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City of New York Deputy Chief for Safety & Emissions in New York, New York
Job Description
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) is the agency responsible for licensing and regulating New York City's yellow taxicabs, for-hire vehicles (community-based liveries and black cars), commuter vans, paratransit vehicles, and certain luxury limousines. The TLC licenses and regulates over 50,000 vehicles and approximately 100,000 drivers, performs safety and emissions inspections, and holds numerous hearings for violations of City and TLC rules and regulations, making it the most active taxi and limousine licensing regulatory agency in the United States. To learn more about the TLC, please visit: www.nyc.gov/taxi.
The Safety and Emissions Division operates TLC’s inspection facility, where all TLC-licensed vehicles get inspected. These vehicles must pass Department of Motor Vehicles safety and emissions requirements, as well as additional TLC requirements to ensure the vehicles are safe for the riding public. Along with vehicle inspections, staff within the Safety & Emissions Division inspect meter shops and the meters used in taxicabs. They review vehicle specifications to determine suitability as taxis as well as wheelchair accessible vehicles, and test and evaluate new vehicle technologies used in taxis and for-hire vehicles.
Under the direction of the Chief of Lane Operations for the Safety and Emissions Division, the Deputy Chief will be responsible for the management of the Safety and Emissions Inspection Lane Operations. Areas of responsibility:
Managing and reviewing the work of all Safety and Emissions supervising personnel, such as Captains and Lieutenants, in their daily tasks, assignments, and functions, ensuring all operational directives are completed correctly and efficiently within TLC regulations and ensuring the inspection process/enforcement is following TLC and DMV regulations.
Mentoring and guiding Safety and Emissions supervising personnel, such as Captains and Lieutenants, to provide leadership to help them lead their staff and prepare them for growth and career opportunities.
Reviewing and monitoring all inspection related items to ensure all inspection lane operations, vehicle inspection processing, equipment enhancements, arrest procedures, and summons issuing are within the guidelines of TLC, DMV, and NYS Penal Law regulations.
Reviewing and analyzing performance management reports. Implement action and/or provide feedback to staff to improve metrics. Provide realistic and actionable solutions to Senior Management. Monitor and report back results.
Supervising, monitoring, and evaluating all personnel performance and productivity of duties, such as maintaining time and leave records, roll call logs, and employee evaluations. Manage first level disciplinary actions and reports. Handle unusual or severe actions or incidents. Inform Chief of Lane Operations of situations or activities that warrant additional or escalating actions.
Professionally interacts with members of the taxi industry, public, and agency personnel; reviews complaints and resolves problems that may arise between TLC personnel and the taxi industry, and works cooperatively with other TLC divisions and agencies.
Some of the physical activities performed and environmental conditions experienced are: working in a non-temperature controlled environment; climbing in and out of inspection pits, moving heavy equipment; and crawling and working in narrow spaces. Safety and Emissions Deputy Chief may be required to work shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Qualifications
A four year high school diploma or its equivalent, and six years of full-time experience in criminal justice or law enforcement; at least eighteen months which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive capacity or supervising enforcement personnel. Education received at an accredited college may be substituted for the work experience cited above at the rate of one year of college for six months of experience, up to a maximum of four years of college for two years of experience. In addition, a master's degree from an accredited university may be substituted for up to one additional year of the general experience on the same basis as described above; or
A satisfactory equivalent of education and experience as cited above. However, all candidates must have the eighteen months of administrative, managerial, executive experience or supervising enforcement personnel as described in "1" above.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.