SABINE - Assistant Plant Manager

Aquatech International•Baton Rouge, LA

83d•Onsite

About The Position

Aquatech is seeking a full-time Assistant Manager O&M for its Sabine, LA, location. This role involves managing Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) operations, ensuring maximum uptime, monitoring water quality and quantity, and overseeing staff. The ideal candidate is organized, technically skilled, a good communicator, problem-solver, team-oriented, capable of delegation, and customer-service driven, with prior experience managing teams in an industrial setting. The position is considered Exempt.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of chemistry, with the ability to quickly learn water chemistry.
Experience with water treatment equipment such as filters, membrane systems, ion exchange resin systems, clarifiers, softening equipment, and sludge handling equipment.
Ability to quickly learn thermal process equipment, such as heat exchangers, evaporators, crystallizers, and condensers.
Experienced in handling manpower to manage plants and projects.
Ability to demonstrate he or she is a team player who can manage manpower, provide technical guidance, and ensure the profitability of operations.
Aptitude for learning water treatment technology and Industrial / Municipal markets.
Software skills: MS Office, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, etc.
Responsive and presentable individual who respects customer relationships.
BS or Associate's in Chemistry, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.
Six (6) years of experience in the operation and maintenance of an industrial water treatment facility or a water utility plant in a supervisory role is desirable.
In-depth understanding of water chemistry and water analysis techniques.
Experienced in the operation and Maintenance of water treatment plants.
Experienced in clarifiers, chemical precipitation processes, media filtration, pre-filters, ion exchange systems, and various analytical instruments and solids handling systems, along with chemical injection.
Experienced in wastewater discharge permits and/or monitoring wastewater quality.
Experienced in working/supervising closely with shift operators, chemists, mechanics, electricians, and control technicians.
Prior experience in material handling, inventory, and procurement.
Able to foster a culture that promotes safety.
Experienced in scheduling and managing maintenance on the Maximo platform.
Proven ability to implement and execute daily scheduled work with maintenance.
Ensuring the most critical work is prioritized and assigned.
Familiar with the budget process and assist the O&M manager in budgeting and prioritizing resource funding.
Ability to provide input on employee personal development, and assist the O&M manager in articulating developmental needs and justifying resources to the IWS manager.
Developing and fostering an environment where safety is the highest priority and where individual safety is a mindset.

Nice To Haves

Experience with thermal process equipment, such as heat exchangers, evaporators, crystallizers, and condensers.
OSHA-10 certified prefer.

Responsibilities

Manage WTP-WWTP plant operation, ensuring maximum plant uptime, monitoring incoming and outgoing water quality, and quantity of water produced.
Schedule plant activities such as water analysis, ion exchange regeneration, and filter press cleaning.
Ensure operations staff conduct water analysis at a pre-defined frequency and maintain logs.
Guide the maintenance crew and ensure all tools and parts are available.
Plan maintenance schedules and track inventory of spare parts.
Train employees on safety, process, automation, and chemistry.
Ensure housekeeping in the plant.
Ensure that all safety protocols are followed by the O&M staff (e.g., chemical hazards, confined space entry, Lockout-Tagout, etc.), and electrical safety.
Conduct daily morning meetings with O&M staff to plan the day’s work and Job Safety Analysis.
Develop a safety and teamwork culture and ensure discipline among all employees.
Conduct experiments in support of the Technology development objective.
Develop a training document.
Perform advanced problem solving and investigations of complex issues or excursions.
Implement corrective actions from system excursions.
Coordinate construction activities with contractors working on IWS systems.
Plan and execute system shutdowns in support of module or factory upgrades.
Participate in design reviews for proposed system upgrades and provide input on system sustainability.
Perform other duties as assigned.