Treatment Plant Supervisor

• Serves as Operator in Responsible Charge (ORC) of facilities or programs as-assigned. Serves as Back-Up Operator in Responsible Charge (BORC) of additional facilities or programs as assigned. (5%)
• Enforces safety regulations. (5%)
• Supervises and schedules the work of personnel of the plant, gives instructions on general operative procedures. (10%)
• Makes educated process control decisions for efficient and compliant operation of plant and/or bio-solids; serves as technical resource for staff with regards to troubleshooting process control issues. (10%)
• Schedules and coordinates calibration and maintenance activities on equipment. (10%)
• Inspects the operation of the plant and/or bio-solids program to ensure conformance to standards and proper operation. (10%)
• Plans and conducts or oversees in-service training of new employees. (5%)
• Supervises and/or participates in the preparation and submission of State and Federal reports as required. (5%)
• Arranges purchases of supplies and equipment necessary for proper operation; (15%)
• Supervises process control program. (5%)
• Maintains daily records and reports on plant or bio-solids operations and activities. (5%)
• Monitors work performed by contractors to ensure quality and compliance with State permit requirements and Federal rules. (10%)
• Develops budget recommendations. (5%)

• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles, practices, characteristics, and equipment of wastewater plant operations and bio-solids including detailed knowledge of the mechanical, electrical, and process aspects 
• Comprehensive knowledge of hydraulic, chemical, biological, and mechanical principles involved in the plant and bio-solids program. 
• Comprehensive knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions involved in plant operation and biosolids functions 
• Ability to make complex mathematical calculations 
• Ability to understand and follow complex oral and written instructions 
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing 
• Ability to supervise operations as on-call personnel 
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, subordinates, bio-solids program participants, and the general public.

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or couching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal spoken word levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts.
• Repetitive Motions: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

• Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform one or more of the following: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcription; computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform one or more of the following:

• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: Fumes, odors dusts, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
• The worker is required to wear a respirator.

The City of Gastonia is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/H 

Salary : $65,520 - $92,310