Director of Stormwater Permitting

2 weeks ago

New York, New York, United States City of New York Full time
Job Description

The City of New York is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director of Stormwater Construction Permitting to join our team. As a key member of the Bureau of Environmental Planning & Analysis, you will be responsible for overseeing the Stormwater Construction Permitting unit, ensuring compliance with regulations, and improving permitting processes.

Key Responsibilities
  • Supervise and oversee the daily operations of the permitting unit, including engineers, inspectors, interns, community coordinators, information technology, and administrative personnel.
  • Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of regulations and policies, including interactions with other city, state, and federal regulations.
  • Ensure that all staff within the unit are knowledgeable of regulations and able to effectively communicate their purpose and intent outside of the agency.
  • Coordinate with NYS DEC on joint applications, alignment between city and state regulations, program and process improvements, and compliance and reporting required under the NYC MS4 Permit.
  • Continuously monitor applications in all phases of the Stormwater Construction Permitting Program, ensuring that applications are moving through phases within the time frames established by city rules and/or by senior staff in collaboration with the permitting unit.
  • Continuously monitor staff review and/or inspection times to identify bottlenecks and proactively reassign workloads to reduce impact to development projects.
  • Resolve technical conflicts immediately to minimize potential impacts on program applicants.
  • Develop training and guidance manuals, standard operating procedures, and other materials for internal staff as well as public-facing documents.
  • Conduct internal and external trainings and workshops on a routine basis, including meetings with professional engineers, registered architects, licensed plumbers, construction and survey, and geotechnical contractors, consulting firms, other city agencies, and other bureaus within DEP regarding issues and questions on design and application processing.
  • Provide technical reviews of and guidance on policy and proposed rules and identify any gaps or common errors. Proactively track and develop new rules and regulations, updates to the NYS Construction General Permit, and stay relevant with other existing and proposed local, state, and federal requirements as best practices identified by other associations.
  • Track annual applications, permitting program fees, projected applications, inspection timelines, and carry out robust staffing analyses to evaluate and request unit resources.
  • Manage staff recruitment and growth opportunities within the unit. Work with staff in developing staffing plans, workload evaluations, team metrics, and trends.
  • Work with other BEPA and Bureau of Legal Affairs staff on compliance reporting for NYS regulatory documents, city council requests, and other reports.
Qualifications

A valid New York State License as a Professional Engineer and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory experience in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, or plan examining work, at least two (2) years of which must have been in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity.

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.

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