Valve Maintenance Supervisor

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority; Chelsea (MA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority seeks a Valve Supervisor to oversee crews responsible for inspection, maintenance and repair of water valves and related facilities in the MWRA system. The role includes planning, supervising installation and testing, and ensuring safety compliance.

Based in Chelsea, MA, the position offers a Monday–Friday schedule (7:00am–3:30pm) with competitive annual salary in the posted range. On-call rotation may apply to emergencies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Five years of experience in installation, maintenance, and repair of water distribution valves and regulators.
• Three years in a supervisory capacity or MWRA supervisory training with certificate.
• Massachusetts Drinking Water Supply Facilities Certified Grade 2D Full Operators License.
• Valid Class D Motor Vehicle Drivers License.
• Regular on-call rotations; overtime may be required.
• Position designated essential for emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the preparation of major water system operations plan, including work sequencing, scheduling and cost estimating, and assists in assembling work order packages.
• Carries out written work and operation plans for each water system operations plan.
• Prepares daily and weekly job status and time utilization reports to track execution of written work plan.
• Utilizes computer technology, computerized maintenance management software and other software to perform work order reporting, time utilization, and written work plan completion.
• Supervises operation and maintenance of valves to empty, chlorinate, flush, fill, de-chlorinate, and place into service pipelines, reservoirs, aqueducts, storage tanks and standpipes.
• Supervises work crew in the exercising, maintenance, repair or alteration of air valves, mainline valves, blow offs, and control valves, and conduct water quality tests within the water system of the MWRA.
• Supervises and assists pipe laying and valve installation crews in cutting and laying of pipe, caulking of joints in new construction or repair of water lines within the MWRA system.
• Supervises and assists in the installation of taps up to 2" on live and dry mains up to 60" in diameter using the Mueller B-100 and D-5 tapping machines, or equivalent.
• Supervises and assists in the installation of insertion valves up to 24" in size on MWRA pipelines.
• Supervises and assists in the maintenance of the control valves within the water system including Pressure Reducing Valves, Flow Control Valves, Surge Anticipator Valves, Pressure Sustaining and other head breaking devices etc.
• Supervises and assists in the installation of valves including the site preparation and restoration.
• Supervises and assists in the replacement of parts such as pinion gears, actuators, gearboxes, stuffing box glands, cleaning, oiling and greasing of related parts.
• Supervises and assists in the repair and replacement of manual and automatic air valves.
• Drafts clear sketches and drawings of work to be performed and final sketches once work has been completed.
• Ensures that assigned staff are working in accordance with Authority and Department safety policies and procedures such as Confined Space Entry, Excavation and PPE requirements.
• Oversees, measures, and where appropriate, improves assigned work crew productivity.
• Supervises assigned crews including taking disciplinary actions and conducting performance reviews.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Blueprint reading

Computer literacy

Safety compliance

Water distribution knowledge

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Massachusetts drinking water license Grade 2D Full Operators

Class D driver's license

Tools

Mueller B-100 tapping machine

D-5 tapping machine

CMMS software

Job description

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority seeks a Valve Supervisor to oversee crews responsible for inspection, maintenance and repair of water valves and related facilities in the MWRA system. The role includes planning, supervising installation and testing, and ensuring safety compliance.

Based in Chelsea, MA, the position offers a Monday–Friday schedule (7:00am–3:30pm) with competitive annual salary in the posted range. On-call rotation may apply to emergencies.