Assistant Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

Incumbents, under the direction of the Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager (Operator of Record), oversee employees who perform necessary operational duties of the plant focusing on water quality utilizing all necessary available tools to ensure water quality meets or exceeds standards set by federal, state, and local government agencies. Responsibilities may include providing input into the development of a budget; forecasting and monitoring revenues and/or expenses; implementing new systems and policies; developing and implementing internal procedures; representing the assigned function to internal and external stakeholders; and preparing operational and financial reports. The Assistant Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager is held personally responsible for knowing and properly following all EPA and State of Tennessee rules and regulations pertaining to the plant and is responsible for all work performed by subordinates.

***PLEASE NOTE: THIS POSITION IS LOCATED AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. ***

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Manages staff of the treatment plant operations to include prioritizing and assigning work, ensuring staff are trained and motivated, supervising subordinate personnel and ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; communicates pertinent information with supervisors and subordinates; formulates, initiates and/or recommends new or improved practices and policies; develops plans and procedures to ensure efficient plant operation; prepares performance evaluations; performs the duties of the plant manager in their absence.

2. Recognizes plant status and is able to troubleshoot and perform corrective actions of plant operations to ensure water quality meets or exceeds the standards of EPA and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC).

3. Prepares, reviews, and approves a variety of operational records, reports, and plans ensuring compliance with applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, regulations, codes, and/or standards.

4. Operates Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and other software systems.

5. Assists in preparation of annual budget for plant and assists in monitoring all expenditures.

6. Responds to a variety of customer inquiries and complaints; resolves complex situations.

7. May be required to respond to emergencies maintaining an active phone number.

8. Performs other work as required.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• High school graduate or equivalent.

• Three (3) years of experience operating a Grade IV Treatment Plant, including one (1) year of supervisory experience.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties.

• Possession of a valid driver's license.

• Grade IV Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certification (respective to assigned area).

• Grade II Distribution (respective to assigned area).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Supervisory principles.

• Advanced principles, practices, methods, and procedures in assigned area of responsibility.

• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

• Project and operations management principles.

• Budgeting principles.

• Customer service principles.

• Report preparation techniques.

• Computers and related software applications.

• Knowledge of and ability to operate and maintain all treatment plant equipment.

• Knowledge of all necessary operational and laboratory work required for observation and control of the treatment plant operations

Skill in:

• Monitoring and evaluating employees.

• Ability to adhere to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) principles.

• Prioritizing and assigning work.

• Implementing standards, goals, processes, and procedures.

• With oversight, developing and monitoring an annual budget.

• Applying policies, procedures, laws, and regulations.

• Providing customer service.

• Preparing, reviewing, and maintaining operational records and reports.

• Using a computer and related software applications.

• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.

• Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.

• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.

• Visual ability 4: sufficient to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment, both day and night.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.

• May be required to work in inclimate weather and dirty/wet conditions.

• May be required to work in confined spaces.

• May be required to work at elevated heights.