Compliance Agent

The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City clean, safe, and healthy by collecting, recycling, and disposing of waste, cleaning streets, attacking the scourge of illegal dumping, and clearing snow and ice.

The Department operates 59 district garages and manages a fleet of more than 2, rear-loading collection trucks, mechanical brooms, salt spreaders, and several dozen bike lane operations machines.

Under the Adams Administration, the Department is aggressively cleaning more parts of the City than ever before, including over 1, long-ignored areas spread across every neighborhood.

With the highest wintertime uniformed headcount in 20 years, DSNY is more equipped than ever to remove snow and ice from the approximately 19, lane-miles of City streets.

DSNY seeks 2 Compliance Agents for the Derelict Vehicle Operations (DVO) unit. The Compliance Agents will be responsible for inspecting and establishing the criteria of all vehicles brought into the yard by the contract driver.

The Compliance Agents will determine if vehicles meet the requirement for the derelict vehicle program using the vehicle year and criteria each vehicle is found to have.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following :

• Identifies Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) and when the public VIN is not available, locate the secondary VIN with assistance from the National insurance crime bureau.
• Processes all DMV paperwork for transfer of vehicle to private contract holder (MVA, DS)
• Maintains all daily logs of derelict vehicles (DS)
• Completes all DVO SMART Functions- Update DS ’s, Place Vehicles on HOLD, take Vehicles off HOLD, pull DS ’s for DSNY Supervisor and assign to Vendor
• Answers all inquiries by NYPD, city agencies and the insurance companies regarding vehicles recovered by the private contract holder.
• Assists the contract Supervisor in managing the operation of the yard duties, reporting all unusual occurrences.
• Contacts and works with all IT personnel in the event of computer system failure, to bring the yard back online
• Assists private contract drivers with locating vehicles to be removed from the areas of contract responsibility.
• Assists with all Enforcement Impounded Vehicle Processing and Releasing
• Assists with all Vendor Sweep Confiscated Material Processing and Releasing

Minimum Qualifications

1. By the last day of the Application Period, you must have a 4-year high school diploma, or its educational equivalent.

Driver License Requirement : You must have a motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York at the time of appointment.

This license must be maintained for the duration of your employment. Serious moving violations, license suspensions or accident record may disqualify you.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs.

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Residency RequirementNew York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County.

To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.