Assistant Utilities Director

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for sections present: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections with real specific content. The posting includes description (About the role) – we can put that under

About the role

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. Responsibilities: there is a "Key Responsibilities" with subsections; we can combine into a

• list. Requirements: there is "What You'll Need Preferred Qualifications" and "Core Leadership Competencies" and "Performance Expectations". Those could be under Requirements or Qualifications. We need to decide which sections to include. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Skills). We should include sections only if posting has real specific content. The posting includes: About the role (first paragraph). Responsibilities (Key Responsibilities). Requirements/Qualifications: "What You'll Need Preferred Qualifications", "Core Leadership Competencies", "Performance Expectations". Could combine into Requirements or Qualifications. Also there is "Work Environment and Availability" which could be under Schedule? Not exactly schedule. There's no explicit Pay or Benefits specifics except mention of "Competitive Health Benefits" under Why Join Our Team. That's benefits. Also "WEI Incentive Program", "Healthy Workplace Program", "Employee Referral Bonus", "Competitive Health Benefits", "Career Development and Training", "Flexible/Hybrid Schedule", "Community Service Opportunities". So we have Benefits and Schedule (Flexible/Hybrid Schedule). Pay: there is "Pay Transparency" section indicating base salary range indicated in the posting, but no actual numbers given. It says "The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting. This range reflects the company’s good faith estimate...". No actual numbers provided. So we should not create Pay section because no specific numbers. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. For Benefits, we have specific benefits listed, so we can include Benefits. For Schedule, we have "Flexible/Hybrid Schedule" mentioned, so we can include Schedule. For Pay, we have only a statement that range is indicated but not given; we should not include Pay section because no actual range. Also we should not include "Work Environment and Availability" as a heading unless we map to something like Schedule? But we already have Schedule. Could include a section for "Work Environment" but not in allowed headings list; better to incorporate into Schedule or Benefits? Probably we can add a

  under Schedule about work environment. But the instruction: Use headings only from the list; we can add other headings? It says use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies we should use those headings; we can also use other headings? Probably better to stick to those. So we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Benefits, Schedule. We need to decide between Requirements and Qualifications. The posting includes "What You'll Need Preferred Qualifications" and "Core Leadership Competencies" and "Performance Expectations". Those are more like qualifications and requirements. We could make a Qualifications section containing Preferred Qualifications and Core Leadership Competencies and Performance Expectations. Or we could split into Requirements and Qualifications but we need to avoid thin sections. Better to have one Qualifications section with all that content. We'll not include Skills separately unless we extract skills from the text; but we could include Skills as part of Qualifications. Since we have Qualifications, we can omit Skills. Thus final HTML:

  About the role

  ... (first paragraph)

  Responsibilities

  • ... list items from Key Responsibilities (maybe combine many). We need to preserve all substantive information; we should not omit details. But we can't list every sentence; we need to capture the substance. Could break into multiple
  • items covering each bullet: Primary Scope, Staff Leadership..., Treatment Plant..., Program and Project Delivery..., Regulatory..., Client and Stakeholder..., Practice Growth... We'll summarize each as a bullet but keep details. We must not invent or summarize away detail; but we can condense as long as we keep the substance. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." That suggests we should not omit details; we need to keep all specifics. That's tough if we convert to list items; we need to include all details. Could we keep paragraphs? The rule: Use
    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

      for prose. So for responsibilities we must use

      • . That means we need to break responsibilities into list items, but we must preserve all substantive information. We can create multiple list items each covering a distinct responsibility area, but we must ensure we don't lose any detail. We can embed details inside each
      • as sentences. Thus we will produce list items for each major responsibility area, preserving the details from the original text. Similarly for Qualifications: we need to use
        • for list of requirements/qualifications. We'll break Preferred Qualifications, Core Leadership Competencies, Performance Expectations into list items. Benefits: list of benefits from Why Join Our Team. Schedule: we have "Flexible/Hybrid Schedule" plus work environment details; we can put as

          maybe? But schedule should be a list? The rule: Use

          • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

            for prose. Schedule is not necessarily a list; we can use

            for prose description. We'll include schedule details in a

            . Now we need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. We'll exclude the EEO statement, Pay Transparency (since no numbers), etc. Let's craft. First, About the role paragraph: The first paragraph: "The Assistant Utilities Director is a senior operational leadership position supporting Waggoner Engineering's management of the Bossier City utility program and the continued growth of the North Louisiana utilities practice. The role works closely with the Director of Public Utilities to translate priorities into accountable action across treatment operations, field services, capital projects, compliance, staffing, and client commitments. The successful candidate will be capable of leading people, making sound decisions, resolving issues across organizational boundaries, and representing the utilities practice with City administration, regulators, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders. This position is expected to take ownership of assigned functions and provide continuity of leadership when the Director is unavailable. It is not intended to be solely a senior technical or advisory role." We'll put that in

            . Now Responsibilities: We'll break into sections: - Primary Scope: The position's primary assignment is the Bossier City utility system, with responsibility extending across the Water Treatment Plant; Red River and Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plants; water transmission and distribution; sewer collection; lift stations; environmental and laboratory services; utility administration; and associated capital improvement programs. The position will also support municipal utility clients, pursuits, and strategic initiatives throughout North Louisiana. - Staff Leadership and Operational Accountability: Serve as the Director's principal deputy and assume delegated leadership responsibility for day-to-day priorities, cross-functional coordination, and issue resolution. Provide clear direction, coaching, and accountability to plant managers, division managers, project managers, technical staff, operators, and support personnel. Establish disciplined communication routines, performance expectations, follow-up practices, and escalation paths across the utility organization. Support workforce planning, recruiting, succession planning, certification development, shift coverage, training, and employee retention. Promote a culture of safety, service, regulatory compliance, ownership, and continuous improvement. Act on behalf of the Director during absences or as assigned, within delegated authority and applicable client requirements. - Treatment Plant and Utility System Oversight: Support reliable, compliant, and cost-effective operation of Bossier City's water and wastewater treatment facilities and related utility infrastructure. Review operating data, laboratory results, alarms, maintenance needs, process performance, chemical use, energy consumption, and key performance indicators to identify emerging risks and corrective actions. Coordinate operational readiness for outages, severe weather, equipment failures, water-quality events, permit concerns, emergency repairs, and other incidents affecting service continuity. Strengthen preventive maintenance, asset management, standard operating procedures, documentation, inventory controls, and operator training. Facilitate collaboration among treatment, transmission and distribution, sewer collection, lift station, environmental, engineering, and administrative teams. - Program and Project Delivery: Lead or oversee planning, scoping, budgeting, scheduling, design coordination, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout for utility capital and operational improvement projects. Assign clear project ownership, monitor schedule and financial performance, resolve delivery constraints, and provide concise status reporting to the Director and client leadership. Coordinate internal disciplines, subconsultants, contractors, vendors, and City personnel while maintaining technical quality and continuity of utility service. Review technical memoranda, plans, specifications, estimates, proposals, change requests, pay applications, and other deliverables appropriate to the candidate's qualifications and delegated authority. Support grant- and funding-related project development, including scope definition, supporting documentation, regulatory coordination, and implementation planning. - Regulatory, Technical, and Risk Management: Support compliance with applicable LDH, LDEQ, EPA, permit, reporting, sampling, and recordkeeping requirements. Provide or coordinate technical oversight for water treatment, wastewater treatment, pumping, distribution, collection, instrumentation and controls, residuals management, and related infrastructure. Identify operational, regulatory, safety, financial, and reputational risks; establish owners and corrective-action plans; and verify completion. Prepare for and support inspections, audits, incident reviews, regulatory meetings, and corrective-action responses. Ensure operational needs and maintainability are incorporated into project design, construction sequencing, startup, training, and acceptance. - Client and Stakeholder Leadership: Maintain a visible, trusted working relationship with Bossier City administration, department leadership, plant and field staff, elected officials, and partner agencies. Translate technical and operational issues into clear recommendations, decisions, budgets, schedules, and public-facing explanations appropriate to the audience. Coordinate meetings, briefings, council-support materials, emergency communications, and follow-up actions as assigned. Resolve concerns promptly, communicate commitments accurately, and ensure the team follows through on agreed actions. Represent Waggoner and the client professionally in regulatory, community, industry, and business-development settings. - Practice Growth and Business Management: Support strategic planning and responsible growth of Waggoner's North Louisiana utilities practice while protecting service quality for existing clients. Develop and maintain strong relationships with municipal leaders, utility managers, funding partners, regulatory agencies, and teaming partners. Identify client needs and emerging opportunities; assist with capture planning, scopes, staffing strategies, fee development, proposals, and interviews. Support workload forecasting, resource planning, utilization, project financial performance, and coordination across the Louisiana Business Unit. Develop repeatable standards, tools, and management practices that improve consistency across utility programs and client engagements. We'll put each as

          • . Now Qualifications: We'll combine Preferred Qualifications, Core Leadership Competencies, Performance Expectations. Preferred Qualifications bullet points: - Louisiana Class IV operator certification in one or more relevant water or wastewater categories, or demonstrated ability and willingness to obtain appropriate certifications. - Leadership experience within a municipal utility, public-private operating partnership, owner-advisor program, or embedded client-service environment. - Experience with membrane filtration, ozone, granular activated carbon, disinfection and distribution water quality, activated sludge, ultraviolet disinfection, pumping and lift stations, SCADA, and asset-management systems. - Experience with municipal budgeting, public procurement, council or board processes, rate-funded capital planning, emergency procurement, and state or federal funding programs. - Experience leading facility startup, commissioning, process optimization, emergency response, or major operational transitions. - Familiarity with GIS, CMMS, operational dashboards, data analysis, and performance-reporting tools. Core Leadership