Engineering, Architecture, & Planning
Facility Manager
$83,718 to $223,299 a year
Posted until November 4, 2026 · posted September 5, 2026
Requirements
License or certificate
Exam
Competitive title
A job title where you show you are right for it by passing a competitive exam: multiple-choice, practical, education and experience, or a mix. On our job pages this shows as "Civil service exam title".
From ≈ $40.25 an hour · $3,220 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $23.25/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$3,209 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 13.4 subway rides ($3 fare).
Price anything in hours of this job
Overtime added $2,532 on average that year, and it isn't guaranteed. Base salary of active employees paid a yearly rate, fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025). Source: NYC's payroll data
Check yourself
What they actually ask for.
A license or certificate is part of the requirements
1.
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.
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The work
What the job is.
***IMPORTANT NOTE: Only those currently serving as a permanent or probable permanent, Administrative Engineer, will be considered.***
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution.
Read the rest, from the posting
DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.
The Bureau of Wastewater Treatment (BWT) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all facilities related to the treatment of sewage within the five boroughs of the City.
This includes 14 wastewater treatment plants, sludge dewatering facilities, collections facilities (pumping stations, combined sewer overflow retention facilities, regulators, tide gates, etc.), wastewater laboratories and harbor vessels.
Under general direction, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, Facility Managers are accountable for all facets of operations at one or more New York City wastewater treatment plant.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to, supervising civil service staff in various work titles to ensure that each plant efficiently complies with all regulatory requirements in a safe and productive manner; administering each plant's expense budget, including energy, chemicals, overtime, parts inventory and contract services; establishing expectations for staff productivity, consistent with departmental work rules and contractual agreements; providing technical guidance regarding specific process operations; and attending meetings with regulatory authorities, elected officials, labor representatives, the community and environmental groups to respond to particular issues at their assigned plant(s).
The Facility Managers will also be directly involved in the planning and oversight of daily work activities, using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to assure the reliability of key assets; and the hiring, promotion and discipline of employees at assigned locations.
As the treatment plants operate around the clock, the Facility Manager is expected to be on 24-hour call to respond whenever necessary and is also expected to travel between assigned plants as necessary to carry out duties.
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
NYC residency not required
New York City Residency is not required for this position
How to apply, from the posting
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Sources
Straight from the city.
Updated every day from the city's job data (last city update September 21, 2026). You apply through the official posting.