Description

This position assists in the direction and coordination of activities for the Maintenance Department at the Atherton Wastewater Treatment Facility. All positions in the Maintenance department are subordinate to this position. This position conducts operations with direction provided by the Maintenance Manager. Duties include, but are not limited to, providing leadership and guidance to departmental personnel on a day-to-day basis and performing all duties of the Maintenance Manager in his or her absence. This is a supervisory position overseeing technical, skilled, and complex work associated with the maintenance and repair of the district’s infrastructure providing cost-effective maintenance programs including reliability-centered, preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance.

Routine tasks include planning/scheduling of work, supervision of personnel, tracking of resource use, optimizing labor/consumables costs, maintaining accurate records, workforce development, continuous improvement, inter-department coordination, inventory management, critique of preventive maintenance tasks/frequencies, monitoring of productivity and proactive responses to all maintenance program needs. This position is accountable for both in-house and outsourced resources. This position is part of a small, integrated, mission-orientated team with a unionized workforce. 

Areas of responsibility may overlap with other Departments (Operations, Engineering, Environmental, Conveyance, Administration) and the Middle Big Creek Sewer Subdistrict. This position interacts and collaborates with Managers, Supervisors, and regular employees. 

The position uses data, records, feedback, and technical manuals to guide maintenance efforts, develop/assign work, assure proper work assignments and optimize work task completion. This position strives to constantly improve maintenance program results. The understanding and ability to prioritize competing needs and interests is essential as workflows include planned and unplanned emergent competing priorities.

Requirements

•          Preferred candidates will have a college degree with a major related to technology, electrical or mechanical systems. Actual experience (skilled and semi-skilled) with managing, repairing, and maintaining electrical and mechanical systems may be substituted for formal education. Preference shall be given to candidates who have accredited formal education in a relevant field including technical schools or associate degrees. Prior experience in supervisory or management roles shall also gain favor. 
•         Experience, including supervisory experience in related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
•         Experience with CMMS systems, electronic work orders, wastewater treatment process control equipment/systems and related infrastructure is preferred.
• In the absence of such explicit experience, candidates must demonstrate an ability to learn new software systems, ability to use computer/software in a work environment and similar transferrable skills.