{"id":50489,"date":"2023-08-13T07:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=50489"},"modified":"2023-08-11T13:52:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T20:52:40","slug":"job-operations-manager-surface-wastewater-city-of-tacoma-environmental-services-department-tacoma-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-operations-manager-surface-wastewater-city-of-tacoma-environmental-services-department-tacoma-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Operations Manager, Surface &amp; Wastewater, City of Tacoma Environmental Services Department (Tacoma, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary: <\/strong>$112,278.40 &#8211; $158,080.00 Annually<br><strong>Location: <\/strong>Tacoma, WA<br><strong>Job Type: <\/strong>Non-Classified<br><strong>Closing Date: <\/strong>8\/21\/2023 5:00 PM Pacific<\/p>\n<p>The City of Tacoma, Environmental Services Department, is recruiting for the Appointive position of Control System Manager in the classification of Operations Manager. &nbsp;We are seeking an outgoing, highly motivated person who is interested in managing and coordinating diverse and challenging control projects to join our dynamic, award-winning Environmental Services Team. The ability to solve technical problems while working with a diverse team of operations, maintenance and engineering staff will be a must for this position. The Environmental Services Operations and Maintenance Team, maintains two award winning wastewater treatment plants and 48 offsite lift stations.<br><br><strong>If the below list of personal abilities sounds like you, then you are just the type of person we are searching for to join our team!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Exceptional ability to make sense of sometimes complex, contradictory information, get to the root cause and problem solve.<\/li>\n<li>Develop and implement project schedules using defined priorities.<\/li>\n<li>A skilled, strategic thinker who sets objectives that align with broader organizational goals.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including strong ability in the development of partnerships and teams, and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.<\/li>\n<li>Strong personal motivation and drive \u2013 an ambitious and committed self-starter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Essential Duties:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Using control and instrumentation information, coordinate efforts with the rest of the Operations and Maintenance team to prioritize, prevent, troubleshoot and correct equipment or process issues.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Develop a sustainable program to optimize system controls to provide key information to make operational decisions for the plants and pump stations to maximize equipment life cycle costs.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Use asset management best practice principles to manage control, electrical and instrumentation assets using good preventative maintenance to minimize life-cycle costs.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate project plans purchase requests for adherence to system standards and act as a subject matter expert for control system.<\/li>\n<li>Plans, organizes, coordinates and directs activities that pertain to control system.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Trains, supervises and evaluates employees including providing work direction and guidance, with an emphasis on employee development<\/li>\n<li>Monitors and operates facility and equipment control systems, interpreting data on operating conditions and initiating appropriate responses.<\/li>\n<li>Implement, verify and, where necessary, develop&nbsp;preventive maintenance or service requests within work order system (SAP); receive and review trouble requests for service; oversee completion of work orders and updating of records; monitor or initiate action as needed to ensure timely and reliable response of personnel.<\/li>\n<li>Supervise maintenance of facility security systems and issuance of security badges.<\/li>\n<li>Performs related duties as assigned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><u>Minimum Education*<\/u><\/b><br>Bachelor&#8217;s degree in environmental science, engineering or directly related field.<br><br><b><u>Minimum Experience*<\/u><\/b><br>5 years of experience in surface water or wastewater operations (as assigned) including 1 year prior at senior, lead and\/or supervisory level.<br><br><b><u>Licensing, Certifications and Other Requirements<\/u><\/b><br>Valid Washington State Driver&#8217;s License&nbsp;<br>*Equivalency:&nbsp;Related experience can substitute for education on a year-for-year basis.&nbsp;<br><br><b>LICENSING, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS:<\/b><br>There may be instances where individual positions must have additional licenses or certification. It is the employer\u2019s responsibility to ensure the appropriate licenses\/certifications are obtained for each position.<br><br>Applicants selected for this appointment are subject to completion of a pre-employment background and references checks with acceptable results.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Knowledge &amp; Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>COMPETENCIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Collaboration<\/strong>: &nbsp;Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decision quality<\/strong>: &nbsp;Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drives Results<\/strong>: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ensures Accountability<\/strong>: &nbsp;Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manages complexity<\/strong>: Making sense of complex, high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manages Conflict:<\/strong>&nbsp;Handling conflict situations effectively.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plans and Aligns:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resilience:<\/strong>&nbsp;Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Knowledge of the following<\/strong>: &nbsp;theory and practice of the design processes and operation of public utility facilities; process instrumentation, process control techniques, field sensors, and controllers, digital control hardware including Programmable Logic Controllers, Relay Ladder Logic, and control software and\/or&nbsp;networking hardware\/software; switches, firewalls, router configurations, and network management systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply<br><\/strong>Interested individuals should&nbsp;<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/tacoma\/jobs\/4120524\/operations-manager-surface-wastewater\">apply online<\/a> and attach&nbsp;<\/u>a detailed resume and cover letter that includes job experience, major responsibilities and accomplishments related to this position.<strong><br><br><\/strong>This is a competitive selection process.&nbsp;Applications will be reviewed and evaluated on the basis of education, certifications and related experience. Candidates whose qualifications most closely correspond with the Department&#8217;s needs will be eligible for further consideration. Those who meet the minimum qualifications will be placed on a referral list for review and potential interview selection.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Appointment is subject to successful completion of a pre-employment background and references check.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information and to apply:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/tacoma\/jobs\/4120524\/operations-manager-surface-wastewater\">https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/tacoma\/jobs\/4120524\/operations-manager-surface-wastewater<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/secure.neogov.com\/images\/AgencyImages\/jobposting\/1538\/jobpostings\/image\/ESlogostormw%20solidw%20wastew4%20COLOR_Revised.png\" alt=\"An image without description\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9909,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[4,3539,3063,4147,711,277,901,4033,1130,6274,2599,33,6272,867,1854,4153,654,450,4505,4273,2117,5177,13,4299,2600,9,1905,5874,802,871],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50503,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50489\/revisions\/50503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}