Treatment Plant Maintenance Supervisor

Department: Charlotte Water Department

SUMMARY

This position oversees maintenance activities and supervises mechanical staff to perform work on the Transmission, distribution, and Water Treatment maintenance. This team leader will specialize in Valve repair, Valve maintenance, and coordinate valve exercise operations. Work involves providing technical knowledge of valves and air releases for repairs, rehab, and replacement; coordinating with instrumentation, operations, and other plant personnel as well as other divisions such as Engineering, Field Operations, and contractors; ordering materials, supplies, and equipment; and troubleshooting complex equipment problems. This position also performs administrative duties such as budget development and tracking, personnel management, safety training, maintenance management system updates, and monitoring and maintaining the work order system.

Salary:

The salary for this position is: $78,937.20-$87,707.99, Commensurate with Experience.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00AM - 4:00PM

Major Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Oversees daily maintenance work activities, including predictive, preventative, and corrective maintenance. Coordinates with Engineering, Field Operations, and Water Treatment Operations staff and maintenance manager on maintenance related activities.
• Directs maintenance staff by generating, scheduling, and tracking work orders using the computerized maintenance management system and filed generated issues.
• Assists staff with maintenance activities including prioritizing work, troubleshooting, and making repairs.
• Provides oversight of mechanical staff. This includes assigning work, evaluating performance, participating in staffing decisions related to hiring, firing and promotional opportunities, providing mentoring and assisting with career development. Approves daily time records for payroll.
• Ensures adequate materials and parts are available by preparing scopes of work, requests for proposals, and purchase orders.
• Responds to emergency situations and coordinates staff and/or contractors to assist in resolution and making repairs.
• Participates in system and plant upgrades and expansion by working with staff to identify equipment needs, sharing expertise of equipment based on maintenance histories, evaluating submittals, monitoring and inspecting work of outside contractors and ensuring maintenance staff is trained on new equipment.
• Takes a lead role in safety by participating on safety teams; ensuring safety rules are followed; monitoring confined space permits; ensuring trenching/shoring guidelines are followed; and providing training specific to the hazardous aspects of the working environment at the treatment plants and Transmission/Distribution Systems.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited school.
• Seven (7) years of related work experience maintaining wastewater equipment including one (1) year of supervisory related experience.
• OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant work/industry/military/job specific experience that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the essential job duties.

Licenses, Certifications or Registrations:

• Requires a valid driver9s license.
• Desires an NC One Water Maintenance Technologist IV Certification, or certification must be obtained within 7 years.
• Desires a NC One Water Distribution A or certification must be obtained within 7 years.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of computers and maintenance software.
• Knowledge of predictive, preventative, and corrective maintenance methods.
• Knowledge of safe work practices.
• Experience in maintaining equipment.
• Skill in organization.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships.
• Skill in leadership. Ability to train or mentor.
• Ability to schedule and plan work assignments.
• Ability to obtain a City driving authorization.

Physical Demands:

The work is heavy work and requires applying up to 20 pounds of force constantly; applying 30 pounds of force frequently; and exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required: balancing, climbing, crouching, feeling, manual dexterity, grasping, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, reaching, standing, visual acuity in equipment, 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 overtime and responding to emergencies as needed.

Additional Information:

This candidate must have a strong work ethic and demonstrate consistency. Initiative is also vital to the success of this position.

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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.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby, where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email Careers@ci.charlotte.nc.us

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BENEEFITS

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

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