Position Purpose:
Reports to the Operations Director. Directs the wastewater treatment/ biosolids operations and the energy utilization processes at Jones Island WRFs to ensure safe continuity of operations, the execution of proper technical procedures and management policies that result in cost-effective Veolia contract compliance and compliance with all applicable permits and regulations. Provides an operational and plant communications interface with the Field and Deep Tunnel Collection Systems Console Operators. Special dimensions of this position are delineated by an emphasis on continuity for operations, communication with operators and maintenance, and relief responsibility for the other major operations supervisory positions at both SSWRF and JIWRF.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
- Process Control & Optimization:
- Directs plant wastewater, biosolids and energy utilization and power generation processes to ensure safe, cost effective and efficient operations to meet Veolia contract and all regulatory requirements.
- Monitor operating conditions at both plants to ensure optimum liquid/solids treatment. Optimizes the processes at the plants, within the process and technical limitations of the systems.
- Institute process and or operational changes, as required, to meet permit and contract goals. Communicates to operations personnel the purpose of the change..
- Provides recommendations for improving operations, cost reductions and energy savings.
- Staffing & Relief Duties:
- With Admin staff, effectively schedules shift operations training, shift supervisor replacement and training and coverage for special events.
- Designated as the main relief for the Shift Supervisor position at JI for vacation, sick, and vacancies.
- Provide on-call support for shift supervisors in the off-hours.
- Administers management policies and directives.
- Trains staff across a broad range of technical and procedural activities, on-the-job practices and execution of Standard Operating Procedures and process directives.
- Administers discipline as required and participates in the performance evaluation of Plant personnel – shift supervisors.
- Acts as the key participant in the hiring/interviewing process of department staff.
- Assists in the grievance resolution process, as needed.
- Safety Duties:
- Promotes safety practices and procedures by training coaching, and leading the shift workers in safety training.
- Administer Safety Action Plan objectives and monitors progress with Shift Supervisors of daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly safety tasks. Schedule and coordinate Safety Stand Downs for JI and SS
- Inspects facilities for cleanliness, housekeeping, unsafe conditions, and conducts investigation of safety incidents or accidents.
- Reports unsafe conditions and helps file reports on injuries.
- Equipment Availability and Maintenance Duties:
- Authors/scopes out work orders and properly communicates to plant maintenance supervisors, applying knowledge and experience to identify, diagnose and troubleshoot the source of the problem with recommended remedial action.
- Initiates/sustains critical coordination/communication with project maintenance planners/ supervisors to insure critical equipment availability; provide ops coordination/continuity on large maintenance projects.
- Provides operational support to Project Technical Services and capital project contractors in equipment checkouts, performance tests and startup of new processes/equipment.
- Wet Weather and Emergency Situation Duties:
- Reacts prudently and appropriately to unpredictable emergencies and situations created by plant capital construction interferences, weather, power outages and equipment failures in order to prevent human injury, equipment damage or permit violations.
- Provides coordination and communication with Conveyance System Manager and CCS operators for all major wet weather events.
Work Environment:
- This job is largely performed in an office and plant environment.
- The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.