Wastewater Plant Superintendent

At WSSC Water, we are passionate about our one water mission and devoted to delivering safe, seamless, and satisfying service to our 1.9 million customers. It takes teamwork to deliver the essential, which is why we proudly call ourselves Team H2O – working together, sharing our talents and creativity to safeguard public health and protect the environment.

WSSC Water seeks a Wastewater Plant Superintendent to plan, direct, and manage 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.

• 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 proposal with recommendations to the Director of Production
• Develops or evaluates proposals to reduce costs and operate within budget limitations
• Prepares all legally required operational and safety reports required of the plant;
• Operates a safety program, investigates accidents and completes required reports
• Confers with manufacturer’s representatives to resolve problems and to explore and discuss new products and techniques
• Drives a vehicle to conduct WSSC Water business

Requirements

• Comprehensive knowledge of the contemporary concepts, principles,…