To assist the Superintendent in the operation and maintenance of the Water Pollution Control Plant and to assume duties of Superintendent in his absence if licenses allow. To oversee all laboratory testing and certifications.

Ensures wastewater collection operations meet and exceed state, federal and local requirements.

Prepares annual budgetary requests and monitors expenditures to ensure expenses do not exceed budgetary appropriations, by minimizing

Garners positive working relationship within the WPC Plant and works to ensure collaborative approach between WPC, all city departments, and the administration

Provide expertise and input related to the Long-Term Control Plan (General Plan)

Recommends capital improvement projects within WPC and possibly Sewer Maintenance

Participate in meetings and negotiations with regulatory agencies, other governing bodies, and legal counsel as needed by the Director

Prepares and maintains records, reports, and other documentation as required, e.g. EPA, Department of Health, OSHA, etc.

Maintains continuous education programs fairly and equally for assigned personnel, including GIS

Maintains all employee records, including time worked, vacation time, overtime, accrued sick leave, time accrued, etc.

Develops and maintains working relationship with colleagues, various agencies, general public, and all customers

Collaborates with local and regional wastewater treatment plant operators and staff

Leads hiring and accommodations of diverse staff, while focusing on equity

Investigates, researches, and recommends sustainability, environmental, conservation, green infrastructure, and water reclamation projects throughout the city, Sandusky Bay, and the region

Maintains and provides historical and other available information to contractors, consultants, coworkers, and public regarding city sewers.

Makes sound judgement on all repair and emergencies such as broken sewer main, flow monitoring, CSO's, catch basins, lift stations, etc.

Plans for repair and replacement of infrastructure components, via implementation of planned maintenance management, safety, and inventory control programs.

Acts as ORC when Class III is obtained

Meets with and discusses needs, problems, plans and other related matters with the Director

Provides technical support for operation of the Sewer Maintenance Division.

The supervisory duties of this position include directing, overseeing and annually evaluating the work performance of all WPC personnel. Ensures compliance with City, departmental, and WPC rules and regulations. This includes initiating disciplinary action and recommending promotions. The position leads the process of hiring WPC personnel.

Provides input during union negotiations as desired by the Director

Perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled tasks in division.

Ability to understand and communicate written and electronic instructions.

All other duties as required or assigned.

Responsible to self-initiate activities consistent with the City of Sandusky’s and department’s goals and objectives.

Must report for work at required time and date and maintain a responsible attendance record.

The ability to follow a supervisor’s instructions, tolerate certain levels of stress, and attend work on a punctual, regular basis.

The avoidance of violent behavior that threatens the safety of other employees.

The following supervisory responsibilities are critical to the effective performance of this position.

Manages in compliance with established city policies and procedures.

Manages in compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

Supervises assigned personnel: recommends new hires, recommends terminations, disciplines, evaluates performance and develops each employee to their full potential.

Coordinates activities with other departments.

Directs, manages, coordinates and evaluates the effectiveness and operations of the assigned unit of the city.

Formulates and develops plans, policies, procedures, goals, objectives and regulations necessary to achieve an effective level of organizational performance within the assigned unit of the city.

Skills and Abilities:

Use language and mathematical skills to analyze and interpret financial reports, government funding requirements, statistics, and related materials.

Identify problems and make decisions based on your experience and judgement, as well as on established facts such as budget allocations and legal requirements.

Deal with al kinds of people.

Speak and write clearly and effectively to influence people’s actions and to be sure that your plans will be understood.

Change activities frequently.

Plan and direct programs and the activities of others.

Physical Demands:

Light work: Exerting up to 20 – 50 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or 10 – 25 pounds of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time), and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Requires walking or standing to a significant degree, or requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls, or requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Environmental Conditions:

Both: Inside and Outside. A job is considered “both” if the activities occur inside or outside in approximately equal amounts.

Reasoning, Mathematical and Language Development are indicative of the general level of development required to do this job. Some, but not necessarily all, areas mentioned in this section will be included in this job.

Reasoning Development:

Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form. Deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Mathematical Development:

Compute discount, interest, profit and loss; commission, markups and selling price; ratio and proportion, and percentages. Calculate surface, volumes, weights and measures.

Algebra: Calculate variables and formulas; monomials and polynomials; ratio and proportion variables; and square roots and radicals.

Geometry: Calculate plane and solid figures; circumference, area, and volume. Understand kinds of angles, and properties of pairs of angles.

Language Development:

Reading: Read scientific and technical journals, abstracts, and financial reports.

Writing: Write journals, speeches, and manuals.

Speaking: Conversant in the theory, principles, and methods of effective and persuasive speaking, voice and diction, phonetics, and discussion and debate.

Relationships to Data, People and Things:

Data: Coordinating: Determining time, place, and sequence of operations or action to be taken on the basis of analysis of date; executing determination of and/or reporting on events.

People: Speaking-Signaling: Talking with and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving assignments and or directions to helpers or assistants.

Things: Handling: Using body members, handtools, and/or special devices to work, move, or carry objects or materials. Involves little or no latitude for judgement with regard to attainment of standards or in selecting appropriate tool, object or material.

Specific Vocational Preparation:

Specific Vocational Preparation includes an occupationally significant combination of: vocational education, apprentice training, in-plant training, on-the-job training, or essential experience in less responsible jobs which lead to the higher job or serving in other jobs.

To do this job, you must have the following licenses or certifications before being hired:

State of Ohio Class IV Wastewater Operations Certification or

State of Ohio Class III Wastewater Operations Certification and Class II Laboratory Certification, with the ability to apply for the Class IV Wastewater Operations Certification within 12 months and obtain the Class IV Wastewater Operations Certification within 3 years of appointment.

To do this job, you must have the following amount of total education and/or experience:

High School Diploma

BS degree in Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science or related field preferred

A minimum of 5 years treatment plant operations experience, environmental services, or equivalent.