This Opportunity

WSP has a career opportunity for an Industrial WWTP Lead Operator/Site Manager for our Lakewood, CO mining team. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations and maintenance of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facilities to meet goals and to ensure efficiency and timeliness of work. Also, to ensure that site activities are in compliance with laws, policies and regulations and provide technical support and information to site staff within scope of experience.

Your Impact

SUPERVISION AND OVERSIGHT

• Supervise assigned site staff; meet regularly with site staff to resolve workload and technical issues; prioritize and assign tasks and projects
• Monitor site staff work and safety performance and provide instruction on work/ safety performance improvement, as needed
• Oversee and audit the operations and maintenance staff as they perform their rounds monitoring the process equipment throughout the WTP
• Ensure staff adhere to policies and procedures in compliance with local, state and federal regulations
• Assist with recruitment of replacement staff if/when staff vacancies occur

INSPECTION AND REPORTING

• Inspect plant processes and equipment, analyze instrument readings and laboratory data
• Review and edit daily operations staff notes for accuracy and trend data to provide input into plant process improvement
• Prepare monthly reports for review by Project Manager

HEALTH SAFETY SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENT

• Ensure site staff operate and maintain all equipment in a safe and controlled manner in accordance with site health and safety plans and industry best practices in accordance with OSHA 1910.120, 1915.1000, 1910.1096, and 1926.53
• Ensure operations staff operate treatment equipment in accordance with discharge permits or other regulatory requirements
• Ensure maintenance staff perform preventive and corrective maintenance in a safe, controlled and timely fashion to maximize WTP online availability
• Identify and report potential and existing site hazards, incidents, Fatal Risk Controls, and pSIFs to project management and safety personnel

TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION

• Assist WSP project management with training and evaluating staff
• Assist site Radiation Safety Officer and safety resource personnel with ensuring OSHA compliance and safe practices are being followed by staff
• Assist maintenance staff with the preventive maintenance program as needed; ensure equipment needing repair remains isolated until repaired
• Participate in decisions on plant process operation
• Direct maintenance staff for ordering and maintaining parts and supply inventories; assist operations staff with ordering process and laboratory chemicals and supplies
• Lead site meetings and handoff meetings
• Work collaboratively with other professionals, scientists, engineers, inspectors, project control, and technicians on assigned inspection phases, checks, and tasks.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• OSHA 1910.120 40 hour HazWOPER certification
• 5 years of experience, with two years of Site Management / Lead Operations at a class “A” industrial wastewater treatment facility and two years experience supervising (O&M) staff at wastewater treatment plants or similar facilities 
• Experience with operations and maintenance of industrial reverse osmosis filtration systems
• Colorado Industrial Wastewater Treatment Operator Certification class “A”.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating water treatment facilities designed to treat radionuclide contamination.
• Experience working with a Radiation Safety Officer and radionuclide exposure safety programs

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. 

Compensation:
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $61,600 - $95,480

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.