Wastewater Plant Superintendent - Germantown
Listed on 2026-01-18
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Water Management -
Management
Water Management
Wastewater Plant Superintendent - Germantown
Functional Title Wastewater Plant Superintendent - Germantown
Recruitment Category Type
Recruitment Category Type Standard
Functional Category
Functional Category Production
Grade
Grade GS.18
FLSA Status
FLSA Status Exempt
Requisition Number
Requisition Number 26-0131
Number of Vacancies
Number of Vacancies 1
Job Level
Job Level Division Manager
Job Code
Job Description Summary
Organization Name
Organization Name Seneca/Damascus/Hyattstown WRRF
Reports to
Reports to Deputy Director of Production
Full or Part Time
Full or Part Time Full Time
If Part Time how many hours per week
Regular or Temporary
Regular or Temporary Regular
Position End Date (if temporary)
Work Schedule
Typically, Monday – Friday 6:30am – 3:00pm. Otherwise, hours as required related to operational emergency requirements.
Position Location
Position Location Germantown
Position Summary Information
General Summary
The Wastewater Plant Superintendent
plans, directs, and manages the overall long-term operation and maintenance of a wastewater treatment plant and related remote facilities. Ensures compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations applicable to the facilities, including Clean Water Act, EPA 503 regulations, and COMAR regulations. Prepares and manages multi-million-dollar facility budgets. As a member of WSSC Water leadership, leads company-wide organizational development through business process and organizational culture change to improve the competitive posture of WSSC Water.
Essential Functions
- Supervises employees including selecting or recommending selection, training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, disciplining, and/or termination or recommending termination
- Responsible and legally accountability for the effective operation, maintenance and management of all aspects of a major water or wastewater treatment plant
- Leads business process and culture change efforts to maintain and enhance the organization’s competitive position in the industry
- Works collaboratively with other members of WSSC Water Leadership to accomplish strategic objectives that are organization-wide in scope
- Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of one or more major water or wastewater treatment plants, and related remote facilities
- Initiates and participates in long-range planning, engineering, testing, acceptance, and transition to routine operation and maintenance of capital improvement projects, for existing and future treatment plants and remote facilities
- Confers with supervisors and staff, analyzes, evaluates and makes determinations concerning plant operations and maintenance
- Reviews plant operating data to make operational and maintenance decisions which require immediate action
- Approves designs and makes equipment/process modifications
- Sets priorities for repairs and modifies procedures to adjust for non-operating equipment
- Performs operational review of plans and specifications for new plants, expansions and process modifications
- Prepares and/or approves work schedules for 24 hour/day plant operation
- Develops and/or approves chemical, material, and service contract specifications
- Reviews bids, and recommends the awarding of the contracts and administers contracts
- Maintains chemical supplies and spare parts inventories; schedules replenishments and requisitions tools, equipment and supplies
- Works with the Planning Division to initiate, review, and negotiate applications for state and federal discharge permits for treatment plants. Monitors facility performances for environmental effects and to ensure compliance with federal, state and local permits and regulations. Reports non-compliances
- Performs inspections at existing or new plants and/or remote facilities to ensure equipment and processes operate properly and in accordance with specifications, and to correct deficiencies
- Initiates change orders, instructs, directs and advises supervisors as necessary
- Establishes and reviews standard plant operating procedures and manuals within the framework of WSSC Water policies and administration guidelines
- Oversees maintenance of plant records
- Prepares and/or reviews detailed budget documents and transmits the budget…
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