Assistant Superintendent I / Irrigation & Utilities Supervisor

PARKWAY MAINTENANCE & MANAGEMENT PINELLAS LLC; Clearwater (FL); On-site; USD 2,893,000 - 3,995,000; Full time

Job summary

Parkway Maintenance & Management Pinellas LLC in Clearwater, FL is seeking an Assistant Superintendent for the Utilities department. You will supervise staff involved in the construction, maintenance, and repair of water distribution and sanitation systems, ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance across assignments and outsourced contractors.

This leadership role requires coordinating daily operations, providing training and evaluations, and working with other departments to deliver

Qualifications

• Four years of experience involving the construction, maintenance, and repair of water distribution system and wastewater collection system.

Responsibilities

• Monitors crew activities to ensure safety and water quality or other policies are followed.
• Represents the Management Company to citizens in resolving service requests and contacts property owners, contractors, utility company employees, and other departments to coordinate the completion of service requests or to resolve problems; at the department heads direction.
• Coordinates the daily use of equipment.
• Coordinates activities with other departments, to accomplish work tasks;
• Enforces safety regulations and directs barricading and traffic control when needed;
• Prepares investigative reports and supports the safety coordinator in regards to accident and injury
• Calls or electronically generates requests for locate markings before construction projects begin; should be familiar with 811 locates.
• Maintains phone contact with all assigned staff and arranges for the delivery of materials and equipment to job sites;
• Pre-inspects job sites to determine the scope of work
• Prepares field drawings of work performed; maintains copies of and records new updates on as-builts for future reference
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
• Water Distribution: Supervises and evaluates the work of crews engaged in maintaining, monitoring, constructing, installing, replacing or repairing water mains and service lines of various sizes, or supervising crews engaged in specialty operations.
• Wastewater Collection: Supervises and evaluates the work of employees engaged in the operation maintenance, cleaning, inspection, preventive maintenance, repair and construction of the property’s sanitary sewer system;
• 811 Locates: Supervises and evaluates the work of employees engaged in marking utilities including water and sewer infrastructure;
• Supervisory Responsibilities: Assist in the hiring, counseling, and termination of employees as necessary including problem resolution and documentation.

Skills

Water distribution knowledge

Supervisory experience

Safety compliance

Communication skills

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Job DetailsLevel: ManagementJob Location: CW - Clearwater, FL 33763Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: High SchoolSalary Range: $25.23Job Shift: DayJob Summary/Overview

The Assistant Superintendent of the Utilities department oversees the work of the staff involved in the construction, maintenance, and repair of the water distribution (potable and reclaimed) system and work involving the gravity and force main sanitary sewer systems, supervision is exercised over any combination of Irrigation and Utility Technicians and helpers. This position supervises the daily operations of the utility operations, ensures compliance with safety requirements, provides training, coaching, performance evaluations and will interact with and oversee the performance of outsourced utility contractors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitors and directs crew activities to ensure safety and water quality or other policies are followed
• Represents the Management Company to citizens in resolving service requests and complaints and contacts property owners, contractors, utility company employees, and other departments to coordinate the completion of service requests or to resolve problems; at the department heads direction.
• Coordinates the daily use of equipment
• Coordinates activities with other departments, to accomplish work tasks;
• Enforces safety regulations and directs barricading and traffic control when needed;
• Prepares investigative reports and supports the safety coordinator in regards to accident and injury
• Calls or electronically generates requests for locate markings before construction projects begin; should be familiar with 811 locates.
• Maintains phone contact with all assigned staff and arranges for the delivery of materials and equipment to job sites;
• Pre-inspects job sites to determine the scope of work
• Prepares field drawings of work performed; maintains copies of and records new updates on as-builts for future reference
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.

Water Distribution:

• Supervises and evaluates the work of crews engaged in maintaining, monitoring, constructing, installing, replacing or repairing water mains and service lines of various sizes, or supervising crews engaged in specialty operations.

Wastewater Collection:

• Supervises and evaluates the work of employees engaged in the operation maintenance, cleaning, inspection, preventive maintenance, repair and construction of the property’s sanitary sewer system;
• Orders and accepts delivery of chemicals, equipment and materials while monitoring contractors, at the request of the Senior Manager, Community Sustainability.

811 Locates:

• Supervises and evaluates the work of employees engaged in marking utilities including water and sewer infrastructure;
• Responds to damaged and unknown utilities to investigate and determine responsibility;
• Uses current information to determine locates for large or difficult projects.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Assist in the hiring, counseling, and termination of employees as necessary including problem resolution and documentation.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the company’s policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; interacting with vendors; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Write and conduct employee reviews, disciplinary counseling and/or write-ups, as approved by superiors.
• Problem solving and employee counseling.

Working Conditions

The working conditions described are typical of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Some work required in tight spaces. While performing the duties of this job, the individual will be required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and smell; will regularly be required to stand, walk and will frequently be required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, feel or smell. Vision requirements are close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. This position is regularly exposed to wet or humid conditions and standing water. Exposure to high temperatures (95 degrees and above), high humidity (80% and above) and a variety of weather conditions is common. The typical noise level is quiet to very loud. Involves exposure to raw sewage, blood, body fluids, or tissues, although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids. Possible exposure to particulates and organic vapors.

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally be required to reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, kneel or crouch.
• Regularly be required to stand for long periods, walk, and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally be required to climb ladders.
• Work outdoors in all kinds of weather conditions, including extreme heat.
• Be required to speak and hear.
• Position will also involve exposure to cleaning solutions/chemicals.
• Involves none to minimal exposure to blood, bodily fluids/tissues, although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere might encounter potential exposure to bodily fluids.

Organizational Relationships

This position maintains a close working relationship with all other work groups including the Parkway Trades, the SCA staff and the OTOW Real Estate of Pinellas, LLC and Rental staff. This position maintains a very close working relationship with the Parkway Service Department, Emergency Service and Community Association.

Reports to: Senior Manager, Community Sustainability

Direct Reports: Yes

QualificationsQualifications (Education, Experience, Technical Skills)

Education & Experience

• Four years of experience involving the construction, maintenance, and repair of water distribution system and wastewater collection system.
• One year of Supervisory experience is required.
• Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Knowledge of the general water distribution system or wastewater collection system.
• Knowledge of methods, materials, tools, and equipment used in constructing, maintaining, and repairing the property’s water distribution system or in constructing, maintaining, repairing, and inspecting the property’s wastewater collection system and related structures and facilities.
• Knowledge of hazards of water distribution or wastewater collection work and safety measures to be observed, including trench safety, confined space entry, personal protective equipment hard hat, vest policies, and disinfection procedures.
• Knowledge of construction techniques and sewer maintenance methods.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of supervision.
• Ability to perform a broad range of supervisory responsibilities over others.
• Ability to communicate orally with customers, clients, or the public in either a face-to-face, one-to-one setting or by using a telephone.
• Ability to observe or monitor objects or people’s behavior to determine compliance with prescribed operating or safety standards.
• Ability to comprehend and make inferences from written material, such as operations, maintenance and procedures manuals and Material Safety Data Sheets/Globally Harmonized System (GHS).
• Ability to read and interpret engineering specifications and drawings, preferred.
• Ability to produce written documents with clearly organized thoughts using proper English sentence construction, punctuation, and grammar.
• Ability to retrieve data or information from a terminal, PC, or other keyboard device on the service request system in order to plan and schedule work activities.
• Ability to work in a variety of weather conditions with exposure to the elements.
• Ability to learn job-related material through oral instruction and observation or through structure lecture and reading. This learning takes place in either and on-the-job training setting or in a classroom setting.
• Ability to travel across rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces.
• Ability to measure distance using a tape measure or other measuring device.
• Ability to work with raw sewage and chemicals in the collection system using only normal protective equipment.
• Ability to set up and remove barricades, traffic cones, or similar objects.
• Ability to operate backhoe/mini-excavator, pumps, and other equipment preferred.
• Ability to work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.

Certifications, Licenses, and Special Requirements:

• Current valid driver’s license with acceptable driving history.
• Must pass a background check and drug screen.