Certified Water Plant - Operations Supervisor

Certified Water Plant - Operations Supervisor

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A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country's largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery.

VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent.

The Operations Supervisor supervises two or more full time employees in an assigned plant or department. This position plans and coordinates activities of workers to operate and maintain water/wastewater treatment, processing, disposal and testing equipment in water/wastewater treatment facility to purify water to meet permit and operational requirements.

• Supervise employees at the assigned plant or department.
• Perform job duties in a safe manner compliant with policies, procedures and practices.
• Model professional behavior; report to work as scheduled, on time and prepared to work.
• Work flexible schedule that may include nights, weekends and holidays.
• Conduct laboratory analytical testing for product quality assurance/control; and routine tests
• Operate, maintain, install and repair (automatic and semi-automatic machines) equipment including pumps, valves, gates, mixers, chemical feed, dust collector and odor control systems
• Monitor control panels, adjust valves and gates.
• Monitor flow meters, gauges, flow ratios, pressures and related controls through instrument panels, computer terminals and programmable logic control units in assigned area.
• Monitor and document operating conditions/observations and data in shift log daily
• Diagnose basic operational problems and take corrective action per procedure.
• Verify and report suspected malfunctions and variances as directed and take corrective actions.
• Ability to work independently in compliance with given instructions and direction.
• Perform grab and go field tests in order to adjust chemical dosages for processes.
• Comply with appearance and dress policies to ensure a safe and professional work environment.
• Wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as defined by policy, work practices, and customer.
• Maintain a safe, neat and clean work environment this includes: work area and equipment.
• Work effectively in a team environment and provide support and assistance to others.
• Assist with collecting data and completing reports/ projects to support business operations
• Lead special projects to improve safety, operations, and employee development
• Train other employees to safely and properly use equipment at site.
• Take initiative to offer solutions and assist in problem solving at site.
• Engage with customers within scope of responsibility to provide work updates and notifications.
• Commitment to promoting and creating a safety centric culture and positive work environment.
• Perform other job duties as requested to support business operations.

• High School Diploma/GED is required.
• Degree in a related field (24 credits in Chemistry is a plus) or equivalent experience.
• Five to seven years in various positions within a water/wastewater treatment environment with knowledge of methods, principles and practices of operating, maintaining and repairing water treatment plant equipment, instrumentation and associated systems.
• Lead experience or supervisory training required with understanding of human relations, training, performance evaluation and health and safety.

• Must have an understanding of water/wastewater treatment process engineering, water quality assurance, maintenance strategy and laboratory procedures.
• Must demonstrate effective skills in…