Lead and Copper Program Supervisor

Job Description Summary

The Lead and Copper Program Supervisor role ensures Connecticut Water complies with all current and future lead regulations. This cross-departmental position serves as the lead subject matter expert for the utility, developing and enhancing processes and systems to achieve compliance with federal and state lead regulations.

Responsibilities

• Overall Lead cross-departmental efforts to develop, implement, and periodically review processes and systems to comply with lead regulations.
• Ensure that requirements of any state or federal legislation, regulation, or guidance are incorporated into systems and processes.
• Serve as authority on LCR, LCRR, and LCRI and other federal/state lead regulations.
• Manage scope and progress of consulting services.
• Collaborate with other departments, including Project Management Office (PMO), to identify, plan, and implement any enhancements to existing IT systems.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Strategy

• Responsible for leading execution of Connecticut Water’s strategy.
• Makes recommendations to senior leadership regarding changes to strategy to ensure compliance and maximize efficiency.

Service Line Inventory

• Executes inventory strategy to address unknown materials on utility-side and customer-side of service lines.
• Manages consultant and contractor(s) with support of Project Management Office and Operations.
• Collaborates with Engineering and Operations to obtain Drinking Water State Revolving Funds to offset impact to rate-payers.

Lead Service Line Replacement

• Optimizes LSL Replacement program and creates system-specific LSL Replacement Plans.
• Champions the LSL replacement and disruption program, including follow-up lead monitoring and related communications with customers.
• Ensures that related processes are compliant with regulations and internal departments are trained.

Corrosion Control

• Lead development and implementation of tracking of corrosion control water quality parameters at treatment facilities and within the distribution system.
• Utilizes Water Quality software and Aquatic Informatics WIMS system to standardize and automate performance review.
• Provides training to Operations and Service Delivery Performance staff.
• Supports cross-departmental effort to monitor corrosion control and provide analysis to mitigate risk of corrosion.
• Leads or supports efforts, in conjunction with engineering consultants, to conduct studies related to corrosion.

Compliance Monitoring Program

• Plans and implements the lead and copper compliance sampling program in 65+ Connecticut public water systems.
• Ensures that compliance sampling locations and sample site plans for the Lead and Copper Compliance program meet all regulatory requirements for completeness and accuracy.
• Responsible for sample scheduling and receipt, testing, and reporting of results to the compliance agencies are complete and accurate.
• Utilizes Water Quality software and Aquatic Informatics WIMS system as needed.

School and Daycare Monitoring Program

• Plans and implements the school and daycare sampling program, which includes approximately 300 schools and daycares.

Communication

• Develops and implements public education programs.
• Collaborates with Corporate Communications, Customer Service, Operations, Engineering, and other departments as necessary to ensure clear and compliant communications.
• Communicates as subject matter expert with customers, state and local stakeholders, and state and federal regulators.
• Communicates internally to ensure prioritization of lead related efforts and employee understanding of regulations.
• Aids in the development of annual Consumer Confidence Reports.

Qualifications

• B.S. with M.S. preferred in Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, or related program.
• Professional Engineering license is preferred.
• A minimum of four years of experience in water quality management, water or wastewater engineering, drinking water laboratory analysis, or other related discipline required.

Compensation

Compensation Type: Annual Salary
Compensation Range: Grade 8 - Salary $ 92,106.00 - 165,791.00

Work Location

Primary Work Location: 55 Sebethe Cromwell, Connecticut, 06416 United States