WATER TREATMENT SUPERVISOR

Pay

Rate of Pay: $46.53‑$56.97 per hour (Depends on Experience).

Job Summary

The Water Treatment Supervisor provides supervisory and professional water treatment plant oversight in treating high quality drinking and stream water and ensuring compliance with associated Utah Division of Drinking Water requirements and Spiro and Judge Mine Tunnel Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits with the main objective of protecting public health and the natural environment. Each Supervisor is responsible for operations and maintenance of up to two surface water and mine tunnel treatment plants and related water sources and the plants’ process control SCADA and instrumentation systems including staffing, training, directing operations and maintenance.

Typical Duties

• Supervises 4 Water Treatment Plant Operator III’s or IV’s; assigns and monitors work; trains and develops staff.
• Leads hiring, training, advancement, promotion, and status changes of division employees; evaluates performance and disciplines employees as necessary.
• Directs and manages proper operation, monitoring, maintenance, repair, and compliance for complex water treatment plants and sources to ensure facilities produce drinking water that meets Utah Division of Drinking Water regulations, Utah Division of Water Quality permit limits, and a local sewer pretreatment permit, including optimizing asset life.
• Manages 24/7 review of SCADA control system trends to verify health of water treatment systems.
• Directs daily and weekly regulatory compliance requirements, including daily integrity testing of membrane filters, calibration, verification of critical water quality instrumentation, and operational laboratory testing.
• Ensures treatment plants operate in accordance with local sewer pretreatment permit requirements and leads routine inspections with the sewer district.
• Supervises operation of electrical equipment such as valves, pumps, heaters, motors, meters, chemical feed systems, programmable logic controllers, monitoring devices, and analytical devices (turbidimeters, pH meters, chlorine residual analyzers, etc.).
• Directs maintenance, repair, calibration, and validation of equipment at sources and treatment plants using computerized Maintenance Management Software; develops maintenance plans and schedules for chemical feed systems, storage, equipment, machinery, tools, building structures, SCADA/telemetry hardware, radio equipment, flow meters, pumps, motors, water plant quality instrumentation, electrical equipment, valves, regulators, wells, and generators.
• Uses advanced knowledge of water treatment and water chemistry to supervise appropriate chemical adjustments and operations to meet water quality requirements.
• Coordinates operations with neighboring utilities and raw water users; ensures source management to achieve water rights schedules.
• Participates in daily shift operator and on‑call rotation, leading and monitoring daily operations of treatment plants and sources on a 24‑7‑365 basis; responds to emergencies.
• Makes independent operational decisions based on master‑level system knowledge.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 7 years of experience or a combination of equivalent experience (e.g., operator certifications or pertinent courses) in operation, maintenance, and repair of water treatment plants.
• Utah Operators certification: Grade IV Water Distribution and Treatment.
• Valid State CDL License.
• Within 60‑minute travel time from home while on‑call and for emergency response.

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisory experience.
• Associate’s degree in a related field.
• Direct Responsible Charge Operator Certification.

Working Conditions

• Frequent lifting of up to 50 lb; occasional lifting of more than 100 lb.
• Physical activity required to climb in and out of vaults, confined spaces, and equipment; work within mine tunnel entrances.
• Close‑range observation needed to operate SCADA and maintain equipment.
• Work performed in office, treatment plants, vehicles, and outdoor settings in all weather conditions, including extreme temperatures.
• Use of personal protective equipment: face shields, safety glasses, chemical protective gear, gloves, respirators, hearing protection, wet gear, rubber steel‑toed boots, etc.
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, wet/humid conditions, fumes, airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Moderate to high noise levels.
• Occasional travel to meetings, trainings, and conferences.
• Rotating on‑call hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays; required to respond to emergencies 24/7/365 related to the public water system.