Environmental Supervisor; Operational Microbiology and Chemistry

Description

What do
you value in your next job?

At the
Orange County Sanitation
District our Core Values form the framework of our organization and reinforce our professional work ethic. If the following values ring true with you, we’d love to invite you to explore our career opportunities further.

Integrity, Inclusion, Honesty, and Respect

We aspire to the highest degree of integrity, inclusion, honesty, and respect in our interaction with each other, our suppliers, our customers, and our community. We strive to demonstrate these values in our actions, commitments, and service.

Leadership, Teamwork, and Problem Solving

We lead by example, acknowledging the value of our resources and using them wisely to achieve our mission. We strive to reach OC San goals through cooperative efforts and collaboration with each other and our constituencies. We work to solve problems in a creative, cost-effective, and safe manner, and we acknowledge team and individual efforts.

Customer Service, Transparency, and Accountability

We are committed to acting in a timely, accurate, accessible, and transparent manner through excellent customer service. We are committed to act in the best interest of our internal and external stakeholders.

Resiliency, Innovation, and Learning

We continuously develop ourselves, enhancing our talents, skills, and abilities. We recognize that only through personal growth and development will we progress as an agency and as individuals.

Safety

We are committed to providing a safe work environment. We will demonstrate leadership, promote individual accountability, and participate actively in the advancement of our health and safety practices.

OC San is currently looking to fill the role of an
Environmental Supervisor (Operational Microbiology and Chemistry).

Under general direction, supervises, assigns, reviews, and participates in the work of staff in an assigned section of the environmental sciences laboratory and/or staff responsible for environmental compliance and regulatory efforts regarding ocean monitoring, source control, regulatory resources, environmental audits, air quality, water quality, and/or biosolids management; ensures work quality and adherence to established policies and procedures; performs the most technical and complex tasks relative to assigned areas of responsibility;

and performs duties as assigned.

Specifically, the Environmental Supervisor leads the group whose work includes operational microbiology and chemistry. As a result, this section conducts the physical, chemical, and microbiological preparation and analysis of a variety of samples, including wastewater, semi-solids, solids, receiving water, sediments, and source control samples. This section is critical, because this team performs time-sensitive and mission-critical analytical analyses for regulatory compliance, treatment process control, and the pretreatment program.

The team provides daily monitoring of all treatment processes at both OC San reclamation facilities and will be expected to resolve issues or inefficiencies and recommend corrective actions as needed. This position also oversees conventional and molecular microbiology developmental and monitoring projects. In addition, this position will manage projects to develop new methods, to project replacement schedules for laboratory instrumentation, to support process optimization and large district-level projects, and to ensure full compliance with OC San’s Mission.

The Environmental Supervisor should possess subject matter expertise to oversee the team, direct work, and manage performance while serving as a technical resource for skilled staff and OC San.

The Environmental Supervisor:

• Participates in the selection, guidance, training, and development of…