Senior Maintenance Supervisor

About the role

This position leads, plans, and supervises the work of the crew operating heavy equipment for refuse disposal, collection, and transportation of solid waste. You’ll oversee equipment maintenance, manage operational records, and play a critical role in local disaster and emergency response efforts for the Solid Waste Management Program (SWMP).

Responsibilities

• Plans work schedules, assigns work to crew chiefs, maintenance supervisors, heavy equipment operators, and work crews and determines the priority of work projects based on pending work orders and citizen complaints;
• Supervises crew activities in the field;
• Dispatches work crews and coordinates work with other county or state agencies and/or contractors;
• Inspects sewage systems, plant operating areas, or facilities/housing units to ensure proper operation and/or adherence to safety regulations/aesthetic standards;
• Utilizes a computerized maintenance management system to prioritize preventative and corrective maintenance work orders;
• Performs quality inspections of work performed and initiates corrective action to meet accepted service levels;
• Determines necessary repairs and estimates necessary manpower, materials, supplies and equipment for work to be contracted and provides field supervision of contractors;
• Maintains inventory of material, supplies, and equipment;
• Prepares/maintains records of work performed by crews/contractors including materials utilized;
• Supervises subordinate employees including coaching, counseling, training and performance evaluations;
• Ensures safety programs are implemented and communicated and work complies with all safety regulations;
• Serves as main point of contact on work crews for citizens and residents;
• Reinforces a safety culture and continually seeks to expand safety knowledge through training, mentoring, self-study or other methods of continuous learning;
• Investigates, documents and reports safety issues;
• Clearly communicates safety expectations;
• Resolves safety-related matters in a timely manner;
• Complies with the safety competencies.

Requirements

• Comprehensive knowledge of the practices, methods, materials, equipment and tools used in the repair and maintenance of sewer lines, facilities, housing, solid waste management systems, or grounds;
• Thorough knowledge of safety regulations and practices applicable to the particular area;
• Thorough knowledge of computers to include computerized maintenance management system;
• Ability to plan and supervise the work of subordinates and to oversee the work of contractors;
• Ability to operate a variety of heavy vehicles and equipment;
• Ability to work outside with regular exposure to severe weather, noxious fumes, high levels of dust, etc.;
• Thorough knowledge of purchasing methods, procedures and policy;
• Thorough knowledge of automated purchasing/inventory management system;
• Ability to coach, counsel, train and evaluate employee performance to include safety policies, procedures and practices;
• Ability to supervise and train others in the operation of a variety of heavy vehicles and equipment;
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• Ability to use personal computers, word processing, spreadsheet software and database applications to prepare reports, documents and keep records to include computerized maintenance management system;
• Able to lift 25 lbs. without assistance and 25 to 50 lbs. with or without accommodation;
• Able to operate light, medium and heavy equipment and vehicles;
• Able to speak, see and hear and work in an environment where heavy machinery and equipment is in motion;
• Able to tolerate loud noises from machinery, moving equipment and vehicles;
• Able to walk, stand, sit, climb, bend, stoop, crouch, reach and work in positions for extended periods of time;
• Able to work in adverse weather conditions and temperatures;
• Able to work in an environment where raw waste exists.

Qualifications

• Any combination of education, training, and experience equivalent to the following: high school diploma or GED issued by a state department of education, and four years of increasingly responsible experience related to the maintenance of municipal facilities and infrastructure from either a public or private organization.

Skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of the practices, methods, materials, equipment and tools used in the repair and maintenance of sewer lines, facilities, housing, solid waste management systems, or grounds;
• Thorough knowledge of safety regulations and practices applicable to the particular area;
• Thorough knowledge of computers to include computerized maintenance management system;
• Ability to plan and supervise the work of subordinates and to oversee the work of contractors;
• Ability to operate a variety of heavy vehicles and equipment;
• Ability to work outside with regular exposure to severe weather, noxious fumes, high levels of dust, etc.;
• Thorough knowledge of purchasing methods, procedures and policy;
• Thorough knowledge of automated purchasing/inventory management system;
• Ability to coach, counsel, train and evaluate employee performance to include safety policies, procedures and practices;
• Ability to supervise and train others in the operation of a variety of heavy vehicles and equipment;
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• Ability to use personal computers, word processing, spreadsheet software and database applications to prepare reports, documents and keep records to include computerized maintenance management system;
• Able to lift 25 lbs. without assistance and 25 to 50 lbs. with or without accommodation;
• Able to operate light, medium and heavy equipment and vehicles;
• Able to speak, see and hear and work in an environment where heavy machinery and equipment is in motion;
• Able to tolerate loud noises from machinery, moving equipment and vehicles;
• Able to walk, stand, sit, climb, bend, stoop, crouch, reach and work in positions for extended periods of time;
• Able to work in adverse weather conditions and temperatures;
• Able to work in an environment where raw waste exists.

Benefits

• Retirement
• Medical, life, and disability insurance
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities

Pay

$2,500 signing bonus is available to new county employees hired into positions requiring a CDL.

Schedule

The appointee to this position will be required to be available twenty-four hours a day/seven days a week (24/7) to respond to snow, flooding, and other designated emergencies on an as-needed basis.