$84,870.00 - 110,331.00

All compensation offers are analyzed individually and take into consideration multiple factors, including but not limited to years of experience, certification level, and educational background.

• Effectively supervises staff, ensuring optimal performance. Oversees the supervision of personnel, including hiring, work allocation, training, problem resolution, and employee grievances. Evaluates performance and makes recommendations for personnel actions. Motivates employees to achieve peak productivity and performance. Delegates job duties and responsibilities to staff.
• Simultaneously supervises multiple projects, including emergency repairs, water line construction, and facility maintenance, ensuring timely completion and compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Procurement of goods and materials for capital projects, water line upgrades, repairs, or facility improvements.
• Oversee staff training and implementation of valve exercising and fire hydrant/ flushing programs that will be performed in a timely manner with minimal interruption to the water distribution system.
• Develop, update, and maintain staff training program.
• Ensures the efficient, effective, and safe repair and maintenance of the District’s distribution system, including leak repairs using appropriate materials, restoration of disturbed property, maintenance and replacement of meter pits, and the upkeep and repair of system valves, fire hydrants, and components of the Backflow Prevention Program.
• Manage and oversee all Distribution system preventative maintenance activities and programs for all shop equipment, waterline, pump stations, and storage facilities.
• Ensure the distribution system always meets all State and Federal regulatory requirements. Oversees monitoring of chlorine levels in the distribution system through sample testing during repair, maintenance, or construction activities.
• Manages the District Fleet Program, including the oversight of regular, routine, and preventative maintenance of all District-Owned Vehicles, including pickup trucks, dump trucks, service trucks, skid steers, backhoes, forklifts, air compressors, mowers, and other construction equipment.
• Ability to utilize asset management software to manage programs to efficiently collect and report data associated with repair and maintenance activities, including accurate time and material reports for all construction and repair activities.
• Maintains cooperative relations and coordinates department activities with peer agencies and other departments.
• Participate in the development and administration of the District’s annual budget and capital improvement plan; participate in the forecast of funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; monitor and approve expenditures; implement adjustments.
• Review plans and specifications of work to be done by district personnel and outside contractors; estimate time, material, and labor required for projects, as necessary.
• Enforce the District’s Operational Policies, Personnel, Safety, and all other District-wide policies. Implements the District’s goals by focusing employees on appropriate tasks.
• Serve as the department representative or liaison with engineering firms for improvement projects. Ensuring successful collaboration and effective project management to achieve the desired outcomes for the department.
• Responsible for creating, maintaining, and updating department Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Perform other duties as required.

 Experience:

• Five years of experience in water distribution systems, utilities, construction maintenance of underground utilities, management, or any combination of education, experience, and/or training that provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Education:

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalency required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Environmental Engineering, or a related field, preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of water treatment, water storage practices, and water transmission systems.
• Understanding of utility locating requirements, procedures, and techniques.
• Experience interpreting maps, blueprints, and schematics.
• Knowledge of heavy equipment, front-end loaders, backhoes, excavators, & dump trucks.
• Required to know how to operate district equipment and drive district vehicles.
• Computer and office equipment skills, specifically Microsoft Office Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Accounting, budgeting, and record-keeping skills.

Required Licenses or Certifications:

• Class III Water Distribution System Operator Certification (Class IV preferred).
• Requires a valid Driver’s License (CDL preferred)

• Availability 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week to respond to the district's emergency needs outside of regular working hours. This includes being available to subordinate staff and District Leadership at all times.
• Applicants considered for this job must pass the following: Criminal history background investigation. Clean driving record. Post-offer/pre-employment drug and alcohol screens. Employees in safety-sensitive job classifications are prohibited from all marijuana usage whether medical or recreational. Post-offer/pre-employment physical and respirator medical clearance.

Physical Activities

• Continuous physical activities include standing, walking, talking, and hearing.
• Frequent physical activities include balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, and feeling.
• Occasional physical activities include climbing, crawling, finger dexterity, and repetitive motions.

Physical Requirements

Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Visual Acuity Requirements

Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

Working Conditions

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions. Extreme Heat: temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Extreme Cold: temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• Subject to noise: Sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• Subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or the whole body.
• Subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on ladders and high places, or exposure to chemicals.
• Subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin: Fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
• Subject to conditions that may require a respirator to be worn.
• Subject to close quarters, crawl spaces, shafts, manholes, small enclosed rooms, small water line pipes, and other areas that could cause claustrophobia.
• Subject to narrow aisles or passageways.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to deal with a variety of variables under only limited standardization. Able to interpret various instructions.

Mathematical Ability

Ability to use basic algebra and geometry.

Language Ability

Ability to read a variety of books, magazines, instruction manuals, atlases, and encyclopedias. Ability to prepare memos, reports, and essays using proper punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Ability to communicate distinctly with appropriate pauses and emphasis, correct pronunciation (or sign equivalent), and variation in word order using present, perfect, and future tenses.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICAS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT REQUIREMENTS MAY BE MODIFIED TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE DISABLED INDIVIDUALS. HOWEVER, NO ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE MADE WHICH MAY POSE SERIOUS HEALTH OR SAFETY RISKS TO THE EMPLOYEE OR OTHERS OR WHICH IMPOSE UNDUE HARDSHIPS ON THE ORGANIZATION.