Environmental Services Manager FLSA Status: Exempt
General Definition of Work
Performs
difficult professional work planning, directing, supervising and evaluating the
effectiveness of environmental programs, coordinating work with other officials
and department directors, maintaining records and files, preparing reports, and
related work as apparent or assigned.
Work is performed under the general direction of the Utilities
Director. Divisional supervision is
exercised over all personnel within the division.
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must
be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required and are not
necessarily actual functions of this position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions
Performs
duties in accordance with the City's keys to excellent customer service; acts
as a team or group leader in the implementation of adopted City outcomes and
goals.
Serves
as a compliance officer for department to ensure environmental legislation and
rules are met and maintained; works to minimize negative impact of departmental
operations on the environment.
Plans,
supervises, directs and evaluates the effectiveness of environmental programs;
recommends improvements and modifications as needed.
Recruits
and selects division personnel; assigns, directs, trains, inspects the work of
and evaluates assigned staff; rewards, transfers, promotes, suspends, demotes
and terminates personnel; coaches, counsels and disciplines staff; develops
staff schedules.
Provides
technical assistance and ensures compliance with safety policies and procedures
and NPDES permit requirements.
Participates
in annual budget preparation for the department; approves and monitors
expenditures authorized in the budget.
Answers
questions and provides information to the public on environmental issues;
investigates complaints and takes corrective action as necessary.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Comprehensive
knowledge of wastewater treatment plant operations, environmental control
programs and regulations; comprehensive knowledge of laboratory techniques,
materials and equipment, including those used in standard chemical and
biochemical analysis of wastewater; comprehensive knowledge of chemical
principles, terminology, techniques, equipment and laboratory tests pertaining
to the analysis of wastewater samples; comprehensive knowledge of the
processes, pre-treatment and treatment stages involved in wastewater treatment;
ability to communicate ideas effectively in both oral and written formats;
ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
regulatory agencies, industrial users, city officials, associates and general
public.
Education and Experience
Bachelor's
degree with coursework in environmental sciences, or related field and
considerable experience in a municipal pretreatment program, water/wastewater
laboratory, or operation of industrial or municipal treatment processes
including moderate supervisory experience, or equivalent combination of
education and experience.
Physical Requirements
This work
requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly
requires sitting and speaking or hearing, frequently requires using hands to
finger, handle or feel and occasionally requires standing and walking; work has
standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or
exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive
information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing
written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or
small parts, using measuring devices, operating machines, operating motor
vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work
frequently requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions and occasionally
requires exposure to fumes or airborne particles and exposure to toxic or
caustic chemicals; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g.
business office, light traffic).
Special Requirements
Possession of or
ability to obtain appropriate wastewater treatment plant operator,
pretreatment, and laboratory analyst certification required by the state of
Valid driver's
license in the State of