Wastewater Treatment Plant Supervisor/ McAlpine Creek

Date Opened: Friday June:00 AM

Close Date: Friday June:00 AM

Department: Charlotte Water Department

Salary: $77312.40 - $96640.50 Commensurate with Experience

SUMMARY

Charlottes local government with more than 9000 employees and a total budget of $3.65 billion budget works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone a truly remarkable place to live work learn and play.

Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with over 330000 customer accounts and over 1100 employees. Our service area includes the City of Charlotte Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville Cornelius Davidson Mint Hill Matthews and Pineville. Charlotte Waters FY 26 budget is $651 million and a five-year capital program of $2.2.28 billion. We enjoy the highest credit ratings from Moodys and S&P Global as a result of sound financial planning and management and strong support from our City Council. We value competent skilled candidates with a customer service focus to work in a team environment.

SALARY:

$82835.00 $92037.00 Commensurate with Experience

JOB SUMMARY:

• Manages plant operations and staff; oversees all the shifts on call 24 hours 7 days per week; and ensures a safe working environment for the plant staff and visitors.
• Maintains plant permit compliance and equipment functionality by managing various complex physical chemical and biological processes involved in wastewater treatment; coordinates work with department maintenance staff and outside vendors as needed; uses plant trends and process control data to make plant process adjustments as needed; establishes operational guidelines; and reviews and approves monthly plant permit compliance.
• Assists the Supervisor Senior with administrative duties by preparing budget and projection reports for the plant; assisting in contract preparation for needed plant commodities and services; creating scopes of work and completing plant procurement duties for plant purchase orders and bid documents; managing ISO-14001 certification requirements and/or the development of Standard Operating Procedures; managing Integrated Contingency Plan (ICP) and storm water requirements; and participating on interview panels.
• Works with consultants and department engineers to develop scopes of work for needed plant rehab projects by identifying and prioritizing plant needs that are Community Investment Program (CIP) eligible; assisting and participating as a member of project design and contractor teams; and attending project design meetings and CIP/rehab meetings as required.
• Maintains and expands technical and supervisory knowledge by attending supervisor training and general safety training; attending meetings as required; creating and participating in the creation of technical papers and presentations; and providing plant tours to professional groups as required.
• Provides recommendations regarding policy development and implementation.
• Evaluates customer satisfaction develops cooperative associations and utilizes resources to continuously improve customer satisfaction.
• Plans major equipment repairs/replacements; solves treatment plant issues; responds to emergency situations involving treatment problems and water quality issues; and participates in expansion/design/re-design decisions.
• Utilizes computers and software for technical applications such as SCADA HACH WIMS and Workday
• Directs staff; assigns work; and evaluates performance.
• Supervises and coordinates work activities of assigned staff; assigns work monitors status of work and inspects completed work; participates and provides input in staffing decisions relative to hiring firing discipline and promotional opportunities; evaluates performance; mentors staff; and aids with career development.
• Organizes staff meetings and trainings.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM WORK:

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited school; prefers associate degree.
• Five (5) years of related work experience including one (1) year of supervisory experience.

• Licenses Certifications or Registrations:

• Requires certification as a Grade IV Wastewater Plant Operator.
• Desires Biological WW Treatment Certification Grade 4.

• Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of a wide range of treatment plant operations and equipment.
• Knowledge of treatment processes.
• Knowledge of computers and technical applications such as SCADA and HACH WIMS.
• Skill in communicating both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to read literature books reviews scientific or technical journals abstracts financial reports and/or legal documents.
• Ability to apply fundamental concepts of theories; work with advanced mathematical operations methods and functions of real and complex variables.
• Ability to write reports prepare business letters expositions and summaries with proper format punctuation spelling and grammar using all parts of speech.
• Ability to supervise employees.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The work is medium work and requires applying 30 pounds of force frequently and exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Additionally the following physical abilities are required: balancing crawling crouching feeling manual dexterity grasping handling perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels distinguishing among sounds kneeling lifting mental acuity pulling pushing reaching repetitive motion speaking expressing ideas by spoken word shouting above noises visual acuity in data/color/observations/equipment/inspections and walking.

  WORK ENVIRONMENT:

  Work is performed in an environment with heavy equipment and machinery that could result in bodily harm to co-workers or others. Requires working indoors/outdoors; during inclement weather; around chemicals solvents and dust in industrial environment; and working overtime weekends and holidays as assigned.

  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an inclusive list of all the responsibilities skills or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements management reserves the right to modify add or remove duties and assign other duties at any time. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

  To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Citys Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes but is not limited to: reference checks social security verification education verification criminal conviction record check and if applicable a credit history check sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidates written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process candidates may be asked to take a skills test and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby where we have workstations available. Our office is located at 700 East 4th Street Suite 200 Charlotte NC 28202. Our hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST) excluding official City holidays.

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BENEEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to all employees.

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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.