Utilities Superintendent - Water Distribution

Utilities - Water Distribution Manager

Performs highly responsible technical and supervisory work directing the activities of personnel engaged in an assigned area that may include the design, construction, operation, evaluation, control, rehabilitation, and maintenance of water and / or wastewater treatment facilities, laboratories, pretreatment programs, backflow prevention and cross connection programs, reclaimed water distribution, water distribution, and wastewater collection systems. Duties include managing and coordinating all activities of assigned division, preparation and administration of annual budgets, submissions of departmental compliance reporting to local, state, and federal regulatory agencies, and participation in planning for future expansions.

Essential job functions include :

• Reviews and evaluates engineering designs and specifications; provides input to consulting engineers using knowledge of existing collection and treatment systems; reviews and evaluates all replacement, repair, and expansion requirements.
• Reviews and participates in the design of system modifications and expansions; oversees the process of capital improvement projects to ensure vendor contract compliance.
• Establishes and modifies preventative maintenance programs in conjunction with input received from manufacturers and program managers.
• Reviews, recommends, and assists in the preparation of all aspects of the procurement process; prepares and regulates departmental expense budgets and capital improvement projects.
• Reviews and participates in the development of county codes and ordinances as they relate to wastewater and water systems.
• Prepares, reviews, and submits monthly, quarterly, and annual reports required by regulatory agencies; ensures compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations; interprets potential rule changes as they relate to assigned area.
• Manages operations and maintenance functions of assigned areas; organizes, schedules, and assigns projects to subordinates.
• Participates in the selection, promotion, appraisal, and discipline of assigned employees; enforces standards of performance as established by County, state, or federal guidelines; reviews assignments and program activity reports with section supervisors and provides guidance and technical assistance as needed.
• Performs basic administrative duties including written reports, memorandums, letters and electronic correspondence, interaction with vendors, and communication through telephone and meetings.
• Provides exceptional customer assistance, problem-solving, and / or complaint resolution by all forms of communication.

Minimum education, licenses, and certifications :

Education and experience : An equivalent combination of relevant training, education, and experience :

Licenses and / or certificates :

Knowledge, skills, and abilities :

Physical demands, work environment, and risk / safety conditions :

Sitting, stooping, crouching, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, kneeling, pushing, talking, finger movement, repetitive motions. Work is primarily performed indoors but requires some exposure to environmental changes (e.g., outdoor weather and / or field conditions, warehouses, covered loading docks, garages, etc.) or irate customers, extreme noise, odors, heights and / or dust. The position requires no exposure or risk related to physical and / or mental health and safety. 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 actually written out in this job description.

Emergency response / recovery activities :

All County employees are required to work before, during, or after an emergency as needed. This may include temporarily being assigned to work and performing duties outside of the normal scope of their position, location and work schedule to fit the needs of the County and its citizens.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action, ADA and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As a veterans' preference employer, certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans, who claim and meet eligibility requirements of veterans' preference, receive preference and priority in employment and are encouraged to apply. In addition, certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. All positions with Charlotte County may be subject to drug testing in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Program and / or County policy.