The Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) provides quality water supply, water pollution control, mapping, and household hazardous waste collection to eight member municipalities: Bloomfield, East Hartford, Hartford, Newington, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor. Additionally, the MDC provides drinking water to portions of Farmington, Glastonbury, East Granby and South Windsor, known as the MDC's non-member towns.

The purpose of this classification is to assist with planning and managing the staff, resources, and operations and maintenance of the water pollution control facility systems. Work involves overseeing the operation and maintenance of the water pollution control facilities and laboratory; supervising and reviewing the work of department staff directly and through subordinate supervisors; and assisting with planning, evaluating, and monitoring the plant's work load, budgets, productivity, safety and performance. Classification typically reports to the Manager of Water Pollution Control.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Assists in planning and directing the programs and objectives of the water pollution control treatment process; gathers and analyzes information on the effectiveness and efficiency of the water pollution control operations; recommends changes to operating policies and procedures; and makes other recommendations to improve performance and productivity.

Assists with managing the operations and maintenance of the water pollution control facilities and laboratory; monitors workload and productivity; ensures work activities comply with established policies and procedures; and provides guidance to subordinate supervisors and staff regarding difficult technical issues.

Supervises assigned staff directly and through subordinate supervisors: assists in employee selection, performance evaluation review and reclassification recommendations; assists with employee training and employee development; provides guidance and advise regarding difficult work issues; enforces safe work practices; administers union contract language, oral and written warnings; and researches and recommends higher level discipline and other personnel actions as appropriate.

Reviews and negotiates regulatory permits and orders; ensures operations comply with District, state and federal regulations and standards; and identifies issues of noncompliance and needed corrective actions.

Assists in developing capital and operational budgets; reviews subordinate budgets; reviews and monitors unit and sub-activity expenditures; prepares budget spreadsheets; and recommends approvals for expenditures and/or budget allocations.

Responds to plant emergencies; troubleshoots problems; identifies needed corrective actions; and directs response activities.

Develops and manages capital improvement program; identifies needs for new construction, upgrades and major maintenance work; directs and coordinates capital improvement construction; and ensures project work meets plans, specifications and quality standards.

Establishes effective working relationships with other District managers and employees; participates on teams and committees; and assists in coordinating unit and sub-activity operations, to include the allocation of personnel, materials and equipment.

Drafts reports including statistical, operational and program reports; reviews forms, reports and other documents submitted by subordinate staff; and prepares correspondence, spreadsheets and purchasing documents.

Provides customer service; responds to questions and requests for information from customers, engineers, contractors and the general public; and explains plant policies and procedures and operations.

Operates a personal computer, and general office equipment as necessary to complete essential functions, to include the use of word processing, spreadsheet, database, or other system software.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS

Performs other related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in civil, mechanical, electrical, or environmental engineering or a closely related field; supplemented by minimum seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in water pollution control systems; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Connecticut Professional Engineer license is desirable.

Must have a valid driver's license. Requires a Connecticut Class IV Wastewater Treatment Facility Operator certificate

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES

Data Utilization: Requires the ability to coordinate, manage, strategize, and/or correlate data and/or information. Includes exercise of judgment in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations. Includes referencing data analyses to determine necessity for revision of organizational components.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to function in a managerial capacity for a division or organizational unit. Includes the ability to make decisions on procedural and technical levels.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations involving basic algebraic principles and formulas, and basic geometric principles and calculations.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership. Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

ADA COMPLIANCE

Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.

Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.

Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

The Metropolitan District Commission is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Commission will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.