Salary: $49.06 – $59.63 Hourly
Location: Tacoma, WA
Job Type: Classified
Closing Date: 8/21/2023 5:00 PM Pacific

In the Environmental Services Department, we believe everything we do supports healthy neighborhoods and a thriving Puget Sound, leaving a better Tacoma for all. The experienced Maintenance Supervisor has an important role in fulfilling this purpose by supporting wastewater operations, fellow employees, and ultimately our customers. This position requires strong leadership skills to oversee the daily activities of wastewater treatment plant workers and other assigned staff. Duties also include oversight of the preventative maintenance program for crafts, administrative tasks, monitoring budgets, establishing policies and procedures and a variety of personnel actions that may include hiring and disciplinary decisions, supervision, training and evaluation of staff. Environmental Services Operations and Maintenance, Plants and Pump Stations maintains 2 award winning waste treatment plants and 49 pump stations.

If the below list of personal traits sounds like you, then you are just the type of person we are looking for to join our team as a Maintenance Supervisor.

  • Great customer service
  • Enjoy working both indoors and outdoors and in all types of weather conditions
  • Excellent attendance
  • Enjoy leading work crews as part of a team effort
  • Enjoys physically demanding and variety of job tasks

Examples of Job Duties:

  • Promote and maintain a safe working environment by emphasizing safety as a priority; enforcing and monitoring sound risk management practices; ensuring all safety rules, regulations, protocols and procedures are followed.
  • Elevate safety through targeted training.
  • Set up cross-functional safety teams.
  • Direct and lead the daily work activities of multi-craft journey-level personnel responsible for the execution of preventive maintenance and corrective repairs of the wastewater treatment plants and infrastructure (Central Treatment Plant, North End Treatment Plant and 49 remote pump stations).
  • Implement, analyze, modify and assist in the development of maintenance work programs, policies and procedures for the wastewater treatment plants and pumping stations consistent with the goals and objectives as defined the Environmental and Sustainability Management Systems and Asset Management best practice.  Maintenance programs include, but are not limited to, preventive, predictive, corrective, pump stations, custodial, painting and facilities.
  • Authorize and coordinate the purchase of tools, materials, goods, and/or services with the Maintenance Planner, Warehouse Supervisor and Purchasing to facilitate the timely repair, maintenance, and construction of the wastewater plant and pumps stations.
  • Actively participate in the hiring and selection to assure highly competent maintenance employees.
  • Assure all job expectations are well understood and all employees have the resources they need (e.g. materials, equipment, skills, training, etc.) to perform their work properly and successfully.
  • Perform quarterly CORE conversations with assigned personnel and provide ongoing and timely feedback, coaching and mentoring to support excellent job performance and success on the job.
  • Provide documentation of persistent performance issues when necessary, including records of conversation and disciplinary recommendations.
  • Ensure training of all maintenance staff in standard and complex maintenance activities.   
  • Build and manage productive Union relationships by working collaboratively with union representatives.
  • Grow a culture of compassion and respect that embraces teamwork and continuous improvement.
  • Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with the Maintenance Division, Operations, Engineering, Transmission, Business Operations, and other work groups to coordinate section maintenance activities and resolve planning, scheduling and other issues.
  • Answer questions and provide information related to complex and technical projects including troubleshooting, problem identification, problem resolutions, approving expenditures, handling complaints and providing technical expertise around programmatic elements. Recommend repair methods and equipment modifications.
  • Prepare and maintain data, records and reports to evaluate equipment and system performance in support of the Asset Management Program and help make data driven decision-making.
  • Have a working knowledge of the division budget to ensure expenditures are within projections.
  • Implement emergency contingency plans to respond to natural disasters, power outages, equipment failures, and system overflows.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
Work is generally performed in an office environment or other work areas throughout the treatment plant and pumping stations. These other areas may include hazardous conditions such as exposure to dangerous chemicals, confined spaces, and explosive gases, high voltages, exposure to raw sewage, large rotating machinery and equipment including high noise levels, and working in all kinds of weather conditions. This position may be required to work standby.

Qualifications

Associate’s degree in Engineering or certification as a journey-level Industrial Maintenance Mechanic, Electrician or Instrumentation Technician with training in industrial Maintenance Management and Process Control Automation

AND
Four years’ experience supervising multi-craft personnel in a wastewater treatment industry setting

OR
Eight years of experience in a journey-level craft or engineering field, including four years as a lead supervising journey-level craft trades or the equivalent engineering field.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Valid Washington State Driver’s License at time of appointment, with maintenance thereafter  

Knowledge & Skills

  • Engineering techniques and principles as they relate to wastewater treatment and process control, system engineering, construction and system modification and process control automation
  • Implementation of an industrial preventative maintenance program. (Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation)
  • Electrical power distribution systems (high, medium, and low voltage)
  • All phases of maintenance and repairs on electrical motors, pumping and rotating equipment/machining, industrial pipefitting and fabrication piping, and hydraulics
  • Supervisory control and data acquisition system operation and maintenance
  • Safe use and handling of chemicals used in the wastewater treatment plant 
  • Excellent management and supervisory skills, including planning, organizing, scheduling, establishing work priorities, and working on multiple projects in a diverse work environment
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Establish and maintain cooperative and supportive working relationships with others
  • Disseminate technical information in non-technical terms to non-technical personnel
  • Read, interpret, apply and explain codes, rules, regulations, policies and procedures
  • Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
  • Work independently with little direction and meet schedules and time lines

How to Apply

Interested individuals must complete the online application and attach a detailed resume and cover letter that includes major responsibilities and accomplishments related to this position. 

Candidates who are eligible for Veteran’s Preference scoring criteria must attach a copy of their DD-214-member copy 4, (proof of military discharge form) at time of application, to be eligible for review for Veteran’s Preference, with redacted birth date and social security numbers.

Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications for this recruitment will have supplemental questions #8-12 reviewed and scored as the Experience and Training test that will be used to establish the Eligible List for this position.  Candidates who pass this test with a minimum score of 70% or higher will be placed on an Eligible List for hiring consideration for a period of one year. Any vacancy that comes up within the one-year period of time will draw from candidates on the Eligible List for potential interview selection.   The interview process may include a written assessment.

For more information and to apply: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/tacoma/jobs/4116535/wastewater-treatment-plant-wwtp-mechanical-maintenance-supervisor