Machinist

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City healthy, safe, and clean by collecting, recycling, and disposing of waste, cleaning City streets and vacant lots, and clearing snow and ice. DSNY is the nation's largest municipal sanitation agency, with nearly 10,000 employees, 59 district garages, and a fleet of more than 5,000 trucks, cars, and other types of equipment. The Department clears litter, snow, and ice from approximately 6,500 miles of City streets and removes debris from vacant lots as well as abandoned vehicles from City streets.
DSNY is seeking a Machinist. The primary responsibilities will include the following, but will not be limited to:
- Bench, general shop and outside machinist work.
- Performs related work.
- Set up and operate machine shop equipment and tools, such as engine lathes, shapers, milling machines, drill presses, planers and grinders.
- Uses machinist tools and instruments Inspects, overhauls and repairs all types of buildings and facilities, overhead doors, pumps, heating and A/C equipment, water and disposal works equipment.
- Maintains, repairs, tests, overhauls, and replaces all types of building systems equipment such as overhead doors, fans, blowers, exhausters, pumps and compressors.
- Fabricates obsolete parts from existing parts or sketches.
- Directs subordinates in the performance of various maintenance and/or repair tasks
- Prepares reports and requisitions; maintains records and conducts inventory of supplies and materials
EXAM Information:
Candidates must take the Machinist Exam #7044. The open filling period is scheduled for 4/7/27 - 4/27/27.
MACHINIST - 92610
1. Five years of full-time satisfactory experience as a machinist; or
2. At least two and one-half years of full-time satisfactory experience as a machinist plus sufficient full-time experience as a machinist helper or an apprentice machinist, or training of a relevant nature acquired in an approved trade, technical or vocational high school to make up the equivalent of five years of the required experience. Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of helper or apprentice experience or approved relevant training acquired in an approved trade, technical or vocational high school, up to a maximum of two and one-half years.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No