Supervisor Pretreatment Department

Full-Time, Safety-Sensitive Position, Pay Grade 15

Starting Salary: $63,478.43 - $103,404.43 DOE

Closing Date: Until Filled

POSITION SUMMARY:

Inspects and monitors industries, restaurants, and other businesses to ensure compliance with Federal, State, Local laws, and/or Ordinances. Research and interpret Federal, State, Local Government, and Utility laws and regulations to ensure the Utility’s compliance. Provide information on those interpretations to the department manager and local industries. Informs industries of violations and/or potential violations.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

-   Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biology or Chemistry

-   Minimum 5-years’ experience in supporting role of an ADEQ and EPA approved Pretreatment Program

-   Excellent Interpersonal Skills for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with employees, other departments, City Staff, City Officials, and the public

-   Management and team building skills to include supervisory, instruction, problem analysis and decision making, planning, organizing, adaptability, stress tolerance and time management

-   Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power                                                       

-   Knowledge of Federal, State, Local & Pretreatment Ordinance requirements

-   Knowledge of Clean Water Act, SARA, RCRA, CFRs and other laws governing the collection, pretreatment, treatment and discharge of wastewater

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Class 1 Wastewater Treatment Operator’s License and Industrial Wastewater License, Valid Arkansas Driver’s License

APPLICANTS WHOSE TRAINING AND/OR EXPERIENCE BEST RELATE WILL BE GIVEN FIRST CONSIDERATION FOR THIS POSITION. APPLICANTS WILL BE EVALUATED ON THE LENGTH AND QUALITY OF WORK EXPERIENCE OF A RELATED NATURE IN PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND ON OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS

- Absenteeism records, current job performance ratings, references from previous employers attesting to work habits, punctuality, and reliability                                                                                            

-  Safe driving record & academic record

 Essential Functions Statement(s):

- Supervision of the Pretreatment Program clerical and technical staff.

- Resolve compliance issues with industrial users and respond to customer complaints in a timely, polite, and effective manner.

- Research, analyze and interpret Federal, State, and Local Government laws, regulations, policies, codes, statutes, and requirements pertaining to NLRW Pretreatment Program to ensure compliance.

- Coordinate the development of the ADEQ and EPA required annual Pretreatment Program compliance reports.

- Review of Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit Applications.

- Review of all reports pertaining to the Pretreatment Program.

- Develop Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits.

- Develop permit conditions and compliance schedules for Wastewater Discharge Permits.

- Review of all monitoring data to ascertain instances of non-compliance of NLRW permitted industries.

- Notifies industrial and commercial users of instances of non-compliance related to the use of the sanitary sewer system.

- Issues violations/non-compliance letters to NLRW permitted industries.

- Reviews all permitted industries responses to violations/non-compliance letters issued to ensure proper corrective actions have been addressed.

- Attend and testify at Show Cause Hearings when appropriate.

- Supervises the direction of monitoring activities associated with the Pretreatment Program.

- Oversees the NLRW permitted industrial wastewater discharge sampling for permit compliance.

- Implementation of a security system to prevent tampering with the wastewater samples collected for compliance monitoring.

- Coordinates the billing of NLRW permitted industries.

- Assist in inspections of industrial and commercial facilities.

- Develop correspondence to address issues and concerns of NLRW permitted industrial customers.

- Perform as a liaison between the NLRW permitted industrial customers and the NLRW departments.

- Preparation of the Pretreatment Program Budget.

- Oversees the NLRW grease abatement program for restaurants connected to the NLRW sanitary sewer system.

- Coordinate enforcement actions between NLRW and industrial/commercial users connected to the sanitary sewer system.

- Perform other duties as assigned by the utility director or department manager.

Pre-Treatment Program Duties

- Receipt and review of Discharge Permit Applications.

- Preparation of permit conditions and compliance schedules for Wastewater Discharge Permits.

- The review of all monitoring data to ascertain instances of non-compliance.

- The notification to Industrial Users of instances of non-compliance.

- Direction of monitoring activities and sample transportation.

- Routine inspections of monitoring equipment and verification of operation and calibration.

- Routine inspection of the Industrial Users monitoring equipment and pretreatment equipment.

- Reviews testing results to determine compliance with the Industrial Pretreatment Program.

- The reporting of all instances of non-compliance to the Pretreatment Coordinator.

- Supervises the Pretreatment Technicians in the collection of samples and performing of laboratory procedures,

- The preparation of monitoring schedules.

- The implementation of security system for samples from collection to testing.

- Preparation of Wastewater Discharge Permits.

- Coordinates the billing of industrial customers.

- Researches and interprets Federal, State, and Local Government laws, regulations, and requirements to ensure the Utility’s compliance.

APPLICANTS SHOULD SUBMIT A STANDARD NLR WASTEWATER APPLICATION FORM TO:

NORTH LITTLE ROCK WASTEWATER, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

7400 BAUCUM PIKE, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72117

If Mailed: P. O. Box 17898, N. Little Rock, AR 72117

Applications can be picked up in Admin Office or can be completed online at https://www.nlrwu.gov/employment-opportunities/employment-application

North Little Rock Wastewater complies with Executive Order 11246, as amended, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations. North Little Rock Wastewater is committed to achieving a diverse workforce through application of its affirmative action, equal opportunity and nondiscrimination policy in all aspects of employment including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training.