Process Control Supervisor

Company Description

A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent.

Position Purpose: 

Reports to the Operations Director.  Directs the wastewater treatment/ biosolids operations and the energy utilization processes at Jones Island WRFs to ensure safe continuity of operations, the execution of proper technical procedures and management policies that result in cost-effective Veolia contract compliance and compliance with all applicable permits and regulations. Provides an operational and plant communications interface with the Field and Deep Tunnel Collection Systems Console Operators.  Special dimensions of this position are delineated by an emphasis on continuity for operations, communication with operators and maintenance, and relief responsibility for the other major operations supervisory positions at both SSWRF and JIWRF.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Process Control & Optimization:
  • Directs plant wastewater, biosolids and energy utilization and power generation processes to ensure safe, cost effective and efficient operations to meet Veolia contract and all regulatory requirements.
  • Monitor operating conditions at both plants to ensure optimum liquid/solids treatment. Optimizes the processes at the plants, within the process and technical limitations of the systems. 
  • Institute process and or operational changes, as required, to meet permit and contract goals. Communicates to operations personnel the purpose of the change..
  • Provides recommendations for improving operations, cost reductions and energy savings.
• Staffing & Relief Duties:
  • With Admin staff, effectively schedules shift operations training, shift supervisor replacement and training and coverage for special events.
  • Designated as the main relief for the Shift Supervisor position at JI for vacation, sick, and vacancies.
  • Provide on-call support for shift supervisors in the off-hours.
  • Administers management policies and directives.
  • Trains staff across a broad range of technical and procedural activities, on-the-job practices and execution of Standard Operating Procedures and process directives.
  • Administers discipline as required and participates in the performance evaluation of Plant personnel – shift supervisors.
  • Acts as the key participant in the hiring/interviewing process of department staff.
  • Assists in the grievance resolution process, as needed.
• Safety Duties:
  • Promotes safety practices and procedures by training coaching, and leading the shift workers in safety training.
  • Administer Safety Action Plan objectives and monitors progress with Shift Supervisors of daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly safety tasks. Schedule and coordinate Safety Stand Downs for JI and SS
  • Inspects facilities for cleanliness, housekeeping, unsafe conditions, and conducts investigation of safety incidents or accidents.
  • Reports unsafe conditions and helps file reports on injuries.
• Equipment Availability and Maintenance Duties:
  • Authors/scopes out work orders and properly communicates to plant maintenance supervisors, applying knowledge and experience to identify, diagnose and troubleshoot the source of the problem with recommended remedial action.
  • Initiates/sustains critical coordination/communication with project maintenance planners/ supervisors to insure critical equipment availability; provide ops coordination/continuity on large maintenance projects.
  • Provides operational support to Project Technical Services and capital project contractors in equipment checkouts, performance tests and startup of new processes/equipment.
• Wet Weather and Emergency Situation Duties:
  • Reacts prudently and appropriately to unpredictable emergencies and situations created by plant capital construction interferences, weather, power outages and equipment failures in order to prevent human injury, equipment damage or permit violations.
  • Provides coordination and communication with Conveyance System Manager and CCS operators for all major wet weather events.

Work Environment:

• This job is largely performed in an office and plant environment.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background: 

• High School Diploma/GED is required.
• Associates Degree or higher or academic courses in the environmental field preferred.
• Five years of applicable work experience in an industrial process environment required. 
• 3-5 years of work experience in broad range of wastewater, water, biosolids, environmental or plant operating engineer fields desirable.
• 2-3 years of experience as a supervisor or manager required. 
• Experience in power generation and energy utilization desirable.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

• Ability to handle emergency situations with proper training required.
• Sufficient skills/ability to function as an Incident Commander in emergency response situations required.
• Strong mechanical and technical aptitude required. 
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in wastewater equipment maintenance and troubleshooting desired.
• Requires superior interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with client, public, and employees. 
• Ability to effectively train individuals and groups both in the classroom and on the job required.
• Must possess superior organizational skills and be able to prioritize and work simultaneously on several projects.
• Ability to operate within a team atmosphere required.
• Ability to assess priorities frequently and effectively perform under pressure required.
• Ability to operate computer and other office machines as needed.
• Strong mathematics and computer skills including email, word processing, and spreadsheets required. 
• Intermediate/advanced skills in applying Microsoft Word and Excel to prepare memos and conduct analysis of cost and process data desired.

Required Certification/Licenses/Training: 

• WDNR Advanced Operator Certification required and license in applicable subclasses preferred. Completion of certification in applicable subclasses within two years in this position required.
• Valid Wisconsin Driver’s License required.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. 
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb stairs or ladders; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. 
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to distinguish color, close vision and distance vision.

Additional Information

Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.