Supervisor, Water Treatment Plant

About the Role

As the Supervisor of Site Services Water Treatment, you will need a thorough understanding of water and wastewater treatment operations, process engineering, maintenance strategies, and laboratory procedures. Your key responsibilities will include ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and industry standards, while overseeing the efficient operation and maintenance of water treatment systems. Additionally, you will be tasked with fostering strong relationships with internal teams, external suppliers, and contractors, while prioritizing problem‑solving and team‑building to ensure effective collaboration and operational success.

This role is located onsite Hermosa, near Patagonia, Arizona.

• Acts as plant Agent of the Company for assigned plant, ensuring treatment remains compliant with Federal, State and Local regulations.
• Responsible for overseeing treatment operations and equipment, operations team and coordinating with other departments, sections or outside entities.
• Responds to on‑call questions from operations team.
• Supervises, instructs, and inspects work of the operation personnel to ensure compliance with permits, policies, procedures, regulatory agency, quality standards, and the proper performance of operational duties.
• Plans, schedules, and supervises operational activities, procures necessary materials, assigns staff to a wide variety of operational projects and tasks.
• Schedules and coordinates work activities with other departments, sections, contractors, consultants, state, and local agencies.
• Develops operational procedures to assure effective and efficient operation of water and wastewater facilities.
• Conducts sampling and performs routine laboratory analyses.
• Coordinates ordering of and handles hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals during delivery, storage, and use.
• Analyses and recommends improvements to existing operational practices and facilities, equipment, and operating systems.
• Prepares work orders and other written requests for maintenance.
• Develops and maintains records, files, and databases relating to the water and wastewater facilities.
• Analyses and makes recommendations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the water and wastewater systems.
• Maintains database information for process control, budgetary control, and flow records.
• Reviews operational logs, field testing information, and laboratory data.
• Evaluates, documents, and performs employee evaluations.
• Assists in developing and responsible monitoring of operations budgets.
• Performs work in accordance with safety policies and procedures.
• Prepares, compiles, and delivers monthly reports.
• Reviews the need for and supervises emergency response to water, or other related emergencies.
• May be required to cover for shift operators as the need dictates.
• Performs other duties and special assignments which may be outside the primary areas of employment.