Job Code: 093
Exempt: Yes
Civil Service:No
Random Drug Screen:No
Residency Requirement: No
Department:Production
Reports To:Director of Production
Location:Water Treatment Plant

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION
The intent of this description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees on this job. Employees may be required or assigned other related activities, projects, or tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability needed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Under the general direction of the Director of Production, directs the water production engineering and support functions including capital project management, labs, and electrical and instrumentation activities. Provides oversight for environmental compliance and permitting activities. Requires a high level of judgment, analytic ability and creativity, such as investigating moderately complex problems or situations, analyzing information and recommending solutions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Leads and directs production engineering activities and initiatives to ensure long-term production reliability, efficiency, environmental compliance, and safety.
Works closely with production management on long-term strategy and planning of projects and activities to improve reliability and performance.
Recommends, develops, manages, and directs activities and projects for improvements. Manages production engineering projects and activities to assure long-term reliability and safety of the production facilities.
Provides engineering and technical support for projects and initiatives from production maintenance and operations.
Manages special environmental projects as necessary for environmental compliance.
Provides general oversight on preparation, review, and submission of environmental permits and compliance documents as required by state and federal law and regulations.
Interfaces with production staff, operations, and maintenance personnel to ensure practices that maximize plant reliability and performance. Assists in resolving water quality and treatment process issues and assists in assuring that operation of the water treatment facilities is in conformity with State and Federal regulations.
Maintains up-to-date knowledge of water plant engineering, system, and equipment issues and ensures staff knowledge is up-to-date.
Communicates with and manages consulting engineers and other consultants on projects and studies.
Communicates with vendors regarding new equipment installations, upgrades, and engineering projects.
Prepares and submits reports on engineering activities and projects as necessary.
Directs water quality lab personnel.
Performing any other related duties which may include continued support of decommission activities at the Elmer Smith Station and support of the Integrated Resource Planning team.
Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Technical degree required in such disciplines as Computer Engineering, CPA, etc, plus 7 years related experience and/or training, and 5 years related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Ability to read, analyze, and understand common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents; ability to respond to complex or difficult inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Valid Driver's License

PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Class IVA Water Treatment Plant Operator Certification, Professional Engineer

SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED
Intermediate: Spreadsheet
Basic: Alphanumeric Data Entry, Contact Management, Database, Human Resources Systems, Payroll Systems, Presentation/PowerPoint, Programming Languages, Word Processing/Typing

INITIATIVE AND INGENUITY
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
Under general direction, working from policies and general directives. Rarely refers specific cases to supervisor unless clarification or interpretation of the organization's policy is required.

PLANNING
Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the organization and delegation of work operations for a group of employees engaged in widely diversified activities.

DECISION MAKING
Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance, either of which would affect the work operations of small organizational component and the organization's clientele.

MENTAL DEMAND
Highly intense mental demand. Continual involvement with strategic and operational management functions which relate to both the short-term and long-term time periods.

ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING
Oversight. Activities covered by expansive policies and objectives, and oversight as to execution and review. High order of analytical, interpretative, and constructive thinking in varied situations covering multiple areas of the organization.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities may include but not limited to interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Supervises a moderate size group (8-15) of employees engaged in important, complex operations, consisting of employees in different classifications who perform a wide variety of duties.

Supervises the following departments: Positions Supervised: Water Quality Analyst and Water Production Electrical & Intrumentation Techncian

RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT
Regularly responsible for funds, building premises, inventory, or other property owned or leased by the organization and, in addition, may have temporary custody and responsibility of patron property, which through carelessness, error, loss, theft, misappropriation, or similar action would result in very important monetary losses to the organization. The total value for the above would range from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000.

ACCURACY
Probable errors would normally not be detected in succeeding operations and may have serious effects in relationships with patrons and/or with the operations of other segments of the organization. Frequent possibilities of error would exist at all times, since the above mentioned areas are inherent in the job.

ACCOUNTABILITY

FREEDOM TO ACT
Moderately directed. Freedom to act is given by upper level management guided by general policies and objectives that are reviewed by top management.

ANNUAL MONETARY IMPACT
The amount of annual dollars generated based on the job's essential duties / responsibilities. Examples would include direct dollar generation, departmental budget, proper handling of organization funds, expense control, savings from new techniques or reduction in manpower.

Medium. Job creates a monetary impact for the organization from $1mm to $10mm.

IMPACT ON END RESULTS
Major impact. Job has a considerable impact on the organization's end results. A high level of accountability to generate, manage, and/or control funds within a department and/or total organization.

PUBLIC CONTACT
Extensive contacts with various diversified sectors of the public environment; wherein, the contacts are of major importance and failure to exercise proper judgment can lead to substantial losses to the organization.

EMPLOYEE CONTACT
Continuous contacts frequently involving difficult negotiations which require a well-developed sense of strategy and timing. Involves contacts with senior level internal officials.

USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS
Regular use of highly complex machines and equipment; specialized or advanced software programs.

WORKING CONDITIONS
Somewhat disagreeable working conditions. Continuously exposed to one or two elements such as noise, intermittent standing, walking, pushing, carrying, or lifting. May involve some travel and/or work is at times, in the evening or during the night hours.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, wet or humid conditions, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

Moderate diversity, low physical. Work activities which allow for a moderate amount of diversity in the performance of tasks which are not as varied as those positions with high-level diversity and decision-making.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to talk or hear; frequently required to walk, sit; occasionally required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision; close vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Knowledge and Abilities

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field. Extensive working knowledge of the inter-related components of Water Treatment Plants and distribution systems. Excellent communication skills and strong leadership and supervisory skills needed. Basic computer skills. Respirator release required.

Experience

Desired minimum of five to seven years' experience in the utility industry.

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