Pay Range: $75,314 - $97,908 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
The City of Fort Worth Water Utility is seeking to fill the position of Water Quality Manager to manage, supervise, and coordinate the work of staff responsible for collecting, testing, analyzing and control monitoring of water and wastewater; to respond to and resolve public complaints about water quality; and to provide highly responsible and complex administrative support to senior management.
Minimum Qualifications: - A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in biology, chemistry, microbiology, engineering, environmental science or a related field
- Five (5) years of increasing responsible experience in National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) certified laboratory or State Laboratory Accredited Program
- Two (2) years of supervisory experience
- Must pass Drug Screen
Preferred Qualifications: - Master’s degree or higher
- Five - seven years of experience standard water and wastewater lab, field and treatment processes, practices, methods, techniques, and terminology; experience with material and equipment used in the laboratory to analyze water quality.
- Experience using accounting databases and laboratory information management system software.
- Experience meeting Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) regulatory requirements for NELAP laboratory clients.
The Water Quality Manager job responsibilities include: - Supervises staff, which includes prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions or recommendations.
- Supervises, oversees and performs chemical and bacteriological analysis on water and wastewater samples; oversees the collection of water and wastewater samples.
- Oversees the preparation and maintenance of a variety of records and reports related to chemical, physical and bacteriological testing.
- Responds to and resolves customer complaints about water quality; make presentations to various organizations, agencies, and schools; explains procedures and process of water and wastewater analysis.
- Monitors and oversees adherence to local, state and federal water quality regulation and requirements; updates management staff on water quality issues and current regulations; stays abreast of Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
- Oversees laboratory’s accreditation from Texas (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) and for National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP).
- Prepares and ensures proper administration of the laboratory division budget; submits budget recommendations; monitors expenditures.
- Oversees maintenance of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) by identifying software needs and upgrades.
- Serves as the liaison for the water quality division with other divisions, departments and outside agencies interested in water quality; negotiates and resolves sensitive and controversial issues.
Conditions of Employment The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
