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Superintendent of Water Distribution - Water Service Center

City of Lincoln & Lancaster County
Lincoln, NE Full Time
POSTED ON 2/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/8/2025

Job Posting Information

Lincoln Water System is one of 11 divisions in the City of Lincoln Transportation and Utilities (LTU) Department. The LTU team provides transit, transportation and utilities services year-round to the citizens of Lincoln. Nearly 600-team members make up LTU. We place importance in building positive relationships within our divisions and department and with our community partners. We value our team's forward-thinking attitude and pride ourselves on good stewardship of our environment. We celebrate our individual strengths that in turn take our teams to new levels of accomplishment. We commit ourselves to offering additional training opportunities and a variety of paths for professional job growth. Our teammates enjoy benefits that include, but are not limited to, a retirement match, paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, and health, dental, and vision plans. Join the largest department at the City of Lincoln today. We are excited to enhance our community's quality of life together.

We are looking for our next Superintendent of Water Distribution. This is highly responsible management level position engaged in operating, maintaining, and growing Lincoln’s water distribution system. Specific responsibilities involve planning and implementing an operating and capital improvements budget with an emphasis on infrastructure renewal, managing and supervising a skilled operations team in a demanding 24/7/365 environment, enforcement of codes and standards with an emphasis on quality control, work and collaboration with developers on system growth related projects, compliance with State and Federal safe drinking water regulations including cross connection control, developing and implementing state of the practice methods and technology, public engagement and presentations, and general customer care related tasks.

This position is located at 2021 N 27th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in mechanical or civil engineering plus management-level experience in the supervision of a water distribution system; or graduation from a senior high school or equivalent with college-level coursework in mechanical or civil engineering with four years of management experience at the superintendent level in water distribution; or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the desirable knowledge, abilities and skills.

Necessary Special Requirement
Possession of a Class II Nebraska Water Operator's Certificate or equivalent; or the ability to obtain such within one year of appointment.

Why Join Us?
Our teammates enjoy benefits that include, but are not limited to, a retirement match, paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, and health, dental, and vision plans. Join the largest department at the City of Lincoln today. We are excited to enhance our community's quality of life together


We value each City of Lincoln employee and one way we demonstrate this is by providing an attractive and competitive total compensation package that adds value to our employees' professional and personal lives. The following benefits are available for this position:

  • Pay increases are available upon completion of the 6-month new employee probationary period, and annually thereafter based on performance.
  • We encourage a healthy work-life balance by offering 20 days of vacation leave approximately annually that you begin accruing upon hire plus 11 paid holidays and 2 personal convenience days per fiscal year.
  • All medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family begin the first of the month following hire, no need to wait!
  • 30 days of Paid Parental Leave
  • Employee Assistance Programs offering work/life services, wellness coaching, short-term counseling, legal assistance, and financial coaching.
  • Up to 4 days of Funeral and Bereavement Leave
  • $70,000 of Life Insurance
  • 401(a) Retirement Plan. If you make a 7% contribution, the City will contribute 9%
  • We a provided Post Employment Health Plan for eligible medical expenses that occur after you leave City employment.
  • Optional benefits include:
    • Medical and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
    • Allstate Voluntary Plans
    • Supplemental Term Life
    • Deferred Compensation Plans

Salary : $70,000

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