Facility Maintenance Supervisor; Grade 28 AFSCME Local

Job Title

Directs and supervises the daily pump station, forcemain and treatment plant operations and coordinates maintenance and repairs for the pump stations, force mains and treatment plants through various supervisors, staff and contractors. Supervises Master Mechanics, Plant Operations Technicians, Electronics Technicians, Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators, other supervisors, equipment operators, tradespersons, and skilled and unskilled workers to achieve daily maintenance and operational goals. Oversees and coordinates contract vendors in the installation, maintenance, operation, reconstruction, and repair of New Castle County sanitary sewage pumping stations and wastewater treatment plants;

performs technical work; does related work as required.

An employee in this class is responsible for planning, developing, assigning, and inspecting the work of employees and contractors to ensure the proper operation and maintenance of the County's sewage pumping stations, force mains and treatment plants. This employee has sound technical knowledge of the operation of pumps and treatment facilities, in addition to knowledge of all relevant permitting and regulatory requirements, including but not limited to discharge permit requirements and the County Capacity, Management, Operation and Maintenance Program (CMOM).

Responsibilities include investigating and responding to inquiries, complaints and problems. This employee has extensive contact with the public, other sections, divisions, and departments of the County and outside agencies as needed on pump station, forcemain and treatment plant related problems. The employee works independently under the general supervision of the Chief of Facility Maintenance or other designated supervisor. Higher level engineers and supervisors assist in the review and approval of projects and on highly technical problems that may arise.

Examples of work include providing a safe workplace for all personnel and the public through the maintenance of safety standards and procedures, planning, designing, scheduling, laying out, inspecting, and supervising maintenance and construction projects, preparing work order assignments in preparation for each day, reporting to work prior to crews to ensure crews are properly equipped and efficiently dispatched, assisting in managing the following programs as required for the Capacity Management, Operations, and Maintenance Program (CMOM), establishing maintenance schedules and reports, prioritizing maintenance and operations resources to maximize the effectiveness in meeting established maintenance and regulatory goals, writing or assisting in writing specifications for contracts, equipment, and materials related to facility maintenance, regularly inspecting facilities for mechanical and electrical or related defects and taking appropriate steps to correct them, diagnosing pump performance, sizing and selecting appropriate pumps for wastewater applications, overseeing the remote alarm systems, investigating inquiries and complaints related to pump stations, force mains and treatment plants, as well as customer complaints, performing and assisting other sections with inspections of work in progress and completed work to assure conformance with plans and specifications and recommending acceptance or non-acceptance of work performed by contractors and vendors that will be turned over to the section for operation and maintenance, determining and coordinating the delivery of support needs such as rental equipment, materials, contract vendors, and other agencies, requisitioning necessary equipment and materials, attending public meetings as a representative of the County, preparing various performance, status, progress, and work reports on a regular and as needed basis, assisting in budget preparation, providing personnel and equipment support to other County sections, divisions, and departments upon request, responding to after-hour emergency calls, maintaining time and material records, assisting in ensuring that all Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO) are reported to the State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) as required, assisting in ensuring that treatment plant discharges and operations are in compliance with DNREC permits, supervising subordinate employees, creating, reviewing, and ensuring the accuracy and completeness of all employee evaluations, NCC Risk Management Incident Reports, and Supervisor's Investigation Reports (SIR), training subordinate employees in the use of tools, measuring devices, techniques, methods, and calculations, reporting discipline for all section employees and creating all necessary paperwork with documentation, section contact for Department of Transportation required drug screening, post-accident screening and physical exams, coordinating access and obtain permits to restricted areas, including but not limited to DuPont superfund sites, AMTRAK and CXS Right-of-Ways,…