Utility System Superintendent

Utility System Superintendent

The City of Santa Rosa is excited to announce that we are seeking a highly-qualified candidate to join our team of professionals with an immediate opening for Utility System Superintendent. The City of Santa Rosa is committed to building a workforce reflective of our community and establishing a lasting culture of equity and belonging within our organization. Our collective talents and expertise contribute to high-quality public services that support a vibrant, resilient, inclusive City for our community and visitors.

We celebrate a diverse workforce and welcome all qualified candidates to apply.

The benefits of city employment include a rewarding work environment, opportunity for career growth, and excellent salary, along with a generous suite of benefits. These include retirement through CalPERS, a competitive leave accrual package, your choice of three health plans, and top of the line employer paid vision and dental coverage. Additional benefits include 12 paid holidays annually, plus 2 to 3 "floating" holidays per year depending on years of service, $500 annually for wellness, the City is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) Employer, paid family leave, and a 4% general salary increase
- July 2026.

Utility System Superintendents are a section head in the Water Department. Under the general direction of the Deputy Director – Water and Sewer Operations, an incumbent exercises considerable independent judgment in the management of the construction, repair, maintenance and operation of the City's water distribution, urban recycled water, and wastewater systems. The work involves responsibility for the application of professional and advanced technical knowledge and skills to affect the research, analysis, planning and implementation of water, urban recycled water and wastewater operations.

The ideal candidate will have an understanding of the operational aspects of a potable water distribution, wastewater collection, and urban water reuse systems including testing, wastewater cleaning, CCTV, leak repair, water/wastewater pumping facilities, fire hydrant maintenance, installation of water meters, operational emergency response, and general construction of water/wastewater systems. They will also have strong written communication skills and the ability to manage multiple complex projects and operational situations, often simultaneously.

The candidate will have experience supervising, coaching and mentoring, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and experience producing well written documents for a range of audiences.

• Organize, schedule, assign, supervise and coordinate through subordinate supervisors the underground excavation, construction, maintenance and repair of the domestic water distribution, urban recycled water and wastewater collection systems
• Maintain water quality to State and Federal guidelines
• Maintain and operate the wastewater collection system in accordance with all regional, state and federal regulations
• Oversee the City's leak detection, meter shop, valve turning, and inflow/infiltration monitoring programs
• Select, supervise, train and evaluate subordinates
• Develop, implement and monitor a safety program in accordance with OSHA guidelines
• Confer with engineers, contractors, the public, other Water and City staff regarding projects and project problems
• Receive, investigate and resolve complaints
• Plan, prepare and monitor budget preparation and administration
• Supervise the maintenance of time, material and equipment use records
• Review project engineering plans and drawings with the Utility System Supervisors, making change recommendations based on field observation and operational problems
• Oversee the updating of maps of new water system construction
• Evaluate work methods and procedures used in field operations, recommending improvements
• Assist in water, urban recycled water and wastewater system standard upgrades
• Implement goals, objectives, policies and priorities
• Inspect field projects in progress and upon completion
• Prepare cost estimates for water, urban recycled water and wastewater system construction and maintenance activities
• Oversee the underground service alert (USA) program
• Provide technical advice and assistance on difficult work problems
• Abide by all Federal and State permits or licenses
• California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS) reporting and updating

Knowledge of:
Principles of organization, administration, budget and personnel management; methods, practices, materials and equipment used in the construction, maintenance and repair of water, urban recycled water and wastewater systems and in the production, storage, pumping, disinfection and distribution of domestic drinking water; water treatment techniques; regional, state and federal water quality and wastewater collection laws and standards; use of telemetry in water and wastewater pumping storage and…