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The Wastewater Treatment Environmental Manager is responsible for the operation and direction of a fully functional Wastewater Treatment Plant.  This position maintains all equipment in the Wastewater Treatment Plant and is also responsible for ensuring effective facility maintenance, housekeeping and safety; maintaining regulatory compliance for the building, grounds, and treatment facility. This position has direct oversight for equipment, facility and workers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure work practices and facility design are compliant with codes, standards and applicable regulations. Identify and promote best management practices.
• Lead the daily operation of the wastewater treatment plant and ensure environmental compliance for the sit; effectively resolving issues as they arise. 
• Manage workers associated with the system, monitoring for the performance of proper and timely maintenance of equipment and facility; to include ground and wastewater treatment system.
• Supervise the cleaning, maintenance and upkeep of process equipment in the wastewater facility, assisting in the process as needed. 
• Effectively work with plant maintenance and contractors as required. 
• Manage facility environmental programs and ensure compliance with Federal, State and local environmental statutes.
• Ensure inspections by regulatory and outside agencies are coordinated, and deficiencies are minimized and corrected.
• Act a plant liaison for local, state, and federal agencies related to compliance issues and public complaints; work to resolve issues; involve Plant Manager and Environmental Compliance Manager when as appropriate.   
• Keep current with developments in environmental regulations; share knowledge of changes  with wastewater operators and the plant management team. 
• Assist with accident prevention and injury/incident investigations.
• Document, investigate and report all uncontrolled hazards and unsafe conditions; facilitating corrective action as appropriate.
• Gather and submit water and other samples as required in compliance with EPA and other regulations.
• Perform tests as required to treat water properly.
• Perform BOD air monitoring.
• Obtain and maintain air monitoring certificate by state.
• Perform and contribute to the Site Training Plans by conducting hands on WWT Safety Experience training.
• Conduct risk assessments within the wastewater treatment facility at the task, job and process levels.
• Train Wastewater Operators and other plant workers (as required) on environmental job duties and responsibilities, including best practices for keeping water in-compliance with city and state requirements.
• Monitor gauges and charts, accurately recording data related to wastewater.
• Ensure all documentation is in place and kept current.
• Ensure daily sampling and lab analysis is completed; work to resolve issues; escalating to Plant Manager as appropriate. 
• Supervise daily operation changes to ensure they are completed correctly and in a timely manner. 
• Audit the record keeping of lab analysis, flows, and maintenance items for accuracy; providing feedback to workers to ensure correct understanding of the process.      
• Monitor the inventory levels of chemicals, lab supplies, and spare parts; order as needed. 
• Complete the site environmental reporting as assigned, (example: Tier 2, Form R, and Annual Air Emissions Inventory).  Communicate corrective actions to workers and management as needed. 
• Advise Corporate team concerning all wastewater needs related to permits etc.
• Prepare monthly and annual discharge reports as well as other regulatory reports; file in appropriate location; share information with Plant Manager as appropriate.   

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervisory Responsibilities
  • Responsible for employee relations including work direction of employees, hiring, training, performance reviews, administering policies and procedures, disciplinary action, and compensation recommendations.
  • Direct implementation of departmental objectives, goals and policies.
  • Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Understand and adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Safety Protocol
  • Stop any observed unsafe acts and obey facility safety rules and procedures.
  • Correct or report any observed safety hazards.
  • Support safety policies and programs.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.