Commercial Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager – Lead, Innovate, and Drive Excellence (Houston Facility)

Location: 250 Gelhorn Dr, Houston, TX

Compensation: Starting at $140,000 annual salary bonus potential!

Join Our Team as a CWT Plant Manager – Lead, Innovate, and Drive Excellence!

Are you a driven leader with a passion for optimizing operations, championing safety, and achieving financial success? We’re seeking an experienced CWT Plant Manager to take ownership of our state-of-the-art waste treatment facility in Houston. In this dynamic role, you’ll lead a dedicated team, oversee critical plant operations, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, all while driving profitability and continuous improvement. If you thrive in an environment where innovation and leadership go hand-in-hand, we want to hear from you!

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Position Overview

The primary function of this role is to provide leadership and oversee all facility functions to maximize revenue and profit by providing excellent customer service, managing expenses, allocating and maximizing resources, and meeting all safety and compliance requirements. The Plant Manager will facilitate safety and operations training and supervise plant operators at the facility to ensure safe and compliant operation at all times. This position determines best process management practices and works with local facility management and corporate operations leadership to standardize these practices.

The Plant Manager is responsible for planning, developing financial justifications to implement operational improvements, and overseeing the hiring, training, and supervision of plant operators and administrative employees. This role is accountable for profitability, equipment maintenance, quality control, chemical inventory management, adherence to established SOPs, and maintaining all required permits and licenses.

Essential Functions

• Directs the activities of all aspects of the business unit to ensure safety and compliance while maximizing profitability through expense control and revenue growth
• Full P&L responsibility for the Houston Plant
• Works with Sales, Services, and Customer Solutions to grow volumes and maximize pricing opportunities in the market
• Maintains awareness of competitive market activities, pricing changes, new industry players, and trends that may affect the business
• Focuses on productivity, metrics, cost, and continuous improvement
• Ensures the facility meets all local, municipal, state, and federal regulations and safety requirements
• Ensures proper staffing to maximize productivity, capacity utilization, and customer service
• Operates the facility safely and in full compliance with all regulations at all times
• Responsible for staffing, training, and developing new employees to operate safely, efficiently, and profitably
• Ensures work scheduling for operations employees supports plant needs and customer requirements
• Ensures safety meetings are held regularly and documented
• Manages incoming wastewater and treatment processes using approved SOPs
• Oversees discharge compliance and ensures proper sampling, reporting, and documentation
• Ensures incoming profiles, manifests, bills of lading, and vendor/customer interactions meet company requirements
• Facilitates excellent customer service at all levels
• Compiles and analyzes various reports for management reporting, operational decision-making, and compliance
• Manages administrative staff (if applicable) to ensure accurate billing, receivables accounting, and customer service using company-established practices
• Ensures all preventive and corrective maintenance is performed timely and in accordance with acceptable guidelines
• Monitors and reports site conditions to the Director of Treatment Operations
• Completes all required documents and reports
• Administers expense budgets within established guidelines to support cost-effective operations
• Participates in special projects and prepares various special reports as assigned
• Adheres to all regulations, company policies, procedures, and instructions
• Follows all safety rules and consistently uses appropriate safety equipment
• Communicates with co-workers, management, clients, vendors, and others in a courteous and professional manner
• Coordinates effectively with other Liquid Environmental Solutions departments
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Education & Experience

• 5 years of Supervisory and/or Managerial experience
• High school diploma or equivalent (Required)
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering (Preferred)
• Waste stream or wastewater training
• Minimum of three years of wastewater experience or related industrial/processing/manufacturing experience (Required)

Knowledge & Skills

• Experience managing employees and teams
• Budgetary and profit & loss accountability
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, including Word and Excel
• Experience with Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook a plus
• Professional appearance, communication, and demeanor

Working Environment

• Periods of work in hot or cold outdoor conditions
• General office environment when indoors
• Ability to work around strong odors
• Some lifting and bending required
• Extended periods of sitting possible

Primary Facility Assignment

250 Gelhorn Dr, Houston, TX