Employment at OCWA, OCWA

The following job opportunity is available at OCWA. If you meet the minimum requirements and are interested, please email your résumé along with a cover letter and salary requirements to OCWA Human Resources.

Click here to email HumanResources@ocwa.org.

Alternatively, you may mail your résumé to:
      Onondaga County Water Authority
      Attn: Human Resources
      200 Northern Concourse, P.O. Box 9
      Syracuse, NY 13211-0009

Your application is kept on file when you apply for a specific opening. Unsolicited applications are discarded.

Current opening: Water systems engineering manager

OCWA has a competitive civil service opening for Water systems—engineering Manager. The ideal candidate should have the qualifications and experience to manage the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and inspection of water system projects. Able to manage technical engineering staff and customer relations on projects.

OCWA offers competitive salary and a full range of benefits also participation in the NYS Retirement System. For consideration, please submit your resume and salary history/requirements in confidence.

Current opening: Risk manager

The Onondaga County Water Authority has a position open for a full-time Risk Manager at our Northern Concourse location. This is a competitive civil service job title. Details about the job specification and exam schedules are available on

www.ongov.net

The responsibilities of the Risk Manager include implementing, managing, and coordinating programs relating to occupational safety and health, claims, and insurance. A professional level position which requires planning, organizing, actuating, and evaluating risk of loss coverage programs to protect properties, physical assets, and human resources from loss.

Typical work activities include managing a comprehensive employee occupational safety and health program along with planning and implementing programs in order to limit risk of loss to properties, physical assets, and human resources. The position will interface closely with the Human Resource Administrator and safety/security staff.

Skills necessary for this position include good knowledge of principles and practices of risk management and asset protection. Ability to interpret and evaluate statistical data. Ability to supervise & guide. Ability to communicate verbally and in writing. Ability to travel between work sites and locations. Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

Minimum qualifications for the Risk Manager are:
A. Baccalaureate degree and three years of professional level work experience or its part-time equivalent, in developing and implementing programs for occupational safety and health or in the administration and processing of health insurance, property, casualty, fire, disability or workers compensation claims; or
B. Seven years of professional level work experience or part-time equivalent, three years of which must have been professional level work experience as outlined in A.

Selection of the candidate will be made from canvassing the civil service list once established.

The Onondaga County Water Authority is a civil service agency under the jurisdiction of the Onondaga County Department of Personnel. Hiring is in accordance with Onondaga County and New York State civil service regulations.

Many of the positions at OCWA are "competitive," which means that the applicant must have successfully completed a competitive examination given by the Onondaga County Department of Personnel and appear on an eligibility list derived from the examination. Notices of upcoming exams and eligibility requirements can be found on Onondaga County's web site or by contacting the Personnel Office directly.

Other positions at OCWA are "non-competitive," which means that no examination is necessary. However, specific training and/or experience qualifications are required to be employed in these positions.

OCWA is an equal opportunity employer. OCWA considers all applicants without regard to race, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, marital status, citizenship, or any other legally protected status.