DIRECTOR OF PLANT OPERATIONS

Effective: 09/22/06
Range: M-20
Respirator Class: 3

DEFINITION
Manage the operation and maintenance of the Water Pollution Control/Reclamation Plant; and assist the General Manager in the overall formulation and administration of District programs and activities.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

• Receive general direction from the General Manager.
• Exercise direct and general supervision over division heads, professional, and technical personnel in the Plant Operations Department.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Manage the Plant Operations Department of the District, making independent decisions as necessary in the management of the department. Develop and maintain a regulatory compliance strategy and organize the department to implement the strategy and keep the department focused on the District’s goals. Attend administrative/management meetings reporting on department activities, making personnel recommendations, taking an active part in the establishment of District policies, standards, and procedures and assist in long‑range planning. 
• Attend to departmental personnel management matters, including training programs, evaluations, promotions, selections, dismissals, transfers, and disciplinary actions.
• Hold departmental staff meetings, delegating responsibilities and authorities to various personnel and divisions of the department.
• Coordinate work of the department with that of other departments.
• Review and appraise division, project, and work reports.
• Review and critique designs, plans, and specifications.
• Review department‑related correspondence and prepare responses.
• Confer with the public and representatives of other agencies.
• Represent the District at public and professional meetings and conferences in regard to present and future projects and District matters.
• Prepare reports and position papers and submit appropriate materials to administration and/or the Board of Directors for necessary action.
• Research and implement use of technological developments.
• Administer the fiscal affairs of the department, including preparation of annual budget and control of expenditures. 
• Arrange for all public services as required of the department.
• Coordinate and direct through subordinate supervisors all investigation, studies, research, analyses, programs, projects, operations, and maintenance assigned to or being a responsibility of the department.
• Responsible for maintaining an effective safety program.
• Responsible for meeting regulatory standards in accordance with all permits.
• Act on behalf of the General Manager as required.
• Demonstrate a commitment to recruit, hire, and retain a diverse workforce.
• Perform related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of:

• Principles and techniques of organization, management, personnel administration, budgeting, cost control, and staff development including and understanding the importance of authority, responsibility, accountability, motivation, and delegation.
• Engineering principles, methods, and practices as applied to the operation of a wide variety of wastewater treatment processes.
• Principles, methods, and techniques of implementing comprehensive maintenance programs.
• Principles of financial management, budgeting, and cost control.
• Principles of operation and maintenance of equipment and instruments common to a modern wastewater treatment/reclamation facility.
• Principles, practices, and methods of problem identification and data analyzing techniques including critical path scheduling techniques.
• Principles and practices of industrial safety regulations and guidelines.

Ability to:

• On a continuous basis analyze legal requirements, operational data, budgets and user reports, identify results, interpret evaluations and disciplinary actions, know projects, observe blueprints and drawings, problem solve compliance reports, remember and understand technical manuals, and explain to others.
• Sit at desk and in meetings for long periods of time on a continuous basis; intermittently walk and climb stairs to tour plant, perform simple grasping, and lift or carry weight of 10 pounds or less; and for confined space entry, lift or carry weight of 50 pounds or less.
• Manage the work activities of a large and diversified group of professional, technical, and nontechnical employees.
• Prepare correspondence and technical reports, which are complete, clear, and concise.
• Prepare budgets and control expenditures.
• Make effective and professional presentations to the Board of Directors, regulatory officials, members of the public, and other groups as required.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships in the department with
• other departments and divisions of the District and with persons and organizations dealing with the District.

Experience and Education:
Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience

• At least ten years of increasingly responsible professional process experience, six years of which were in a management position within a wastewater treatment plant or similar process industry.

Education

• Equivalent to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major work in civil, chemical, or mechanical engineering.  A master’s degree in engineering or business administration is desirable.

• Possession of a valid California Driver's License.