Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:
- Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
- Managing 55 public buildings.
- Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

The Citywide Office of Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) delivers extensive technical support and advisory services to both mayoral and non-mayoral agencies, ensuring the maintenance of safe and healthy workplaces. This includes guidance on compliance with OSHA, along with New York State and City environmental health and safety regulations. Beyond technical advice, COSH also performs assessments, evaluations, and provides recommendations concerning environmental factors that could impact employee health and wellbeing in the workplace.
The City Research Scientist I responsibilities will be to:

- Provide training on occupational health and safety topics to designated citywide personnel, primarily through virtual sessions, with occasional in-person meetings.
- Conduct assessments of indoor air quality, workplace ergonomics, and electromagnetic fields.
- Perform and analyze hearing tests for citywide personnel using equipment acquired by DCAS.
- Review asbestos surveys and provide reports and recommendations to city agencies, following best management practices in occupational health and safety.
- Attend and actively participate in citywide labor management meetings.
- Offer technical guidance to city agencies on occupational health and safety issues.
- Participate in or lead occupational health and safety walkthroughs at various city-occupied sites.
- Prepare comprehensive reports based on environmental health and safety assessments conducted by COSH.
- Advise city agencies on addressing violations issued by the New York State Department of Labor.
- Assist with the annual calibration of equipment used by the COSH team.
- Maintain and update COSH records and contact information for designated citywide safety and health personnel.
- The position requires travel across the five boroughs using public transportation or a DCAS-issued vehicle.
- A valid New York State driver's license is required and must be maintained throughout employment.

Please go to www.nyc.gov/jobs, or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees, and search for Job ID # 685984. No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted. Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

1. For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health) A master's degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above, candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory, administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A master's degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least a master's degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in "2" above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in "1" and "2" above.

NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

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.