[ES_JOBS_NET] Research Scientist, New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP)

[christine.wiedinmyer.ucar at gmail.com]

https://www.rfcuny.org/careers/postings?pvnID=HC-2105-004003

 

General Description

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) manages a
system of 19 interconnected reservoirs that supply drinking water to over 9
million consumers in New York City and surrounding areas. We seek to hire a
research scientist or research engineer who will contribute to our efforts
to develop, test and apply models of this water supply system. NYCDEP's
integrated suite of climate, watershed, reservoir, and system operations
models are used to investigate the effects of climate change, floods and
droughts, land use change, watershed management, and reservoir operations on
the NYC water supply. We have developed and applied one, two, and
three-dimensional models which simulate hydrodynamics and the fate and
transport of temperature, turbidity, eutrophication, and pathogens in our
reservoirs. We are seeking a talented scientist or engineer to help us
improve and enhance these reservoir models.

Position details:

*        Interviews with well-qualified candidates may begin as early as
June 1, 2021. Interviews will continue with selected candidates who have
applied prior to the closing date.  An offer may be made any time after June
1.

*        If the position remains unfilled, applications will be accepted
until a candidate is selected, or until the closing date of August 1, 2021.

*        The position is currently open and is ready to be filled. It is
funded through March 31, 2023, which we anticipate will be the end-date of
the appointment. 

*        Location: NYCDEP office in Kingston, NY, 100 miles north of NYC in
the Hudson Valley region. Due to COVID, the current daily work location is
split between this office and home for most staff; the selected candidate
may be assigned a similar schedule.

*        This is a full time position with salary of approximately $64,600
per year, with employee benefits, and is open to qualified candidates of any
nationality. If necessary, visas may be arranged through the City University
of New York, depending on government policy.

 

Other Duties

The selected candidate will be expected to present work at scientific and
stakeholder meetings; publish in peer-reviewed journals, and contribute to
NYCDEP reports. Hiring will occur though the Institute for Sustainable
Cities at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), which has a
contract to support NYCDEP's modeling program. Work will involve
collaborative efforts with an interdisciplinary team of scientists and
engineers, and will provide the opportunity for leadership in specific
aspects of the research. The candidate will work with NYCDEP staff and other
CUNY researchers on a day to day basis.

Qualifications

Candidates with experience in any of the following areas are of interest;
experience with all of these areas is not required:

1.     Simulation of eutrophication and related nutrient and organic carbon
cycling in the water column and sediments of lakes and reservoirs.

2.     Experience with modeling of the fraction of organic carbon compounds
that are precursors to disinfection byproducts.

3.     Application of reservoir models to simulate lake/reservoir
stratification and water quality under extreme hydrologic conditions (floods
and droughts) that may occur under current and future climate conditions.

4.     Use of water quality models to guide the operation of a drinking
water supply system.

5.     Development and application of alternatives to process-based
reservoir models, including machine learning or artificial neural network
approaches.

The candidate should have the following qualifications:

*        A graduate degree in civil or environmental engineering, water
resources, environmental chemistry, hydrology, limnology, or a related
discipline. This degree may be a doctoral degree, or may be a masters degree
if accompanied by a strong record of research.

*        Experience in the handling, statistical analysis, and presentation
of large environmental datasets, and with software to facilitate such work

*        Experience with writing software code to implement new or modified
models

*        Software experience such as MatLab, Fortran, Python, shell
scripting, and/or R.

*        Demonstrated ability to communicate research results to the
scientific and water quality management community through peer-reviewed
papers, conference presentations and reports.

*        Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team environment.

 

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