Wastewater Operations Team Lead

Wastewater Operations Team LeadAt Operators Unlimited, we clean dirty water with a refreshing approach to wastewater treatment. Transformation is why customers need us, people want to work for us, and the community continues to welcome us. By helping companies remove contaminants from water, we protect the lives of others and preserve our shared environment. Whether we are purifying water through our products, providing exceptional customer service with our operators, or encouraging the professional development of our team and industry, we strive to transform the environment through the lives we touch. We are determined to revolutionize the way people think about wastewater treatment. Through our actions, we seek to elevate the impersonal into relational, the replaceable into remarkable, and the transactional into transformative.Our ideal Wastewater Operations Team Lead candidate will have the following capabilities and skills:Leadership, management, and accountability for designated Wastewater Operations SpecialistsComplete quarterly one on ones with team membersRun wastewater treatment plants within permit limitsSupport the Director of OperationsAlternate wastewater operations schedulerManage wastewater contractorsBe Action Oriented: Enjoy working hard; be full of energy for the things you see as challenging, not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seize more opportunities than othersBe Customer Focused: Be dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; listen intently, get first-hand customer information, and use it for improvements in products and services; act with customers in mind; establish and maintain effective relationships with customers and gain their trust and respect.Have Strategic Ability: See ahead clearly; anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; have broad knowledge and perspective; be future oriented; articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; create breakthrough strategies and plansHave Business Acumen: Know how businesses work; be knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting businesses and organizations; be aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.Be Organized: Marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; use resources to effectively and efficiently arrange information and files in a useful manner.Manage and Measure Work: Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; set clear objectives and measures; monitor process, progress, and results; design feedback loops into work.Have Composure: Be cool under pressure; do not become defensive or irritated when times are tough; be considered mature; be counted on to hold things together during tough times; handle stress; don't be knocked off balance by the unexpected; don't show frustration when resisted or blocked; be a settling influence in a crisis. Understand the audience and dynamic of each wastewater facility and use effective ways to interact in each facility to provide consistency and calm.Living out Core Values and Core CompetenciesA high level of organization and planning skillsAssisting the Wastewater Operations Department with schedulingManaging contract workersSafety compliance at the OU facility and throughout customer worksitesInternal and external audits have minimal marksAchieving quarterly goals and weekly commitmentsAdditional Information:Operators Unlimited reserves the right to pursue growth by adding additional responsibilities to any OU job position when needed.Hiring is finalized after a successful completion of a background and drug screening