Long-Term Planning

Director Of Planning

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 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. DEPs Bureau or Wastewater Treatment (BWT) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all facilities related to the pumping and treatment of sewage within the Citys five boroughs. This includes 14 wastewater treatment plants, 6 sludge dewatering facilities, collections facilities (pumping stations, combined sewer overflow retention facilities, regulators, tide gates, etc.), wastewater laboratories, and harbor vessels. BWT is creating a new Planning Directorate and is seeking to hire a Director of Planning. The Director will report to the Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Compliance and will be responsible for developing the new Planning Directorate for the Bureau. The Planning Directorate is anticipated to include lifecycle management, master planning, and regional / system planning efforts with the goal of developing and implementing strategies to ensure that the Bureaus short and long-term needs are properly identified. Planning efforts are expected to align with Bureau and Agency goals, long-term regulatory requirements, and various budget strategies. The successful candidate will serve on the Bureaus Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and will be a self-motivated individual with advanced communication skills, a solid working knowledge of program management procedures, planning activities and methods, and engineering practices, to facilitate successful planning and stakeholder buy-in for long-term infrastructure plans. Responsibilities will include but not limited to :

• Providing leadership and management for planning activities. Develop Directorate goals, organizational structure, resource requirements, and schedules.
• Facilitating coordination efforts with operations, operations support, and other key stakeholders to ensure facility stabilization needs are properly identified, future regulatory concerns are addressed, and all appropriate stakeholders buy-in is obtained.
• Developing and provide data for future project needs determined through planning activities to ensure work is advanced. Interface with financial offices, both within and outside the Agency as appropriate, and communicate funding requirements to ensure capital budget needs are identified.
• Ensuring resources for planning and analysis are in place in the areas of need. In addition to developing the overall organization, additional resources may include consultant contracts for planning support, investigations, and studies.

Minimum Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four (4) years of full-time experience in city planning, at least eighteen (18) months of which must have been in a managerial capacity; or 2. Education and / or experience which is equivalent to 1 above. However, a baccalaureate degree and eighteen (18) months of managerial experience in city planning is required of all candidates. Graduate work leading to an advance degree in city planning or related field may be substituted for up to two (2) years of the non-managerial experience on a year-for-year basis. Graduation from an accredited United States Law School may be substituted for two (2) years of non-managerial experience.

Preferred Skills :

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 individuals sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.