Wastewater Treatment Plant Maintenance Supervisor

City of Charlotte; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 79,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Charlotte Water Department is seeking a capable team leader to supervise mechanical staff and oversee maintenance across Transmission, Distribution, and Water Treatment systems. The role specializes in valve repair, valve maintenance, and coordinating valve exercise operations with instrumentation, operations, plant personnel, and contractors to ensure reliable service.

Responsibilities include budgeting, work-order management, safety training, and coordinating with engineering and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited school.
• Seven (7) years of related work experience maintaining wastewater equipment including one (1) year of supervisory related experience.
• OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant work/industry/military/job specific experience that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the essential job duties.

Responsibilities

• Oversees daily maintenance work activities, including predictive, preventative, and corrective maintenance.
• Directs maintenance staff by generating, scheduling, and tracking work orders using the computerized maintenance management system and filed generated issues.
• Assists staff with maintenance activities including prioritizing work, troubleshooting, and making repairs.
• Provides oversight of mechanical staff. This includes assigning work, evaluating performance, participating in staffing decisions related to hiring, firing and promotional opportunities, providing mentoring and assisting with career development.
• Ensures adequate materials and parts are available by preparing scopes of work, requests for proposals, and purchase orders.
• Responds to emergency situations and coordinates staff and/or contractors to assist in resolution and making repairs.
• Participates in system and plant upgrades and expansion by working with staff to identify equipment needs, sharing expertise of equipment based on maintenance histories, evaluating submittals, monitoring and inspecting work of outside contractors and ensuring maintenance staff is trained on new equipment.
• Takes a lead role in safety by participating on safety teams; ensuring safety rules are followed; monitoring confined space permits; ensuring trenching/shoring guidelines are followed; and providing training specific to the hazardous aspects of the working environment at the treatment plants and Transmission/Distribution Systems.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance experience

Safety awareness

Maintenance planning

Budgeting

Equipment knowledge

Driver’s license

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

CMMS

Job description

The City of Charlotte Water Department is seeking a capable team leader to supervise mechanical staff and oversee maintenance across Transmission, Distribution, and Water Treatment systems. The role specializes in valve repair, valve maintenance, and coordinating valve exercise operations with instrumentation, operations, plant personnel, and contractors to ensure reliable service.

Responsibilities include budgeting, work-order management, safety training, and coordinating with engineering and