Treatment Operations Manager

Position Overview

The Treatment Operations Manager provides leadership, coordination, and strategic oversight for the City's water and wastewater treatment operations, including treatment plants, water pump stations, wastewater lift stations, and associated utility facilities.

Directs and supports the Water Treatment Plant Superintendent and Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent in establishing operational priorities, staffing plans, performance expectations, and consistent management practices across treatment operations.

Ensures compliance with applicable federal and state regulations, permits, operating requirements, and reporting obligations; evaluates compliance risks and directs corrective actions in coordination with operational leadership.

Reviews operational performance, treatment capacity, regulatory data, infrastructure condition, maintenance needs, and system risks; develops and implements strategies to improve reliability, efficiency, resiliency, and regulatory compliance.

Captures and manages operating and capital budgets for assigned operations; evaluates expenditures, staffing, contractual services, chemical and energy use, revenues, and resource needs to support responsible fiscal management.

Coordinates emergency preparedness and response for treatment process disruptions, equipment failures, utility service interruptions, severe weather, regulatory incidents, and other events affecting continuity of operations.

Provides leadership for workforce development, succession planning, technical training, professional licensing, and management development across water and wastewater treatment operations.

Communicates operational conditions, regulatory matters, infrastructure needs, project status, financial impacts, and strategic recommendations to City leadership, regulatory agencies, wholesale customers, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders.

Collaborates with internal divisions, engineering staff, regulatory agencies, wholesale partners, and outside organizations to coordinate utility operations, capital planning, service demands, regulatory compliance, and long-term system development.

Operates a City vehicle and equipment to inspect facilities, support field activities, respond to operational conditions, and ensure the effective maintenance and operation of the water treatment plants.

May be required to respond after hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, during operational emergencies, regulatory events, severe weather, or other departmental or City-wide incidents.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Business or Public Administration, Water or Wastewater Technology, or a related field and 5 years Progressively responsible experience in water and wastewater treatment operations and utility management, including five (5) years of supervisory or management experience.
• Valid Texas Driver’s License. Must possess a valid Class C. Must possess a Class A license in either Water or Wastewater issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
• Demonstrated working knowledge of both water and wastewater treatment operations is required, demonstrated through licensure, relevant TCEQ-approved coursework in the non-licensed discipline, and/or progressively responsible experience in both water and wastewater treatment operations.
• An equivalent combination of education and directly related experience may substitute for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis.
• Preferred Possession of both Class A Water and Class A Wastewater licenses issued by TCEQ is preferred and will be considered in evaluating advanced technical competency and operational leadership experience.