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Job Description

APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE CEMENT MASON CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OR BE PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE TITLE ELIGIBLE FOR 6.1.9 TITLE CHANGE OR BE REACHABLE WITH THE SCORE OF 100 ON THE CEMENT MASON EXAM (# 5033).
The New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is the largest organization in the United States dedicated to preventing and addressing homelessness. In partnership with other City agencies and nonprofit organizations, DHS works to prevent homelessness before it begins, reduce street homelessness, provide temporary shelter, and connect individuals and families to stable housing all with a focus on accountability, empathy, and equity.
DHS is committed to continuous improvement and employs innovative strategies to deliver high-quality services that support a swift transition from shelter to self-sufficiency. The agency manages hundreds of facilities and operates with a large team as well as a several billion-dollar budget to meet the diverse needs of New Yorkers experiencing homelessness.
The Facilities and Logistics Division (F&L) is responsible for providing both direct and indirect maintenance and repair services to City owned and operated facilities using in-house skilled trade-workers, maintenance contracts and purchasing operation. F&L is responsible for monitoring DHS shelters as it relates to the maintenance of building systems. The F&L guides shelter staff on ways to improve facility conditions, and the goal of this unit is to ensure funds are being spent on preventive and general maintenance to avoid premature failure of building systems.
The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is recruiting for one (1) Cement Mason who will:
- Place and finish concrete surfaces including floors, sidewalks, roads, and curbs.
- Prepare construction sites by leveling and smoothing surfaces using hand and power tools.
- Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure the surface of concrete.
- Install reinforcing materials like rebar, wire mesh, and anchor bolts to strengthen concrete structures.
- Monitor the effects of weather on concrete curing and take necessary precautions to ensure quality results.
- Install a variety of tiles: ceramic, porcelain, marble, granite, mosaic, glass, slate, stone panels.
- Apply thinset mortar, large-format tile mortar, or mastic adhesive based on substrate requirement.
- Set tile on walls, floors, ceilings, shower areas, backsplashes, utility rooms and high traffic corridors.
- Install underlayment or backer board (cement board, waterproof board, upcoming membrane).
- Prepare work areas by removing existing flooring, tile, grout adhesive, or debris.
- Repair damaged concrete surfaces, using appropriate materials and techniques.
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications to determine work requirements.
- Mix concrete using the appropriate ratios of cement, sand, gravel, and water.
- Operate equipment such as mixers, power trowels, and screeds safely and efficiently.
- Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal construction codes and safety regulations.
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment by following company policies and procedures.
Hours/Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm
CEMENT MASON - 92210

Qualifications

1. Five years of full-time satisfactory experience as a cement mason; or
2. At least three years of full-time satisfactory experience as a cement mason, plus sufficient full-time satisfactory experience as a mason's helper, or relevant training acquired in an approved trade school, technical school or vocational high school to make up the equivalent of the remaining experience. The school must be approved by a state's Department of Education or comparable agency.
You will receive credit for six months of cement mason experience for each year of mason's helper experience or approved training.

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.