Labor Supervisor III - W&WW

City of Midland • Tx, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Supervises the construction and maintenance of water distribution systems and wastewater collection systems. This role involves scheduling, monitoring, and evaluating the work of subordinates, including disciplinary actions and motivation. The supervisor instructs and oversees employees in the proper use and maintenance of equipment, as well as safety procedures in accordance with local and state regulations. Responsibilities include reviewing plans, reporting deficiencies, making recommendations, and resolving customer complaints and questions regarding the water and wastewater system. The position determines construction and installation requirements for projects to ensure quality, efficiency, and compliance with regulatory requirements for safe water delivery and wastewater collection. The role requires the ability to work after hours, weekends, holidays, and rotating on-call duty. Communication with utility companies and construction personnel for locating water and wastewater lines is also a key duty, along with performing other related tasks as required.

Requirements

• Ability to effectively communicate with employees or citizens, in order to receive work orders or instructions for any project.
• Employee will contact repair personnel, and vendors to obtain quotes or bids and to determine repair costs.
• Employee will communicate with contractors and utility inspector to ensure quality.
• Ability to read, interpret and understand work orders, equipment manuals, water and wastewater mapping system and local, state regulations.
• Knowledge on procedures used in utility maintenance and construction.
• Skill in the use and operation of power tools, materials and equipment such as pumps, backhoe, dump truck, vacuum truck and several heavy equipment.
• Ability to draw plans for traffic control, knowledge on ditch and hole shoring and confine space.
• High school diploma or equivalent plus five years experience in water and wastewater maintenance and construction.
• Valid Texas Class "A" Driver License.
• Must possess or be able to obtain a Wastewater Class II and Water Distribution C Certification within a reasonable length of time.

Responsibilities

• Schedules, monitors, evaluates the work and performs disciplinary, and motivation of subordinates.
• Instructs and oversees employees in the proper use, care and preventative maintenance of equipment and machinery.
• Instructs and oversees employees in safety to them and the public in accordance with local and state regulations.
• Reviews plans, reports deficiencies, makes recommendations.
• Responds to and resolves customer complaints and questions, from contractors and others regarding the water and wastewater system.
• Determines construction and installation requirements for projects.
• Communicates and locates water and wastewater lines for utility companies and construction personnel.
• Performs related duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED